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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (304069)	10/4/2002 10:18:52 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Raymond, Please list the weapon systems that Iraq has that were manufactured in the United States or Britain. How many biological or chemical weapon warheads did Iraq purchase from the United States? I admit, that I only scanned the FAS article, but the American products listed by the article that were shipped to Iraq (during the 80's were): Mack Trucks, welding machines and supplies, cement handling equipment, California, computer systems, a water treatment facility, water demineralization plants and water pumping systems, construction equipment, dump trucks, tractors/earth movers, truck mounted cranes, cement compacting machines ,Liebherr cement mixers on Mack truck chassis, and heavy construction equipment. re:"Let's be honest about Saddam. He's been one of the best beneficiaries of U.S./UK military weapons in the Middle East over the past two decades" Let's be honest about Iraq. The United States warmed toward Iraq, only while it was acting as a counterweight against Revolutionary Iran its vision of Islamic Revolution. Let's also not forget that the United States wanted the Iran/Iraq war to end as a stalemate. To that end, Iran received military hardware when they were losing; and Iraq received intelligence information when Iraq was losing.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (304069)	10/4/2002 10:52:12 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

re:"Once he showed some independence by attacking the scoundrels in Kuwait who were stealing Iraq's Rumailia Field oil..." From what I could find, the Rumailia oil field sits on the Kuwait/Iraqi border - meaning both countries pump oil from the field. Also from what I could find, Iraq's claim that Kuwait was "stealing oil" was due to the fact that Kuwait was shipping more oil than their OPEC allotment.