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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=23154330 [Yet once again. Ukraine is not alone in being threatened with being a 'nation supporting a nation that supports possibly considering developing weapons of mass destruction' by those nations who have a near monopoly on them. Belarus and Armenia are already being sanctioned for similar accusations and last week the mighty military colossus that is the Bosnian Serb Republic was also identified by Washington as exporting something or other to Baghdad that might, conceivably, somehow or another, although we have no proof, if everything else was in place....] The Times Of India September 24, 2002 Ukraine sold advanced radar system to Iraq: US PTI -Although there is no definitive proof that the sale was made, the American government has "some indications...." -US has relayed the finding to Nato members as well as to Ukranian officials, whose response is "mostly a denial that this has happened...." NEW YORK: Based on analysis of clandestine tape recordings, US authorities have concluded that Ukranian President Leonid D Kuchma personally approved a plan in July 2000, to sell to Iraq, an advanced radar system that could detect approaching aircraft without the pilots knowledge. Although there is no definitive proof that the sale was made, the American government has "some indications" that the radar units are now in Iraq, a high-level US official told the New York Times. "We are looking at a range of things in terms of how we engage Ukraine and how we talk to Kuchma, the official said, adding, "we are hopeful that it would come to a conclusion in a week or so." This finding follows a judgement by experts at the Justice Department and elsewhere that the voice in the tape was Kuchma's and that the tape itself, was authentic. US has relayed the finding to Nato members as well as to Ukranian officials, whose response is "mostly a denial that this has happened, the report quoted US officials as saying. The tape, a part of 300 hours of secretly recorded conversations brought to the US by a onetime Ukranian presidential security guard, who fled his homeland in 2001 is said to be a document a conversation between Kuchma and then director of Ukraine's arms export agency, Valery Malev. The Kolchuga system has a complex of four receivers that pick up and co-ordinate the position of signals emitted by a approaching objects. It is billed capable of detecting aircraft as far away as 800 km and ground targets up to 600 km away. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
