ahadams
March 23, 2003, 11:59 PM
Part I
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/24-3-19103-0-47-6.html
Black Watch find cruise missiles in huge arms cache at heliport
excerpt follows:
"Two Al Harith anti-ship cruise missiles supplied last year by Russia and explosive components from a Hampshire firm were discovered at a bunker complex sited at the As Zubayr civilian heliport south of Basra, in southern Iraq.
The soldiers found 24 reinforced underground bunkers and 48 arms storage sheds containing hundreds of thousands of rocket propelled grenades, landmines, machine gun am-munition, fuses, and detonators, as well as the missiles. "
second excerpt follows:
"One Al Harith, a long-range sea-skimming missile which could threaten allied warships in the Gulf, was on a stand awaiting the fitting of its rocket motor. Someone had drawn a shark's face on its warhead. Another was still in its crate in another bunker.
Both weapons had Russian Cyrillic characters stencilled on their sides and were dated 2002. A strict UN arms embargo on Iraq has been enforced since 1991. "
the rest of the article can be found at the url.
Part II
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,81917,00.html
excerpt follows:
"The Washington Post first reported Sunday that Bush administration sources reported that a Russian company is helping the Iraqi military deploy global-positioning system jammers to Baghdad. Two other companies have sold anti-tank missiles and thousands of night-vision goggles in violation of U.N. sanctions."
second excerpt follows:
"Fox News confirmed that Russians were in fact selling the equipment to Baghdad and that Russian technicians were in the Iraqi capital this week, instructing Iraqis on how to use the devices. Russians were in Baghdad as of Friday but it's not known whether they have left."
the rest of the article may be found at the url.
Well I guess that answers our questions about why the ruskies were upset...I guess that also means I don't buy any more Russian ammo, what about you folks? :fire: :fire: :fire:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/24-3-19103-0-47-6.html
Black Watch find cruise missiles in huge arms cache at heliport
excerpt follows:
"Two Al Harith anti-ship cruise missiles supplied last year by Russia and explosive components from a Hampshire firm were discovered at a bunker complex sited at the As Zubayr civilian heliport south of Basra, in southern Iraq.
The soldiers found 24 reinforced underground bunkers and 48 arms storage sheds containing hundreds of thousands of rocket propelled grenades, landmines, machine gun am-munition, fuses, and detonators, as well as the missiles. "
second excerpt follows:
"One Al Harith, a long-range sea-skimming missile which could threaten allied warships in the Gulf, was on a stand awaiting the fitting of its rocket motor. Someone had drawn a shark's face on its warhead. Another was still in its crate in another bunker.
Both weapons had Russian Cyrillic characters stencilled on their sides and were dated 2002. A strict UN arms embargo on Iraq has been enforced since 1991. "
the rest of the article can be found at the url.
Part II
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,81917,00.html
excerpt follows:
"The Washington Post first reported Sunday that Bush administration sources reported that a Russian company is helping the Iraqi military deploy global-positioning system jammers to Baghdad. Two other companies have sold anti-tank missiles and thousands of night-vision goggles in violation of U.N. sanctions."
second excerpt follows:
"Fox News confirmed that Russians were in fact selling the equipment to Baghdad and that Russian technicians were in the Iraqi capital this week, instructing Iraqis on how to use the devices. Russians were in Baghdad as of Friday but it's not known whether they have left."
the rest of the article may be found at the url.
Well I guess that answers our questions about why the ruskies were upset...I guess that also means I don't buy any more Russian ammo, what about you folks? :fire: :fire: :fire: