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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: So Cal Rocket
Thanks for that link. I wonder if this is related to David Kay's report.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:46:50 PM PDT
by
MamaLucci
( Clinton met with Monica more than he did his CIA director.)
To: arkfreepdom
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:47:23 PM PDT
by
Pikamax
To: arkfreepdom
1 Oct 2003 19:22 GMT DJ Kuwait Foils Biochem Arms Smuggling From Iraq -Newspaper
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.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 01, 2003 15:22 ET (19:22 GMT)
http://www.djnewswires.com/
To: Pete
If it is true..(would like it re posted with a link) then it would sink the leftist, pro-saddam/France/National Socialist (read: anti-US/anti-freedom) movements and claims and pretty much shut down the war protests and the dominate media would NEVER let that happen.
Mind you, if this does break on the news, they will demand conformation after conformation with long, detail "investigations" and several (left-wing) "experts" taking pot shots at it. If only they were 1/2 as dilligent when Amb Wilson came out with this lie of a charge saying Bush's people disclosed his wife's CIA connections. They might ask him why he did also on his website.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:47:40 PM PDT
by
M1Tanker
(Drive a Tank! 70 Tons, No seatblelts, a 1500hp jet engine, and it's still safer than a Geo Metro.)
To: hchutch
WTH?
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:48:09 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: arkfreepdom
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:48:11 PM PDT
by
max_rpf
To: hchutch
Uh, hchutch...that is SUCH a bad idea--we've had some security incidents in Kuwait, remember? Better to destroy 'em.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:48:13 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
("[Expletive deleted] 'em if they can't take a joke!" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Pete
same old story, where is the material?
To: Dog
WTF??
To: Pikamax
Click the story -- Click "printer friendly format" -- View Addressbar -- Doneski.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:49:25 PM PDT
by
max_rpf
To: So Cal Rocket
I don't see it. I'm not finding it on the AP either.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:49:37 PM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: mrs tiggywinkle
Tom Daschle is "deeply saddened"
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:49:59 PM PDT
by
MJY1288
(Who Would the Terrorist Vote For ??????)
To: Pikamax
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:50:36 PM PDT
by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: Pikamax
Where? I'm not seeing it.
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:50:45 PM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: Republican Red
Sounds like a "European " country wants to remove the evidence.
35
posted on
10/01/2003 12:51:25 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
To: oceanview
**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. **
Based on the article's first paragraph, I would assume the weapons/warheads have been confiscated by authorities.
To: MJY1288
**Tom Daschle is "deeply saddened" **
That's because his head is up his.......never mind.
To: Peach
Thought you would enjoy this...
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posted on
10/01/2003 12:52:13 PM PDT
by
carton253
(All I need to know about Islam I learned on 9/11/2001)
To: SunStar
39
posted on
10/01/2003 12:52:36 PM PDT
by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: Pikamax
Where?
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