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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (1513)	1/31/2002 8:23:37 PM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

IRAQ SMUGGLES MILITARY EQUIPMENT THROUGH SYRIA January 31, 2002 The Middle East Newsline reports: “Iraq is using Syria for the smuggling of military systems and other banned material to the regime of President Saddam Hussein. Western intelligence sources said Iraq is smuggling components for tanks, armored systems and anti-aircraft batteries as well as material for weapons of mass destruction through Syria. The sources said the smuggling began more than a year ago and has increased over the last few months. The main Syrian port employed for goods smuggled to Iraq is Tartous. The Iraqi smuggling route has led to a sharp increase in traffic at Tartous. On Tuesday, the London-based Al Hayat daily reported that the U.S. Sixth Fleet stopped two Syrian merchant ships in the Mediterranean over the last week. The daily said the ships were taken to Cyprus and searched for unspecified weapons and materials. Nothing was confiscated from the Syrian ships…”