Who Armed Iraq?

[bfp]

Legend used in this list:

A = nuclear program,
B = bioweapons program,
C = chemical weapons program,
R = rocket program,
K = conventional weapons, military logistics, supplies at the Iraqi Defense Ministry and the building of military plants.

After the list of US firms are these remarks: "In addition to these 24 companies home-based in the USA are 50 subsidiaries of foreign enterprises which conducted their arms business with Iraq from within the US. Also designated as suppliers for Iraq's arms programs (A, B, C & R) are the US Ministries of Defense, Energy, Trade and Agriculture as well as the Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories." (Anu's translation)


US CORPORATIONS

1 Honeywell (R, K)

2 Spectra Physics (K)

3 Semetex (R)

4 TI Coating (A, K)

5 Unisys (A, K)

6 Sperry Corp. (R, K)

7 Tektronix (R, A)

8 Rockwell (K)

9 Leybold Vacuum Systems (A)

10 Finnigan-MAT-US (A)

11 Hewlett-Packard (A, R, K)

12 Dupont (A)

13 Eastman Kodak (R)

14 American Type Culture Collection (B)

15 Alcolac International (C)

16 Consarc (A)

17 Carl Zeiss - U.S (K)

18 Cerberus (LTD) (A)

19 Electronic Associates (R)

20 International Computer Systems (A, R, K)

21 Bechtel (K)

22 EZ Logic Data Systems, Inc. (R)

23 Canberra Industries Inc. (A)

24 Axel Electronics Inc. (A)


CHINA

1 China Wanbao Engineering Company (A, C, K)

2 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd (K)

3 China State Missile Company (R)


FRANCE

1 Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique (A)

2 Sciaky (A)

3 Thomson CSF (A, K)

4 Aerospatiale and Matra Espace (R)

5 Cerbag (A)

6 Protec SA (C)

7 Thales Group (A)

8 Societé Général pour les Techniques Nouvelles (A)


GREAT BRITAIN

1 Euromac Ltd-Uk (A)

2 C. Plath-Nuclear (A)

3 Endshire Export Marketing (A)

4 International Computer Systems (A, R, K)

5 MEED International (A, C)

6 Walter Somers Ltd. (R)

7 International Computer Limited (A, K)

8 Matrix Churchill Corp. (A)

9 Ali Ashour Daghir (A)

10 International Military Services (R) (im Besitz des brit. Verteidigungsministeriums)

11 Sheffield Forgemasters (R)

12 Technology Development Group (R)

13 International Signal and Control (R)

14 Terex Corporation (R)

15 Inwako (A)

16 TMG Engineering (K)

17 XYY Options, Inc (A)


USSR-RUSSIA

1 Soviet State Missile Co. (R)

2 Niikhism (R)

3 Mars Rotor (R)

4 Livinvest (R)

5 Russia Aviatin Trading House (K)

6 Amsar Trading (K)

Weitere Länder


JAPAN

1 Fanuc (A)

2 Hammamatsu Photonics KK (A)

3 NEC (A)

4 Osaka (A)

5 Waida (A)


NETHERLANDS

1 Melchemie B.V. (C)

2 KBS Holland B.V. (C)

3 Delft Instruments N.V. (K)


BELGIUM

1 Boehler Edelstahl (A),

2 NU Kraft Mercantile Corporation (C),

3 OIP Instrubel (K),

4 Phillips Petroleum (C)

5 Poudries Réunies Belge SA (R)

6 Sebatra (A),

7 Space Research Corp. (R)


SPAIN

1 Spanien: Donabat (R)

2 Treblam (C)

3 Zayer (A)


SWEDEN

1 ABB (A)

2 Saab-Scania (R)

[Adam D]

and this is new information?

Originally Posted by Adam D

and this is new information?

I've never seen it presented like that before.

[Adam D]

It's certainly nothing new to me.

Originally Posted by Adam D

It's certainly nothing new to me.

Of course it isn't Adam. But I found it interesting.

[Val]

Pre or Post Saddam Regime?

[Jimbo]

Bfp, which Presidential Administration gave the okay to US Companies to assist Iraq with its chemical weapons programs used in killing off many Kurdish soldiers and civilians? Also, post a link to your source,