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To: JohnM who wrote (87042)	3/27/2003 3:58:27 PM
From: E.J. Neitz Jr	Respond to of 281500

John, a few months ago I downloaded a very large document on USA WMD policy from www.cia.gov Search around, it may still have a link to it. Ed

To: JohnM who wrote (87042)	3/27/2003 3:58:46 PM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

OT CSPAN3 has Armitage live testifying on the need for the $77 billion. I have seen him before, a few times. He has only one tooth in the front. He sounds like Boris (of Boris and Natasha). I am having trouble supporting a movement that chooses a spokesman who has such unfortunate dental challenges. Doesn't State have a dental plan? Has anybody talked to him about this? Is anyone concerned it may distract from his message? Why Not? This is another example of the Administration's heartbreaking tin-ear-syndrom. No Joke, he is scary. Tune in.:O) Rascal@ youcan'tmakethisup.com

To: JohnM who wrote (87042)	3/27/2003 5:04:43 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I would not be surprised to learn that one could make a case that Russian companies have done so. As have companies from other states. But it seems to me unlikely that one can make a case it was done so (a) with knowledge by government officials (simply because it would be somewhere between difficult to impossible to get evidence) or (b) by the government itself (either because of the evidence problem or because it just wasn't done). During Kohl times the German government certainly knew about the massive technology export to Iraq. The FDP politician Möllemann (I mentioned him a couple of thousand posts ago) was the economy minister of the Kohl government for some time and presented a survey of exports to Iraq from 1981-1990, file number AZ V B4-296-92-VS. Some items mentioned in the 64-page report: 133 anti-aircraft systems "Roland" with 4250 rockets 262 anti-tank systems "HOT" with 10953 rockets 372 anti-tank systems "Milan" with 12386 rockets Many major engineering projects realized by German companies weren't discussed by Möllemann - e.g. the nerve agent research center SAAD 16 ($750 million) close to Mossul or the rocket plant in Mahmudiya ($450 million). Source: Der deutsche Exportweltmeister als Todeshändler (The German export champion as a merchant of death) nahost-politik.de