Melodie aka hint hint:
Judging by your IP you're definitely not who you think I'm hinting at.
JFM:
So obvious that it didn't strike me before. Well seen!
So even if this is the date when the missiles were last checked, and considering that the "industrial sources in Paris" claimed they were checked by an Iraki company, the question is indeed: why would they use a Latin script? Surely there's a good reason to explain that.
Or a big surprise of some sort.