Raid Reportedly Nets Iraq Missile

LONDON — American and British commando forces have stolen an Iraqi surface-to-air missile in a behind-the-lines raid on occupied Kuwait, the London Sunday Times said.

The newspaper quoted a senior Pentagon official as saying that troops from U.S. Special Forces and Britain’s Special Air Service flew by helicopter to Kuwait, seized the missile and brought it back to Saudi Arabia for dismantling.

It said that during the raid last month, the missile’s Iraqi crew was taken prisoner and interrogated. They passed on details of the equipment and Iraqi tactics.

The unidentified Pentagon official was quoted as saying: “Those guys flew in, took the Iraqis completely by surprise, interrogated the crew, took the missile and flew back.”