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If you'd cared to do some research, you'd understand that we knew Iraq had Scud missiles. What do you think the Al Samoud missiles were?
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Hunh? an al samoud is an al samoud it is not a scud, nor is it a varient of a scud.
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Furthermore, Iraq is permitted to possess Scud missiles, provided their maximum range is 150 km or less.
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Their is no type of Scud that Iraq has that has a range equal to or less then 150km, unless you want to trust them to not fuel them up all the way...
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Don't bother saying anything unless you know what you're talking about.
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1) The Al-Samoud missiles are classified as "Scud B" missiles: essentially scaled down, liquid propelled scuds that may use parts from SA-2 missiles. If you don't believe me, you can read:
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Right now I'm really rather baffled if your intentionally trying to cover up your previous misstatement that al samoud missiles are scuds, or if you really belive what your saying. Especially since you claim to have read so many websites.
A al samoud missile is not a scud B nor is it classified as one (well their both short-ranged ballistic missiles... meh). The iqaris I'm sure are putting what they know from working with scuds into it.
| quote: | http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications...Oct_2002.htm#07
During the 1980s, Iraq purchased 819 Scud B missiles from the USSR. Hundreds of these 300km range missiles were used to attack Iranian cities during the Iran-Iraq War. Beginning in 1987, Iraq converted many of these Soviet Scuds into extended-range variants, some of which were fired at Tehran; some were launched during the Gulf war, and others remained in Iraq's inventory at war's end. Iraq admitted filling at least 75 of its Scud warheads with chemical or biological agents and deployed these weapons for use against Coalition forces and regional opponents, including Israel in 1991.
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| quote: | http://www.iraqwatch.org/government...gon/dodscud.htm
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) used the nickname "Scud B" when referring to the Soviet-made, mobile, single-stage, single-warhead, liquid-fueled, short-range ballistic missile (originally designated by the Soviets as the R-17). Within the intelligence community, it also carried the designation SS-1c (SS for surface-to-surface).
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| quote: | http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iraq/scud.htm
In total, Iraq imported 819 of the single-stage liquid-engine missiles and 11 mobile launchers for them. Iraq began, in 1987, a program to extend the range of the Scud B and to 'reverse engineer' the design, so as to produce several new, more potent, indigenous missiles, known as the Al Hussein, Al Hijarah and Al Abbas.
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general info http://www.iraqwatch.org/wmd/missile.html
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