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To follow-up on Eric Herring's 13 July post "Re: dodgy (un) dealings": >From Graham-Brown, Sarah, "Sanctioning Saddam: The Politics of Intervention in Iraq," (London: >I.B. Tauris, 1999), pg. 88 Graham-Brown: "Some of Iraq's weapons capacity is the result of local production - for example, of some chemical agents and delivery systems - but most of the basic components and technology come from the very countries which are now imposing these severe controls. During their investigations, the IAEA and UNSCOM have evidently added to the list of suppliers of components, precursors and technical expertise revealed by the Scott Report in the UK, congressional inquiries in the US and more limited investigations in other European countries. Letters of credit found in the Central Bank of Iraq further identified companies which had been selling military equipment to Iraq. All this information has been kept confidential. The former Chairman of UNSCOM, Rolf Ekeus, explained that this decision was not the result of any 'deal' with Iraq. Ekeus: 'It was to do with the major governments which were the supplier countries...If we had told about...[a] major company in country X, in western Europe, I can assure you that government would never forgive us. Because what would happen was the name would be published, legislation would be taken [sic], one-sided sanctions against that company, that would hurt national economic interest and they would cut us off from information .' (Graham-Brown quotes from Channel 4 Television (London), "Dispatches Special: Saddam's Secret Timebomb," Roberts and Wykeham Films, 23 February 1998 ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi