Saddam Gets Air Defense Advice from Yugoslavs

(Times - UK) Stephen Grey and Tom Walker - Radar and weapons systems experts from the Yugoslav army are helping Saddam Hussein to organize his air defenses against British and American jets ahead of the anticipated allied bombing campaign on Iraq. The highly skilled Yugoslav officers performed impressively during the 1999 Kosovo war, when their adroit use of supposedly outdated technology helped much of the army's hardware to escape destruction by American airstrikes.


2002-10-08 00:00:00

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