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To: dumbmoney who wrote (134640)5/27/2004 6:56:15 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
<<Pop quiz: how many planes (patrolling the "no-fly zones") did Iraq shoot down? >>

How many did Saddam kill in the no fly zones with tanks and guns and draining their water supply?



To: dumbmoney who wrote (134640)5/27/2004 8:04:06 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Actually the countries in the region paid for much of it. It was dirt cheap, and it worked better than anyone hoped

Wherever did you get that idea? It was US troops, US planes that kept containment - and Turkish, Syrian and Jordanian smugglers (and governments) that made big money from selling and buying at inflated prices. The oil-for-food supplies mostly went to markets in Amman; everybody knew that.


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