Iraq will announce later today that it will comply with a UN order to begin destroying its Al Samoud 2 missiles by the weekend, the Egyptian Middle East News Agency reported.
There was no immediate comment from the Iraqi government, but the agency quoted unidentified sources in Baghdad as saying the step was intended to deprive Washington of an excuse for war. [emphasis added]
It surprised me that they'd admit that the threat of invasion is affecting their behavior. Perhaps they're trying to imply that this single step should be enough to get us to leave them alone?
