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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (148442)	10/20/2004 9:15:37 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Duefler's report details how Saddam's government secretly sought and obtained military hardware from numerous foreign arms dealers, with some nations "knowingly" involved, such as Ukraine, a U.S. coalition partner; Belarus, and North Korea. Russia, another permanent UN Security Council member, was a big source. Syria often provided a secretive route for deliveries. Russian engineers visited Baghdad to provide technical assistance for long-range missiles Saddam hoped to build in violation of UN restrictions. From 2001 right up until the fall of Baghdad, a charter flight from Moscow to Baghdad each Monday carried smuggled high-tech military gear "such as radar jammers, GPS jammers, night-vision devices, avionics and missile components," Duefler's report says. Illicit cash and equipment were smuggled from Russia to Iraq two or three times a month by diplomatic courier, with bribes paid to Russian customs officials to protect the shipments, according to the report. 209.157.64.200 So much for the supposition that Post 9/11 getting the UN or NATO to support tighter containment would have been much easier.