From: "Richard Barker" <[log in to unmask]>


> http://www.thememoryhole.org/corp/iraq-suppliers.htm

Some western corporations (mostly German) sold industrial equipment that
could be used to make weapons, as well as lots of other things.  If you look
at the report in the Independent, the only specific item they mention is
this:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=362566
    The list contained the names of long-established German firms such
    as Siemens as well as US multi-nationals. With government approval,
    Siemens exported machines used to eliminate kidney stones which have
    a "dual use" high precision switch used to detonate nuclear bombs.
    Ten French companies were also named along with a number of Swiss
    and Chinese firms. The newspaper said a number of British companies
    were cited, but did not name them.


Does this statement
 "many weapons were given to Saddam by the US-Government"
have anything to do with this:
  A German firm sold medical equipment to Iraq, one part of which could be
used as a switch in a nuclear bomb.

From what I see in this report, the United States _never_ sold any weapons
to Iraq.

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