Russia's military leadership has obtained information about the possible dates and scenarios for the U.S.-led strike against Iraq, a General Headquarters source said Wednesday. "According to our information, the operation is scheduled for late February. A decision to carry this out was finalized, but it has not been announced," he said, according to Interfax.
"The military operation against Iraq will be conducted by a combination of means -- strikes will be from the air, land and sea. The war will be short, lasting about one month," the Russian source was quoted as saying.
The source added that the main aim of the war would be to secure control of Iraqi oilfields.
Meanwhile, Sergey Kirienko Chairman of the State Committee on the Chemical Disarmament, Russian President's Plenipotentiary Representative in the Volga federal district said Wednesday Iraq could not have hidden chemical weapons if it had any.
"I am not a chemistry expert, but from my own work experience I may say that Iraq could not have hidden chemical weapons from the international inspectors," Kirienko conveyed, according to RIA Novosti.
As for nuclear weapons, today's detection technologies are so perfect, that it is practically impossible to hide nuclear weapons, the President's Plenipotentiary Representative said. (Albawaba.com)
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