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Saddam Planned to Use Aerial Drones to Assassinate Israeli Prime Minister


(Geostrategy-Direct-WorldNetDaily) Saddam Hussein's government discussed supplying unmanned aerial vehicles to terrorists, according to the CIA's Iraq Survey Group report. Imad Abd-al-Latif al-Rida, the director of Iraq's Al Quds remotely piloted aircraft program, reported that four Al Quds drones were to be used as "flying bombs" in an attempt to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Sharon. The UAVs were to be given to former Hamas member Abu Radin, a friend of Saddam Hussein, who would take them to Jordan, install 5 kg of C4 explosive, and use them to attack Sharon in Jerusalem.
2004-10-20 00:00:00
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