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Oops! U.N. experts find 20 banned Iraq missile engines in Jordan scrapyards
via SFGate - EFLAnd then there were the engines found in a Rotterdam scrapyard... EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer (06-09) 20:30 PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) U.N. weapons experts have found 20 engines used in banned Iraqi missiles in a Jordan scrapyard along with other equipment which could be used to make weapons of mass destruction, an official said Wednesday. The discoveries were revealed to the U.N. Security Council by acting chief U.N. inspector Demetrius Perricos during in a closed-door briefing. The text was obtained by The Associated Press. The U.N. team was following up on an earlier discovery of a similar Al Samoud 2 engine in a scrapyard in the Dutch port of Rotterdam. Perricos said inspectors also want to check in Turkey, which has also received scrap metal from Iraq. The discoveries raise questions about the fate of material and equipment that could be used to produce biological and chemical weapons as well as banned long-range missiles. The missile engines and some other equipment discovered in the scrapyards had been monitored by U.N. inspectors because of their potential dual use in both legitimate civilian activities and banned weapons production. In his briefing to the Security Council, Perricos said U.N. inspectors do not how much material has been removed from Iraq that they had been monitoring. ...more... UNSCOM: Iraq? Nope. We looked for 3 months! Thereâs nothing there! Thatâs because it was shipped out. To Jordan. To Syria. To ??? Lol! Saddam has to have been one of the smartest stupidest smart stupid dictatwitters ever. They were all over e-Bay! $19.95 + shipping. I got a couple for next 4th July. Lol! Posted by: .com 2004-06-10 |
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