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| U.S.-Ukraine radar row deepens |
| 2002-11-26 |
| U.S. and British investigators say there is a "credible possibility" that Ukraine sent sophisticated radar systems to Iraq through an intermediary. The team of 13 U.S. and British experts spent a week in Ukraine in October investigating whether the country sent any Kolchuga radar systems to Baghdad in violation of U.N. sanctions. The experts' findings, compiled in a 16-page report, were released by the U.S. Embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on Monday. The investigation came after the U.S. State Department said it had verified the authenticity of a July 2000 recording in which President Leonid Kuchma is allegedly heard approving the sale of a system to Iraq. Kuchma has strongly denied the allegations. Ukranian officials deny the conversation ever took place. Somehow, even though the conversation never took place, they got it on tape... Yes, Lenny. That's you, standing in front of your peers without your pants. No, this is not a bad dream... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |