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class=headlinesbig><FONT color=#000066><FONT face=Arial>Missiles missing in Iraq
says paper</B></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </FONT></STRONG><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN
class=copy><FONT face=Arial size=2>08.11.2004 7.20 am <BR></FONT>
<P>Bush Administration officials fear as many as 4000 shoulder-fired missiles
could be missing from Iraq, the Washington Post reports.
<P>The missiles, which can be used to down aircraft, had been under the control
of Saddam Hussein's Government.
<P>The newspaper quoted a senior US defense official as saying it was difficult
to estimate how many of the portable missiles were missing and how many would
have been in working order.
<P>US officials fear that failure to secure the weapons means they may have been
sold to terrorists. </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>