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French Missiles Used in Hotel Attack (CNSNews.com) - A British newspaper reported that half of the rockets used in Sunday's attack on the Al Rasheed Hotel were French weapons produced after an arms embargo was imposed against Iraq following the Gulf War

Ok, lets throw another can of gas on this fire since its seems about to go out... France says it stopped makng the Roland 3 missle in 1993, but.... "As part of contracts with OCCAR, the European Defense Procurement Agency, and the French DGA, a programme to upgrade the Roland missile system is in progress. The modernisation includes a new BBKS command and control system and the fitting of the infrared Glaive sight from SAGEM for automatic multi-channel target tracking. The first prototype fire unit was completed in June 1999 and trials began in September 1999. The upgraded Roland is...

Polish parliament to investigate blunder over missiles found in Iraq WARSAW (AFP) Oct 07, 2003 The Polish parliament will open an investigation into an embarrassing diplomatic incident in which the defense ministry mistakenly claimed that its troops had discovered a recent batch of French missiles in Iraq, a senior parliamentarian said Tuesday. "The joint defense and foreign affairs committees will investigate to determine who is responsible for this incident," said Stanislaw Janas, head of the parliamentary defense committee, speaking on public radio. "The information had a bomb effect," said Pawel Piskorski, member of the foreign affairs committee. "Its release without...

French missile shock in Iraq By PAWEL KOZLOWSKI05oct03 FRENCH-made anti-aircraft missiles built earlier this year have been found in Iraq. Government officials in Paris were last night struggling to explain how, despite a UN arms embargo being in place for more than 20 years, hi-tech French weaponry made its way to Baghdad. The sale of French missiles to Iraq at a time when Saddam Hussein was trying to bolster his defences against the looming US invasion threatens to derail efforts to repair the diplomatic damage suffered as a result of Paris's refusal to support military action.

Chirac fumes over claims that France sold missiles to Iraq By Philip Sherwell and Kim Willsher (Filed: 05/10/2003) An angry President Jacques Chirac of France yesterday forced the Polish government to withdraw claims that its troops had found four French anti-aircraft missiles, manufactured earlier this year, at a weapons dump in Iraq. Poland's defence ministry expressed "regret" last night over the reports, first made on Friday evening, that it had uncovered missiles which could only have been supplied to Iraq in breach of the United Nations weapons embargo. Polish soldiers work to uncover the Roland-type missiles which were discovered last...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - After a protest from French President Jacques Chirac, Poland said Saturday it had been mistaken in reporting that its troops found new French-made anti-aircraft misiles in central Iraq. Chirac swiftly denied selling Iraq weapons in violation of the U.N. weapons embargo imposed against Saddam Hussein's regime in 1990. The claims, he said, "are as false today as they were yesterday." An aide to the Polish prime minister said an initial report that the Roland missiles found by Polish troops days ago were produced in 2003 was incorrect. France said it stopped producing any type of Roland...

Poland: French Missile Report Was Wrong By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 12:43 p.m. ET WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- After a protest from French President Jacques Chirac, Poland said Saturday it had been mistaken in reporting that its troops found new French-made anti-aircraft misiles in central Iraq. Chirac swiftly denied selling Iraq weapons in violation of the U.N. weapons embargo against Saddam Hussein's regime. The claims, he said, ``are as false today as they were yesterday.'' An aide to the Polish prime minister said an initial report that the Roland missiles found by Polish troops days ago were produced in...

<p>Polish troops claim to have discovered French -manufactured anti-aircraft missile systems in Iraq, produced in 2003, giving the United States a stick with which to beat the French in the U.N.Security Council.</p> <p>Polish troops in Iraq have found four French-built anti-aircraft missiles that were built this year, Polish Defense Ministry spokesman Eugeniusz Mleczak told Reuters Oct. 3. The troops found the Roland-type missiles in an ammunition depot near the region of Al Hillah, approximately 55 miles south of Baghdad, on Sept. 29, Mleczak said. The Roland anti-anticraft system is a short-range air defense missile used against aircraft flying at low and medium altitudes.</p>

There is a piece in the Daily Mail today saying that the Polish Ministry have said that French Missiles have been found in Iraq. These missiles were reportedly dated '2003' and were found by Polish Troops after a tip-off by a local. A British Opposition spokesman has reportedly said that this could be damaging towards the French case against the War. Can someone try and find the full article?

WARSAW, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Polish troops in Iraq have found four French-built advanced anti-aircraft missiles which were built this year, a Polish Defence Ministry spokesman told Reuters on Friday. France strongly denied having sold any such missiles to Iraq for nearly two decades, and said it was impossible that its newest missiles should turn up in Iraq. "Polish troops discovered an ammunition depot on September 29 near the region of Hilla and there were four French-made Roland-type missiles," Defence Ministry spokesman Eugeniusz Mleczak said. "It is not the first time Polish troops found ammunition in Iraq but to our...