Thursday, 13. March 2003

Topic: W A R - on March 13, 2003 at 10:16:22 AM CET

Iraqis Reject Deadly Drone Claim by U.S.
"Smoking gun" made with duct tape

A remotely piloted aircraft that the United States has warned could spread chemical weapons appears to be made of balsa wood and duct tape, with two small propellors attached to what look like the engines of a weed whacker.

Iraqi officials took journalists to the Ibn Firnas State Company just north of Baghdad on Wednesday, where the drone's project director accused Secretary of State Colin Powell of misleading the U.N. Security Council and the public.

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