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To: Elsewhere who wrote (114398)	9/10/2003 2:58:04 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Here is one from Last march . > > NewsMax's Inside Cover report from today follows: > > Saddam Hussein went to France, by way of China and Syria, > and got the parts for his long-range ballistic missiles. > > No, not the ridiculous "Al Samoud" missiles, whose name > sounds like a bad Americanization of a Muslim one ("Do you > know Al? Al Samoud?"). > > We're talking about the missiles to which Saddam himself > alluded when he said that destruction of the Al Samoud 2s > was not of consequence. He said that Iraq had other ways > to protect itself. > > Indeed it does. > > William Safire, writing in today's NY Times, tells us that > Qilu Chemicals, a leading manufacturer of a clear liquid > rubber named hydroxy terminated polybutadiene, known in > the advanced-rocket industry as HTPB, sold the substance > to a French middleman, CIS Paris, which Safire describes > as "a Parisian broker that is active in dealings of many > kinds with Baghdad." > > Safire writes that the CIS director "is familiar with the > order but denies being the agent," so we know the order > took place. > > But the U.N., which France is trying to use as a leash on > the U.S., has to specifically approve such a transaction > with Iraq. > > Well, France and Iraq can't be bothered with that, so they > had the shipment sent from China to Syria, which has been > said to be hiding Saddam's weapons, to be received by yet > another company that acts for the Iraqi missile industry. > > The rocket fuel was then simply trucked across the very > long border Syria shares with Iraq, and no one was the > wiser. > > Until now. > > Safire continued: > > I'm also told that a contract was signed last April in > Paris for five tons of 99% unsymmetric dimethylhydrazine, > another advanced missile fuel, which is produced by > France's Société Nationale des Poudre et Explosifs. > > "In addition, Iraqi attempts to buy an oxidizer for solid > propellant missiles, ammonium perchlorate, were > successful, at least on paper. Both chemicals, like HTPB, > require explicit approval by the U.N. Sanctions Committee > before they can be sold to Iraq. > > Which they were not. > > Safire suggests that perhaps the U.N. inspectors, under > whose "watchful eyes" all this has occurred, look at > Iraq's El Sirat trading company and its affiliate, the > Gudia Bureau, with respect to these dealings. > > But they won't. > > Hans Blix was put into power by the very nations that now > oppose the U.S. at the U.N., and he is not about to bite > the hand that feeds him. > > Meanwhile, France is actively arming Saddam and apparently > trying to create a situation where Saddam will have the > ability to pile up U.S. and British bodybags should we > invade. > >