[AppyPappy]

It would make sense for the Russians to help the Iraqis because they both have been at war with fundamentalist Islam.

[Miss Marple]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think the Russian help has to do more with the fact that Saddam's regime is a long-time client of the Russians and owe them lots of money.

For someone who fights Islamic fundamentalists, Saddam sure does have a lot of ties with them.

Besides, if the Russians were smuggling this stuff in humanitarian shipments, they were violating the oil for food program. AND, what Islamic fundamentalists was Iraq fighting THIS YEAR, in JANUARY?