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Kuwait Foils Biochem Arms Smuggling From Iraq
Dow Jones Newswires ^ | October 1 | AP

Posted on 10/01/2003 12:37:34 PM PDT by Pete

KUWAIT CITY (AP)--Kuwaiti security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle $60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads from Iraq to an unnamed European country, a Kuwaiti newspaper said Wednesday.

The pro-government Al-Siyassah, quoting an unnamed security source, said the suspects had been watched by security since they arrived in Kuwait and were arrested "in due time." It didn't say when or how the smugglers entered Kuwait or when they were arrested.

The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but didn't say when.

Government officials couldn't be immediately reached for comment.

Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters. His visit is the first by an Iraqi interior minister to Kuwait since 1990.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: armssmuggling; biochem; foiled; iraq; kuwait; wmd
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To: null and void
Shower time?

I've sent my son to the shower.

181 posted on 10/01/2003 1:56:14 PM PDT by Snowy (Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.)
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To: John H K
You don't understand the point of e-mailing FNC. With their sources and contacts, they can get some "leaked" information that we cannot get.
182 posted on 10/01/2003 1:56:44 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: null and void
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_399454,00050004.htm

This one's been posted already, I think..
183 posted on 10/01/2003 1:56:44 PM PDT by pnz1
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To: Snowy
Bump






LOVE your tagline!
184 posted on 10/01/2003 1:57:15 PM PDT by EggsAckley (..........................all my pings are belong to ......YOU.....................)
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To: swarthyguy
Chechnya.
185 posted on 10/01/2003 1:57:37 PM PDT by Dog
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To: swarthyguy
"Albania/Bosnia?"

If this story is legit, that would be a good guess, and it would be embarrassing for one General Wesley Clark, who helped clear the Serbs out of the region to pave the way for the Islamists.
186 posted on 10/01/2003 1:58:10 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle (uo)
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To: Smogger
The named Iraqi Minister was only recently installed in September, 2003:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93320,00.html
188 posted on 10/01/2003 1:59:04 PM PDT by stradivarius
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To: Steve_Seattle
That link in #26 doesn't let me in - says something about not logged in and/or timed out.
189 posted on 10/01/2003 1:59:39 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: MeanWestTexan
Well, the Hindustan Times has it up, so it must be official.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_399454,00050004.htm

190 posted on 10/01/2003 1:59:45 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (Robot robot robot)
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To: CatoRenasci; Sean Hannity
Hmmmmm...about that comment ( < /sarcasm > ) regarding ol Hans....doncharemember when Hans shot out an aside warning Saddam that if he chose to use WMD during the war the world would (gasp!) turn against him? You don't make comments like this if you are certain your bread and butter doesn't have the goods.
191 posted on 10/01/2003 2:00:02 PM PDT by Republic
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To: Aeronaut
Deeply sadden?

Dashcle and a few other dems might be on suicide watch if this is true.

192 posted on 10/01/2003 2:00:26 PM PDT by swheats
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To: JohnnyZ
WSJ Online has it as well, search for Kuwait if you spend the 30$ /Yr.
193 posted on 10/01/2003 2:01:14 PM PDT by max_rpf
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To: CyberAnt; sam_paine
Where's the fervor from the media? Um, isn't this kinda important if true?????

Isn't this the WMD we've been looking for ..?? Why isn't the media all over this story ..??

The answer is self-evident. If this is true (and the DowJones wires and Hindustan Times aren't pulling our legs), this would absolutely, positively destroy the Leftist Media's attempts to assassinate President Bush's character and attempt to get re-elected.

194 posted on 10/01/2003 2:02:12 PM PDT by steveegg (I have one thing to say to the lurkers; FREEPATHON!)
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To: max_rpf
WSJ Online has it as well, search for Kuwait if you spend the 30$ /Yr.

Anyone want to post it?

195 posted on 10/01/2003 2:02:36 PM PDT by Snowy (Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.)
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To: Pikamax
I don't see it..
196 posted on 10/01/2003 2:02:46 PM PDT by aSkeptic (I am a computer chair critic, so please don't get too excited.)
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To: swarthyguy
Be interesting to know the destination in Europe.

A few guesses:


197 posted on 10/01/2003 2:04:18 PM PDT by steveegg (I have one thing to say to the lurkers; FREEPATHON!)
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To: Snowy
The Leak is leading all three cable news networks at this hour.
198 posted on 10/01/2003 2:04:30 PM PDT by Dog
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To: aSkeptic
Go to the link at post number 112.
199 posted on 10/01/2003 2:04:37 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife ("Life isn't fair. It's fairer than death, is all.")
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To: Snowy
Anybody have access to WSJ?
200 posted on 10/01/2003 2:05:24 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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