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Politics : Foreign Affairs - No Political Rants

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To: NickSE who wrote (327)3/7/2003 12:17:25 PM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (2) of 504
 
Iraq strengthens air force with French parts
washtimes.com

A French company has been selling spare parts to Iraq for
its fighter jets and military helicopters during the past
several months, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

The unidentified company sold the parts to a trading
company in the United Arab Emirates, which then shipped
the parts through a third country into Iraq by truck.

The spare parts included goods for Iraq's French-made
Mirage F-1 jets and Gazelle attack helicopters.

An intelligence official said the illegal spare-parts
pipeline was discovered in the past two weeks and that
sensitive intelligence about the transfers indicates that
the parts were smuggled to Iraq as recently as January.

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