Iraq Captured U.S. Missiles--Cheney
<i> Associated Press</i>
PARIS —
Iraqi military forces captured some of Kuwait’s cache of U.S.-made Hawk anti-aircraft missiles and apparently are trying to learn how to use the weapons, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said today.
A State Department spokeswoman in Washington said most of Kuwait’s Hawk missiles were captured in Iraq’s Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait.
The United States had sold Kuwait five Hawk batteries and more than 150 Hawk missiles.
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