Records show Iraq was buying forbidden U.S. high-tech goods

USA TODAY ^ | 8/29/03 | Donna Leinwand and Jim Michaels

[kattracks]

BAGHDAD

[RandallFlagg]

I can't wait for mid-September!!!

[EGPWS]

Officials are trying to determine whether any of those companies knowingly violated the sanctions and U.S. Customs laws

I'm out of my useful real in my profession if they have to sigh or gasp for 1 minute in exasperation in making a determination on THAT one!

[EGPWS]

"realm" is mean't

[EGPWS]

As for the money Iraq used to pay for goods bought from elsewhere, officials from the nation's central bank have located more than a dozen Iraqi government accounts at banks in Lebanon.

I wonder what the $$ amount is. Could it be that WMD will eventually be found in Lebanon?

[afz400]

"I wonder what the $$ amount is. Could it be that WMD will eventually be found in Lebanon?"
WMD have already been found but will never be revealed, IMHO. The trail leads to too many of Bush's buddies, I'm afraid. Beginning to lose faith in the guy, sadly - he's starting to look to me like just another BS artist.

[Susannah]

"WMD have already been found but will never be revealed, IMHO. The trail leads to too many of Bush's buddies, I'm afraid. Beginning to lose faith in the guy, sadly - he's starting to look to me like just another BS artist. "

According to the Left, Bush's buddies are "big oil" and I doubt that Iraq needed big oil. Based on my past experience with various levels of security clearance, I'm confident this is a giant puzzle that needs to be pieced together before it can be revealed.

[Imal]

Records show Iraq was buying forbidden U.S. high-tech goods

Yesterday, inspectors in Iraq found 37 cases of "The Clapper", which were believed to be targeted for use in remotely controlling the release of chemical and biological agents.

More ominously, transcripts from Iraqi army radio messages recorded by U.S. intelligence during the fall of Baghdad reportedly include the words "Clap on! Clap on!" being spoken in Arabic by the leader of the Iraqi forces.

Apparently, however, instead of applauding as commanded, junior Iraqi officers joined their troops in a hasty departure from the city, forestalling a potentially deadly wave of unconventional attacks.

[Michael Barnes]

The trail leads to too many of Bush's buddies

Interested in some links on that..

[Redbob]

They probably bought the stuff through third parties in France.

[expatpat]

companies in Germany and South Korea....referred to the United States as "our common enemy".....to ingratiate themselves with Iraq.

They also declined to name those foreign companies.

Come on, name these companies so we can make them our enemies.

[mewzilla]

Were the items in question flown in on UN chartered flights, I wonder...?

[mewzilla]

Click here for a link on some of the companies supplying Iraq's nuke program...

[ravingnutter]

Could it be that WMD will eventually be found in Lebanon?

See U.S suspects Iraqi WMD in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

My post #158 on that thread has alot of additional info.

[mabelkitty]

Wonder if David Kay has record of certain Clinton-doners selling equipment vis-a-vis the Food for Blood program.

This is getting good!

[mabelkitty]

I guess politics isn't your thing.

Why show your hand before the election season? Wouldn't it be more prudent to whip it out right after New Hampshire? Or even later?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Stepfamily Day, 9/16
Citizenship Day, 9/17

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; )

[EGPWS]

See U.S suspects Iraqi WMD in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

My post #158 on that thread has alot of additional info.

Thanks for the link ravingnutter. I however visited it when it was posted. I'm surprised I didn't have anything to say about it then.

#158...Great post!