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April 28, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4940144§ion=news

Iraq Modified Planes for Chemical Raids

(Reuters) - Iraq modified aircraft for possible chemical weapons attacks against Israeli targets before last year's U.S.-led invasion, Israel's army chief said Monday. "We identified them: drones, Tupolev-16s, and Sukhoi (aircraft)," Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon told Yediot Ahronot. "They were specially fitted for these kinds of missions - dispersing chemical weapons," he said. Yaalon said U.S. forces were able to destroy the modified aircraft on the first or second day of the war, "because we had located them."

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