aircraft that Saddam Hussein flew to Iran, Tunisia and Jordan for safekeeping 20 years ago next month to save them from the impending war with the United States over his seizure of Kuwait. Nasser Ash-Shibly of the Transport Ministry said they were only scrap now. He said Iraq had already sold the five planes in Jordan to the government there, was close to completing the sale of the two planes in Tunisia and had gotten nowhere in talks with Iran.
