New York Times columnist William Safire reveals that the
> French have been secretly aiding Iraq in its arms
> production of long-range missiles -- missiles that may be
> used to hit U.S. troops with biological and chemical
> agents.
>
> NewsMax.com reports the full story in Inside Cover today.
>
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> NewsMax's Inside Cover report from today follows:
>
> Saddam Hussein went to France, by way of China and Syria,
> and got the parts for his long-range ballistic missiles.
>
> No, not the ridiculous "Al Samoud" missiles, whose name
> sounds like a bad Americanization of a Muslim one ("Do you
> know Al? Al Samoud?").
>
> We're talking about the missiles to which Saddam himself
> alluded when he said that destruction of the Al Samoud 2s
> was not of consequence. He said that Iraq had other ways
> to protect itself.
>
> Indeed it does.
>
> William Safire, writing in today's NY Times, tells us that
> Qilu Chemicals, a leading manufacturer of a clear liquid
> rubber named hydroxy terminated polybutadiene, known in
> the advanced-rocket industry as HTPB, sold the substance
> to a French middleman, CIS Paris, which Safire describes
> as "a Parisian broker that is active in dealings of many
> kinds with Baghdad."
>
> Safire writes that the CIS director "is familiar with the
> order but denies being the agent," so we know the order
> took place.
>
> But the U.N., which France is trying to use as a leash on
> the U.S., has to specifically approve such a transaction
> with Iraq.
>
> Well, France and Iraq can't be bothered with that, so they
> had the shipment sent from China to Syria, which has been
> said to be hiding Saddam's weapons, to be received by yet
> another company that acts for the Iraqi missile industry.
>
> The rocket fuel was then simply trucked across the very
> long border Syria shares with Iraq, and no one was the
> wiser.
>
> Until now.
>
> Safire continued:
>
> I'm also told that a contract was signed last April in
> Paris for five tons of 99% unsymmetric dimethylhydrazine,
> another advanced missile fuel, which is produced by
> France's Société Nationale des Poudre et Explosifs.
>
> "In addition, Iraqi attempts to buy an oxidizer for solid
> propellant missiles, ammonium perchlorate, were
> successful, at least on paper. Both chemicals, like HTPB,
> require explicit approval by the U.N. Sanctions Committee
> before they can be sold to Iraq.
>
> Which they were not.
>
> Safire suggests that perhaps the U.N. inspectors, under
> whose "watchful eyes" all this has occurred, look at
> Iraq's El Sirat trading company and its affiliate, the
> Gudia Bureau, with respect to these dealings.
>
> But they won't.
>
> Hans Blix was put into power by the very nations that now
> oppose the U.S. at the U.N., and he is not about to bite
> the hand that feeds him.
>
> Meanwhile, France is actively arming Saddam and apparently
> trying to create a situation where Saddam will have the
> ability to pile up U.S. and British bodybags should we
> invade.
>
> Just why is France on the Security Council? The only
> country to which it provides security is apparently Iraq.