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Iraq: Desert Dispatch -- U.S. Surprised By Iraqi Use Of 'Kornet' Antitank Missiles By Ron Synovitz RFE/RL correspondent Ron Synovitz is embedded with a unit of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division currently outside Najaf, a city in central Iraq now encircled by U.S. troops following 36 hours of heavy fighting. He reports that U.S. troops are encountering an unanticipated, and formidable, weapon in the Iraqi arsenal -- Russian-built Kornet antitank missiles. Najaf, Central Iraq; 27 March 2003 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. military intelligence is warning American troops that Iraqi soldiers have begun to use a wire-guided missile system against American...

Russia Defends Self on Iraq Allegations By JUDITH INGRAM .c The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Russia went on a media offensive Tuesday to repeat denials of American allegations that it is selling anti-tank guided missiles, jamming devices and night-vision goggles to Iraq. It hinted that Washington also had sold sensitive equipment to other nations. The Kremlin, which usually issues its statements by fax or through the main Russian news agencies, took the unusual step of calling news organizations and dictating a statement publicizing its version of a conversation Monday between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The White...

U.S. Believes Russians in Baghdad Are Aiding Iraq Mon March 24, 2003 06:20 PM ET By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes Russian private sector technicians are in Baghdad helping train Iraqis to use electronic jamming systems that could endanger U.S. forces fighting Iraq, U.S. officials said on Monday. President Bush telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to protest alleged Russian sales of night-vision goggles, antitank missiles and global positioning system (GPS) jamming systems to Iraq, the White House said. U.S. officials said such sales would violate U.N. sanctions. "It's the kind of equipment that will put our...

Russia Denies Selling Weapons to Iraq #-24-2003, 5 minutes ago By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW - Russian officials hotly denied U.S. accusations that Moscow had broken U.N. sanctions by selling sensitive military equipment to Iraq (news - web sites), including anti-tank guided missiles, night-vision goggles and jamming devices. "We did not send any goods, including military ones, that violated the sanctions," Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told reporters. "No fact supporting the Americans' anxiety has been found." This is not the first time Moscow has been accused of leaking sensitive technology to U.S. enemies in spite of pledges to...

Sparks between U.S., Russia over alleged Iraq aid By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - Sparks erupted between the United States and Russia over the Iraq war on Monday when President George W. Bush complained to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russian companies had sold banned military hardware to Iraq. At the same time, the United States cast doubt on the fate of Saddam Hussein despite a defiant televised speech by the Iraqi president hailing resistance to U.S. and British invasion forces. Bush turned his attention to the cost of the war, preparing to tell congressional leaders that his...

<p>MOSCOW,Russia denied Monday that it had sold sensitive military equipment -- including GPS jammers that could throw U.S. bombs and aircraft off course -- to Iraq in violation of U.N. sanction.</p> <p>Other items reportedly included anti-tank guided missiles and night-vision goggles.</p>