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To: Bilow who wrote (37730)	8/13/2002 11:09:28 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Iraq used a primitive version of this laser weapon mounted on tanks in its war against Iran in the late 1980s. Although inexperienced in its operation at the time, Iraqi forces were able to inflict more than 5,000 Iranian casualties, most permanently blinded or victims of internal organ damage. [BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!] I haven't heard of it, but almost no reporting came out of the Iran-Iraq war. Why is this ridiculous? Do you think the Iraqis are not capable of developing such a weapon? The rest of the article, on the super-guns, I have heard from other sources. Frontline did a program on Gerard Bull and Saddam's quest for a super-gun.