Bewijs: raket afgevuurd op marktplaats is afkomstig van VS.

Bewijs: raket afgevuurd op marktplaats is afkomstig van VS.
by Glen Rangwala Monday March 31, 2003 at 05:30 PM

Glen Rangwala, prof. in Cambridge, drijvende kracht achter CASI, die het rapport van blair ontmaskerde als overgeschreven van Internet-bronnen, geeft het glasharde bewijs dat de raket die werd afgevuurd op 27 maart op een markt in Bagdad, een tomahawk-raket is en daardoor wordt Rumsfeld teruggefloten. Deze had namelijk beweerd dat de Raket van Iraakse makelijk was. Leugens, smerige leugens om deze vuile oorlog te rechtvaardigen. Hoelang nog voor deze moordenaars ophouden met hun piraterij. Gepost door Dirk Adriaensens

Dear List

It seems that the US and UK government are still claiming that the 28 March bombing of Shu'ala marketplace, which is being reported as having killed 62 peope, could have been the result of malfunctioning Iraqi air defence equipment.

(see, eg, Donald Rumsfeld's interview yesterday at:
http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile/latest&f=03033008.elt&t=/products/washfile/newsitem.shtml).

Shards from the fuselage of the missile were recovered by a local resident,and have been found contain a code number, MFR 96214 09.

This was reported by Robert Fisk, "In Baghdad, blood and bandages for the innocent", 30 March 2003, at:
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=392161 :

"the missile was guided by computers and that vital shard of fuselage was computer-coded. It can be easily verified and checked by the Americans - if they choose to do so. It reads: 30003-704ASB 7492. The letter "B" is scratched and could be an "H". This is believed to be the serial number. It is followed by a further code which arms manufacturers usually refer to as the weapon's "Lot" number. It reads: MFR 96214 09."

An analysis has been sent to me that points out to me that "MFR" is code in defence contracts for "manufacturer".

96214 is a manufacturer identification number, a so-called "Cage Code".

Cage codes can be checked on the site:
http://www.gidm.dlis.dla.mil/bincs/begin_search.asp

96214 is the cage code for Raytheon Company, a Texas-based military supplier that manufactures parts for Tomahawk missiles.

See for example their press release of 27 March 2003, "Raytheon Tactical Tomahawk Penetrator Variant Successfully Completes Inaugural Test Flight":
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=149999&TICK=RTN&STORY=/www/story/03-27-2003/0001915413&EDATE=Mar+27,+2003

There seem to be 4 possibilities:

- that the shard did not come from the missile that hit Shu'ala marketplace.

- that Robert Fisk is having us on.

- that the Iraqis successfully smuggled a missile in from Texas which they then fired at the Baghdad market.

- that the missile that hit Shu'ala market place was made in Texas and fired by US forces.

I hope this helps clarify the relevant likelihoods.

Best
Glen.

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