On 5 Oct 2003 13:02:45 -0700, (Michael
Petukhov) wrote:

snip

France said it stopped producing any type of Roland missile in 1993.

``There can be no 2003 missiles since these missiles have not been
made for 15 years, " - Chirac

2003 - 15 = 1988
2003 - 1993 = 10

Surely there must be some mystake

Poland says regrets report on French missiles

WARSAW, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Poland's defence ministry expressed regret
on Saturday over its report that Polish troops had found advanced
French-made missiles in Iraq that had been produced this year.

The ministry's brief statement did not explicitly retract the words
of spokesman Eugeniusz Mleczak, who said on Friday that the
Roland-type missiles found near the Iraqi town of Hilla in a zone
controlled by the Polish-led military force.

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