<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3>In a message dated 4/13/2003 6:33:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, delong@econ.Berkeley.EDU writes:<BR>
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>Saddam Hussein was both anti-Shiite and anti-Communist<BR>
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Which is the reason that Iraq's army used Soviet-made equipment...</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Sure. More like, AK-47's at least are famous for being cheap and reliable. It would occur to me to go look up general info about price competitiveness of Soviet weapons, as well as credit terms. Were the Sov's more willing to sell on credit or to offer favorable credit terms???<BR>
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