[Tommyjo]

A word of caution here guy and girls.

"Iraqi arsenal of banned weapons discovered"

NONE OF THOSE MISSILES REPORTED IN THE ARTICLE ARE BANNED WEAPONS.

Al-Harith is the state missile company. It maintains the Iraqi range of missiles. This maintains engines and systems for such missiles as SA-2, SA-3, SA-6 and SA-5. The Iraqi's are ALLOWED to possess ALL of these weapons. They are also allowed to operate the range of anti-ship missiles which includes the SILKWORM and SEERSUCKERs. Just because a missile look big to a soldier finding it does not mean that it is one of the BANNED MISSILES. If he was to report the finding of a SCUD and its Transport Erector Launcher then this is a coup. Yesterday we had on Freepers the posting of a picture of a "Iraqi missile" caught on video travelling through Baghdad. This was simply an SA-2 GUIDELINE surface to air missile. Totally LEGAL for the Iraqi's to possess.

[Torie]

Yep. The title was changed by the poster. That is inexcusable.

[hotpotato]

"NONE OF THOSE MISSILES REPORTED IN THE ARTICLE ARE BANNED WEAPONS. "

I wondered about that since the original title of this thread did not come from the article.

[hobbes1]

They are BANNED from acquiring arms from the Outside world.

Hence, anything found that isn't homegrown, or acquired prior to GWI, is Banned.