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<p>March 21, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix yesterday said Iraq violated its agreement with the United Nations if the missiles it fired at American troops were Scuds.</p> <p>"I'm very interested to know whether they used Scuds," Blix said in an interview with the Fox News Channel. "If they're firing [Scuds], of course that shows that there's a violation," he said.</p>

IN THE KUWAITI DESERT — Iraq fired missiles into Kuwait in a series of apparently ineffectual counterattacks against U.S. troops and Kuwaiti civilians Thursday, forcing American soldiers to put on gas masks and chemical protective suits. Fox News has learned from Coalition Defense officials that at least one of the missiles fired was a Scud.

US Marines had a near miss when one of several Iraqi missiles fired at Kuwait landed near their camp in the Gulf Arab state's northern desert. "An unidentified missile struck outside Camp Commando at approximately 10.28 (0728 GMT) this morning," a statement by the US Marine Corps First Marine Expeditionary Force said."Initial reports cited that soldiers from the UK and (US) Marines sighted a grey missile land just outside the compound."Iraq retaliated after US missiles rained down on Baghdad - by firing four missiles on targets in Kuwait.Washington insisted the missiles were scuds but Baghdad insisted it did not...

Iraq Destroys Prohibited Scud Missile Rip Rowan Thu 20 Mar 2003 Today in Kuwait, Iraq destroyed one of its prohibited Scud missiles during the first day of a US-led disarmament program. The Scud, which was destroyed with the help of US weapons experts, was the first Scud destroyed in Iraq since the mid-1990's. "This act represents real disarmament on the part of Iraq," said UN weapons inspector Hans Blix. "We support Iraq's decision to disarm itself of these dangerous prohibited weapons." "Already in the first day of a US-led disarmament effort, we have seen more progress on the issue of...

Iraqi Scud intercepted by US Patriot in the north of Kuwait Iraqi Scud was intercepted Thursday afternoon by an anti-missile missile Patriot of the American army in the north of Kuwait, announced the official agency Kuna.Une source of safety, quoted by the agency, specified that the shooting of the Iraqi missile was at the origin of the alarm given a little earlier to Koweit.Deux other ground-to-ground missiles Iraqi of average carried had fallen down before in the desert of the north of Kuwait without making victim, according to the ministry koweitien of Defense, pushing the soldiers koweitiens and American...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The probability of an Iraqi attack on Israel is "very, very, very low," Israel's army chief said in an interview published Friday, noting that he has seen no evidence that Saddam Hussein has moved Scud missiles into striking range of Israel. Israel's military chief, Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, told the Maariv daily that an Israeli spy satellite had not picked up any sign of Scuds in the area and that the probability of a missile strike appeared slim. "The probability is very, very, very low," Yaalon told the paper. "The director of military intelligence has said...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Dec 12, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- The ship found to be carrying Scud missiles from North Korea to Yemen this past week was registered in Cambodia, U.S. and Cambodian officials said Thursday. The United States on Wednesday reluctantly permitted the cargo to proceed to Yemen after having first stopped and searched the ship as part of an interdiction operation in the war on terrorism. According to U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Heidi Bronke in Phnom Penh, "the government has confirmed the claim from the ship's master that the ship was registered in Cambodia as the Pan Hope."...

<p>05:35 PST CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- The missiles and other sophisticated military equipment found on a North Korean ship off the tip of the Arabian peninsula belong to the Yemeni government, the pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera reported Wednesday.</p> <p>Al-Jazeera did not name its sources, but attributed the claim to Yemeni government officials. Yemen and North Korea completed a deal for the equipment several months ago, the station said.</p>

Seized N.Korean Scud Ship Bound for Mideast -Spain MADRID (Reuters) - A North Korean ship carrying hidden Scud missiles and about 85 drums of chemicals was bound for a Middle East port when it was intercepted in the Arabian Sea by Spanish warships, Spain said on Wednesday. Spanish Defense Minister Federico Trillo told a news conference the ship, carrying 15 Scuds and the drums of unidentified chemicals, was headed for an unidentified site in the Middle East. It had now been placed under the control of the United States as the leader of an international coalition to fight "terrorism" and...

MADRID (Reuters) - A North Korean ship carrying hidden Scud missiles and about 85 drums of chemicals was bound for a Middle East port when it was intercepted in the Arabian Sea by Spanish warships, Spain says. Spanish Defence Minister Federico Trillo told a news conference on Wednesday that the ship, carrying 15 Scuds and the drums of unidentified chemicals, was headed for an unidentified site in the Middle East. It had now been placed under the control of the United States as the leader of an international coalition to fight "terrorism" and would be taken to Diego Garcia, an...

The U.S. Navy plans to deploy an Aegis-class destroyer in the eastern Mediterranean by January to help guard Israel against an attack by Iraqi Scud missiles. U.S. officials said a program of six tests of the Aegis will be conducted to develop an emergency deployment sea-based ballistic missile defense against short- to medium-range ballistic missiles. The first test was scheduled for Thursday and took place in the Pacific Ocean, according to Middle East Newsline. The officials said in January the destroyer will participate in an exercise with Israeli air defense and its air force in an effort to bolster missile...

VANDENBERG AFB -- A symbol of Operation Desert Storm will fly from Vandenberg Air Force Base today as the U.S. military aims to learn more about Scud missiles. The Scud missile will launch between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today, according to Maj. Stacee Bako, a Vandenberg Air Force Base spokeswoman. Officials didn't announce the launch date until Wednesday afternoon. The test is one of two Scud missile launches planned by the Missile Defense Agency before the end of the year under a $13 million program dubbed "Operation Blue Velvet." The weapon, similar to those fired by Iraq during Operation...

PALMACHIM AIR FORCE BASE, Israel — Israel has deployed an operational missile defense and is ready to use it to protect Tel Aviv and other major population centers if they come under fire from Iraq's arsenal of Scud missiles. Known as the Arrow, the system is designed to avoid the pitfalls of the American Patriot system, which Israelis say had little success in stopping Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the 1991 Persian Gulf war. The program, which will cost more than $2 billion, is partly financed by the United States. One battery is already deployed here, and when the final...

LONDON, Sept 27 (AFP) - Israel special forces are operating inside western Iraq, pinpointing locations where Iraqi missile lauchers might be positioned, the Jane's Foreign Report newsletter said in its latest issue, received Friday. The newsletter said the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit was ordered into Iraq "to find and identify places used by, or likely to be used by, Iraqi Scud missile launchers." "Our information is that neither Israel nor the United States have a clue about what, if anything, Saddam Hussein is hiding," the newsletter said, referring to the Iraqi leader. "It was this ignorance that persuaded...

Scud Hunting with Delta Force and the Special Air Service (SAS)By Thomas B. Hunter During the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), Saddam Hussein launched approximately 350 ballistic missiles against Iran. These attacks included a large number of R-17 single-stage missiles from a stockpile of 650 purchased from the Soviet Union. The R-17, as originally designed, had a maximum range of 300 km and was capable of carrying either a 2,000 lb. conventional or 100 kiloton nuclear warhead. In time, however, Iraqi engineers were ordered to develop a weapon capable of striking deeper into Iranian territory. To this end, designers made use of...

A possible Iraqi missile strike has citizens feeling on edge A senior Iraqi official told Israel Friday to expect missile attacks in the event of a US-led war to unseat Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, amid growing apprehension in the Jewish state about the government’s readiness for such an eventuality. “Israel will suffer a profound and an unforgettable strike if it interferes in the (US-led) war (against Iraq),” Iraqi Trade Minister Mohammed Mahdi Saleh told the Al-Khaleej daily. Israel’s army chief, Lieutenant General Moshe Yaalon, said this week that the US wanted Israel to stay out of any military operation against...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) --  The Bush administration has quietly imposed sanctions on a North Korean company for selling Scud missile parts to Yemen. It plans no penalties against Yemen, an ally in the U.S.-led war on terrorism.</p> <p>The administration decided on the penalties Aug. 16, a State Department official said Thursday night. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the company as Changgwang Sinyong Corp.</p>

Early this month, Major-General Amos Yaron, director-general of Israel's Defence Ministry, flew in secretly twice to meet his counterparts in New Delhi. Yaron's visits were in response to urgent Indian requests for a spy satellite and an anti-missile system. Yaron, says a recent issue of Jane's Foreign Report, had to turn down both requests. Jane's reported that India wanted to "buy or borrow" Israel's newly-launched Ofek-5 spy satellite. Yaron said Israel needed to keep it on an Iran-Syria-Iraq orbit, that it could not, even temporarily, be sent over Kashmir at the present time — as New Delhi wanted. Yaron also...

By Steve Rodan, JDW Correspondent, Tel Aviv, and Andrew Koch, JDW Washington Bureau Chief Syria is preparing to begin serial production of an extended-range version of its 'Scud-C' short-range ballistic missile, according to US and Israeli defence officials. The officials said Syria has completed preparations for the production of the extended-range missile, including work on an assembly line. Israeli defence officials said Syria could produce as many as 30 missiles a year, approximately equal to that of the current 'Scud-C' production. "They have either begun production or are about to begin production," one Israeli official told JDW. "So far, the...