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German agents discover Iraqi missile plant
by BERLIN (JPS) -- Germany's foreign intelligence service has located a secret Iraqi missile plant in an area some 25 miles southwe, The facility, which bears the name "Al Mamoun," is far from main roads and is said to consist of several buildings, some undergr
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The paper reports that the plant is currently producing a solid-fuel short-range missile. While the missile has a range of just 93 miles, the significance of the discovery, according to the German intelligence service, demonstrates that "the Iraqi will and personnel for developing missiles still exist."
The paper said the intelligence service is convinced that Iraqi technicians are currently working on missiles with a range of almost 1,900 miles, with chemical and biological capability.
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