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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (8794)	2/26/2003 2:43:15 AM
From: augieboo	Respond to of 95645

ST, that's kind of sort of in the ball park, but not really. I searched the Congressional Record for 1994 and I believe I found the document referred to in the article you quoted from. It was a letter from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The text of the letter is contained in the following document: Here is the link: frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov The letter says that at least one non-profit organization in the U.S. had shipped to various Iraqi government agencies various biological specimens which could be used in a biological warfare program. The letter also states that these shipments were approved by the Department of Commerce under the rules and laws in force during that period. The letter (and the discussion in the larger document of which the letter is a part) suggests two things: [1] That export controls be tightened so that such things could not happen in the future; and, [2] that Gulf War Veterans be compensated for injuries they suffered from "Gulf War Syndrome." But the Congressional Record provides no evidence that I can find, (nor, obviously, does the article from which you quoted), that the U.S. knew (and either didn't care or approved of) Saddam's use of chemical/biological weapons. So, I'm afraid it just doesn't answer my question, nor does it point me to anything that does. (: augie