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To: E.J. Neitz Jr who wrote (87036)	3/27/2003 3:36:41 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Ed, Thanks for the note. I would not be surprised to learn that one could make a case that Russian companies have done so. As have companies from other states. But it seems to me unlikely that one can make a case it was done so (a) with knowledge by government officials (simply because it would be somewhere between difficult to impossible to get evidence) or (b) by the government itself (either because of the evidence problem or because it just wasn't done). I do think we all need to worry about the wmd in Russia that needs to be contained/controlled. Do you have any idea what the Bush administration's policy is on this topic?

To: E.J. Neitz Jr who wrote (87036)	3/27/2003 4:29:40 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

We did not* send any goods, including military ones, that violated the sanctions," Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov.* U.S. Surprised By Iraqi Use Of 'Kornet' Antitank Missiles rferl.org RFE/RL correspondent Ron Synovitz is embedded with a unit of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division currently outside Najaf, a city in central Iraq now encircled by U.S. troops following 36 hours of heavy fighting. He reports that U.S. troops are encountering an unanticipated, and formidable, weapon in the Iraqi arsenal -- Russian-built Kornet antitank missiles..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kornet E is the name given to the export version of the Russian Kornet missile system. The system, first shown in 1994, has been developed by the KBP Instrument Design Making Bureau, Tula, Russia and is in production and service with the Russian Army.... army-technology.com