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RIA Novosti, March 25, 2003

USA seeks to pin blame for military failures in Iraq

Moscow, March 25, 2003. (RIA Novosti)- Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defence Committee Alexei Arbatov announced at a Moscow press conference that the USA's allegations that Russia had illegally exported weapons to Iraq were part of a campaign to pin the blame on someone else for the US military's failures in the current military operation in that country.

In his opinion the US accusations against the Russian Defence Ministry's committee for military-technical co-operation were "completely groundless." Arbatov said: "Nothing at this level has been delivered to Iraq recently, let alone in the last few days." At the same time, he acknowledged that individual pieces of equipment, including infra-red night and navigation systems, could have been sent to third countries and then ended up in Iraq. However, Arbatov noted that even in this case: "it would be naive to assume that these instrument could stop the American military machine." In the deputy's opinion, the Americans are unhappy that politically they are losing this war. Therefore, they have started to try and find someone to blame, "as this is easier to do psychologically."

 

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Situation Around Iraq

RIA Novosti, March 25, 2003

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