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To: Lou Weed who wrote (130601)	4/30/2004 12:53:34 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Although official U.S. policy still barred the export of U.S. military equipment to Iraq, some was evidently provided on a "don't ask - don't tell" basis." Yeah... we always have a few things that occur through political pressure and skirting the regulations... But we've found over a 1 million tonnes of soviet ordnance in Iraq.. That's equivalent to some 40% of the total US inventory.. All for a little country of 20 million people.. Is is any wonder that Saddam was up to his ears in $40 Billion in Soviet debt?? Yet, people like Sarmaz have the gall to claim that Saddam was one of the US' "boys"... Hawk