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skywalker · 02-24-2003, 01:45 PM

Interesting stuff! Looks like many nations had companies that had their fingers in Iraq's pies:

Revealed: 17 British firms armed Saddam with his weapons

Investigation: By Neil Mackay Home Affairs Editor

SEVENTEEN British companies who supplied Iraq with nuclear, biological, chemical, rocket and conventional weapons technology are to be investigated and could face prosecution following a Sunday Herald investigation.
One of the companies is Inter national Military Services, a part of the Ministry of Defence, which sold rocket technology to Iraq. The companies were named by Iraq in a 12,000 page dossier submitted to the UN in December. The Security Council agreed to US requests to censor 8000 pages -- including sections naming western businesses which aided Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programme.

The five permanent members of the security council -- Britain, France, Russia, America and China -- are named as allowing companies to sell weapons technology to Iraq.

For more: http://www.sundayherald.com/31710

The article also points at Germany as the biggest of Iraq's arms trading partners as stated in the subject of this thread.

Mark

[EDIT] This news story was first posted at The Sunday Herald on 2/23/03.

[ 02-25-2003, 04:54 AM: Message edited by: skywalker ]

02-24-2003, 01:45 PM	#5
skywalker Banned User Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: VT, USA Age: 65 Posts: 3,097	Interesting stuff! Looks like many nations had companies that had their fingers in Iraq's pies: Revealed: 17 British firms armed Saddam with his weapons Investigation: By Neil Mackay Home Affairs Editor SEVENTEEN British companies who supplied Iraq with nuclear, biological, chemical, rocket and conventional weapons technology are to be investigated and could face prosecution following a Sunday Herald investigation. One of the companies is Inter national Military Services, a part of the Ministry of Defence, which sold rocket technology to Iraq. The companies were named by Iraq in a 12,000 page dossier submitted to the UN in December. The Security Council agreed to US requests to censor 8000 pages -- including sections naming western businesses which aided Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programme. The five permanent members of the security council -- Britain, France, Russia, America and China -- are named as allowing companies to sell weapons technology to Iraq. For more: http://www.sundayherald.com/31710 The article also points at Germany as the biggest of Iraq's arms trading partners as stated in the subject of this thread. Mark [EDIT] This news story was first posted at The Sunday Herald on 2/23/03. [ 02-25-2003, 04:54 AM: Message edited by: skywalker ]