17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 07:50 PM 12/17/98 -0500, Frederick Burroughs wrote:
Specifically, positioning data from GPS receivers used by weapons inspectors at inspection sites in Iraq provided precise targeting coordinates for US cruise missiles. Information from UN inspectors was also used to prioritize targets into several categories, including: High threat defensive sites such as antiaircraft missile and radar facilities, medium threat command and communications sites, and low threat power and manufacturing plants. GPS data was essential for targeting high threat sites located near residential areas.
It is not always entirely propoganda that embassy people, peace corps types, businessmen, etc. are spies.