There are no Scud missiles or missile launchers in western Iraq, Israel’s defense minister said. Shaul Mofaz’s remarks, based on Israeli intelligence information, came in a televised interview Saturday following a Fox News report last week that U.S. officials saw movement of Scud missiles in western Iraq, within striking distance of Israel.
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