Saddam Hussein sought missile assembly line from North Korea
AFP, November, 2003
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NEW YORK (AFP) — Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was trying to obtain an entire missile production line from North Korea prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq, with Syria offering a transit route for delivery of the goods, the New York Times reported.
North Korea never delivered on its side of the deal, fleecing Saddam Hussein of a 10-million-dollar down payment, the newspaper said.
It said the failed deal was first revealed in early October by US weapons expert David Kay, head of the US-created Iraq Survey Group (ISG) which is hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
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Investigators now believe that Iraq was trying to purchase Rodong missiles and a complete missile assembly line, in what appears to be its most serious violation of UN resolutions discovered thus far, the Times noted.
Investigators have been searching for something "far more nefarious" such as an ongoing ...
