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...SMOKING GUN? The U.N. knew about the missile engines. Inspectors still dispute what the tubes are for, but the magnets and balancing machines prove Saddam wants uranium. The possibility of an anthrax-armed drone is terrifying Iraq's neighbors
Iraq is developing a drone with a 500-km range...
...different bed every night, has body doubles and food tasters, all for good reason. Iraqi diplomats say Saddam is convinced that Bush wants him dead, and so any exile scenario would have to assure him that he would never find himself in the sights of a Predator drone or a war-crimes tribunal. Even with a gun pointed at his head, says a French official, "it's difficult to imagine Saddam throwing up his arms, saying 'All right, I'll go,' and agreeing to live a life of fear, distrust and, who knows, maybe betrayal, prison and humiliation in exile...
...this for a product lineup: sensors for cutting-edge military drone aircraft, minivan-size airport baggage scanners, lifelike human dummies that breathe and bleed? If it sounds like a grab bag, that just goes to show how rapidly the defense business is changing. And the best model for a post-9/11, homeland-security-era defense firm may be L-3 Communications, which makes each of these unique high-tech devices...
...high-tech weapons at its disposal, most notably the Predator. But gee-whiz weaponry is not always as smart as the p.r. flacks would have us believe. Last February, for example, three Afghans, described as dangerous al-Qaeda terrorists, were killed by a missile launched from a CIA Predator drone in the eastern part of the country. They were apparently villagers collecting scrap metal. One was tall and could have been Osama bin Laden. Never mind that the man killed was only 5 ft. 11 and bin Laden is 6 ft. 5; the Predator can't see every detail...