Hotel Attacked with French and Russian Missiles
The U.S. occupation authority abandoned the al-Rashid Hotel after it was hit early Sunday by a rocket barrage fired from a launcher disguised as a portable generator, killing one senior U.S. Army officer and wounding 17 others in a brazen strike.
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The 40 rockets in the launcher included 20 that appeared to be French-made and designed for use with the Alouette helicopter, Army officers said. These rockets were of relatively recent vintage and might have been obtained by Iraq illegally after the imposition of a U.N. weapons embargo in 1991. The other 20 missiles appeared to be Russian-made, the officers said.
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Matt's Chat
Well, this isn't good news, but the French resistance is looking more and more like a coverup for violating UN resolutions. But I guess the French figured they were safe because NOBODY pays any attention to UN resolutions, especially in regards to Iraq.Let's watch this one develop a bit...
Mark's Remarks
Well, maybe it appears ol Crazy Mark wasn't so crazy after all....I believe we can see now that even as they were calling on Iraq to disarm, the French may have been illegally supplying them, or the French keep such little track of who they sell their missiles to that they didn't care to think they might end up in the hands of dictators and/or terrorists. Guess it further shows how little the UN means today.....of course, I am sure there will be liberal apologists galore....as is usually the case for the mecca of liberals, esp. since Moscow isnt quite so Commie anymore, Paris.This may be why France doesn't want us in Iraq. Maybe they are afraid we will find out more about them and illegal arms and tech deals. Ditto for Russia. Stay tuned. I hope we jump on the French about this, but I doubt it, as the tone seems to be back to the "don't make them angry" tone, and not with the "let's get to the bottom of this crap" tone. Seems mighty suspicious to me.....
