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| Iraq starts destroying six more al-Samoud missiles |
| 2003-03-02 |
| Iraq, using bulldozers, began crushing six more al-Samoud missiles under the supervision of United Nations (UN) inspectors on Sunday local time, stepping up efforts to eliminate the banned weapon as it tries to avert a possible US-led attack. In a new move to head off Washington's threat of military action to force it to disarm, Iraqi officials will hold talks later in the day with the inspectors on VX nerve gas and anthrax stocks it says it has destroyed. UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) missile experts went to Taji base, 40 kilometres north of Baghdad, on Sunday, Mr Ueki said. "The destruction of six al-Samoud missiles began at 9am (06:00 GMT), the operation is still going on," senior Information Ministry official Uday al-Taei said in the early afternoon. Mr Ueki also said another team went to a site south of the capital to destroy a casting chamber. Iraq destroyed four of the white missiles with thin fins on Saturday at Taji by crushing them with large bulldozers. There's something about having 200,000 troops on his border ready to kill him that makes Sammy feel cooperative... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |