[An.American.Expatriate]

Tactics Show Iraqis Learned Lessons of War

excerpted WP article [headline already shows slant!!] but interesting facts:
"But when the smoke cleared, two Abrams tanks -- virtually impregnable, 70-ton behemoths -- had been shot in their soft spot, a rear grille covering the engine. ---snip--- On the battlefield, it was not immediately clear what weapon the Iraqis used to knock out the tanks. A senior defense official said yesterday that it was a French-made Coronet antitank missile.

[Carolina]

A senior defense official said yesterday that it was a French-made Coronet antitank missile.

I'm shocked, I tell 'ya. Shocked!

[aristeides]

I take it Iraq was supplied with that Coronet anti-tank missile in violation of the UN sanctions?

[CasearianDaoist]

I heard that they fixed these tanks and that they were back in the battle. Does anyone know if this is true?