need help here--anybody know anything about supposedly finding 4 planes out in the desert

[niyad]

in Iraq called firefox or something, supposedly capable of delivering biological, chemical and nuclear weapons? somebody said that just a bit ago in the coffeeshop where I was (up to that moment) relaxing. a justification, of course, for our invasion.


I hadn't heard anything even remotely like this.

Thank you in advance for any light you can shed on this.

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. It was in 2003

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/sandplanes.asp

AFTER the invasion of Iraq by US forces. So, certainly NOT the smoking gun.

on edit;
It was Desert Fox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq

[Fovea]

2. when in doubt, try snopes

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/sandplanes.asp

However, this is just a bit of the old Iraqi airforce. It by itself is no more a weapon of mass destruction than a cross town bus.

[baldguy]

3. Iraqi Drones Not For WMD

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/28/iraq/main570588.shtml

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. MiG 25's were called Foxbats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25