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U.S. Questions Russia on Iraq War Materials Equipment
2004-01-13
Refusing to accept denials, the Bush administration continues to question Russia about whether it provided Iraq with military equipment before the war last year. "Our concern is to ensure that measures are in place so that this kind of proliferation doesn’t happen again," State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said Monday.
Glad to see State is finally on board, eight months after the liberation.
The equipment was said to include antitank guided missiles, jamming devices and night-vision goggles. President Bush called Russian President Vladimir Putin last March to express U.S. complaints. Putin, in turn, charged the United States was creating "a left-wing political catastrophe humanitarian catastrophe" in Iraq. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov denied selling military equipment to Iraq in violation of international sanctions. "No facts supporting the Americans’ anxiety have been found," he said.
Until recently.
"The witnesses are all dead!... Ummm... Or in custody."
The United States contends the Russian government should be held responsible for sales by Russian companies and should do more to monitor the companies and stop exports. "We told the Russians that we take this matter very seriously and we raised the issue with the government numerous times at senior levels," Ereli said Monday. "We continue to look into this case. We gave Russia a lot of data to establish the veracity of our contentions and we will continue our dialogue with Russia on this issue," he said.
Wonder if this will have some practical consequences for Vlad?
At the same time, Ereli said, "Cooperation in other areas has continued."
There’s the signal, Vlad.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  they'd be better off asking where elements of the russian government helped saddam hide his wmds in syria
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2004-1-13 7:37:17 PM  

#4  Ahhh. How do YOU spell 'debt-forgiveness' ?
Posted by: Anonymous   2004-1-13 11:44:10 AM  

#3  Inertial nav working off of the last hard position fix from the GPS system. Kaboom.

Backup systems, boys.
Posted by: mojo   2004-1-13 11:37:38 AM  

#2  We destroyed them with GPS-guided bombs. No, they didn't work too well.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-1-13 10:50:59 AM  

#1  I remember reading about all of these Russian GPS jammers they distributed around Baghdad. Whatever became of that? They obviously didn't work too good.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2004-1-13 10:19:13 AM  

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