"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> If the vehicle wasn't banned, why did the Iraqis try dismantling it before
> the inspectors arrived? Is this "full cooperation"?
>
> JDG
>
> Iraq Drone Scrapped After U.N. Inspection
> Chemical-Delivery Aircraft Not Divulged
>
> By Walter Pincus
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Tuesday, March 11, 2003; Page A16
>
> Iraq tried to dismantle an undeclared new drone aircraft last week after it
> was discovered by inspectors from the United Nations, according to U.N. and
> U.S. officials.
>
> Inspectors from the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
> (UNMOVIC) first discovered the remote piloted vehicle, or RPV, at the
> Samarra East flight-test facility north of Baghdad in mid-February,
> officials said. With a wingspan of almost 25 feet, the RPV could have a
> range far in excess of the 150 kilometers (93 miles) allowed by U.N.
> regulations.
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This was the plane to which I referred in my post last night, and this is
something that a lot of war supporters are pointing at to indicate that the
resolution has been violated by Iraq (why didn't they list it in the
declaration?).
Right now, I think that the US is going to go in, inevitably, and all the
behind-the-scenes stuff with UN member countries is something in the
direction of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Not as extreme as
rearranging deck chairs, but in that direction.
Julia
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