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U.S. Finds More Iraqi Warplanes Buried in Desert

(AP/San Francisco Chronicle) - U.S. search teams hunting for Iraqi weapons have found several MiG-25s and Su-25 ground attack jets from Iraq's air force buried beneath the sands at al-Taqqadum air field west of Baghdad. Rep. Porter Goss (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the discovery pointed to how far Iraqi forces went to conceal their activities. Briefed on the discovery during his recent trip to Iraq, Goss said, "Our guys have found 30-something brand new aircraft buried in the sand." Australian troops, who on April 16 captured the Al Asad Airfield, 112 miles northwest of Baghdad, found scores of fighter aircraft, mostly Soviet-era MiGs but also three advanced MiG-25 Foxbats, buried or hidden under trees.
2003-08-01 00:00:00
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