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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz
He destroyed his scuid missles? Hmm interesting since I seem to recall them shooting some at us when we were attacking Iraq this time..
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how about a link to those vicious unfounded scud attacks by the iraqis... maybe FauxNoise ....
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As yesterday's anti-war protest came to an end Saddam Hussein finally began scrapping his arsenal of banned missiles yesterday - continuing his extraordinary game of brinkmanship with George Bush and Tony Blair.
UN inspectors supervised the destruction of four al-Samoud 2 rockets - just hours before the deadline for scrapping the illegal arms passed.
The Iraqi president was ordered to destroy the missiles by UN chief weapons inspector Hand Blix last week. He told Saddam disarmament had to begin by yesterday.
The demand came after it emerged the al-Samoud, which is based on the design of the Russian Scud, can carry chemical and biological warheads more than 90 miles - the maximum range imposed after the 1991 Gulf War.
But yesterday's concession by Saddam was immediately dismissed by Britain's Tony Blair as "nowhere near enough". The Prime Minister said: "This falls a mile short of what he has to do, which is full disarmament. Where, for example are the thousands of tonnes of nerve gas agents which are unaccounted for?"
The move was hailed by chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix as a "significant piece of real disarmament." But Foreign Secretary Jack Straw attacked it as a "cynical trick".
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer went further. "The Iraqi actions are propaganda wrapped in a lie inside a falsehood," he said.
The first wave of missile scrapping came as the Turkish parliament backed the use of their land by US troops to launch attacks in Iraq.
But, as the Pope announced he was sending an envoy to Washington in a bid to avert war,
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I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !
But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....
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