International Herald Tribune Wednesday, August 14, 1991, p. 4 WASHINGTON — For the fourth time since the Gulf war, a pack of sleuthhounds from the United Nations is in Iraq…
Iraq
From 2000 to 2006, the Wisconsin Project published Iraq Watch, a website that monitored Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction capability and the companies and countries supplying Iraq. Through Iraq Watch, the Project revealed dangerous transfers to Iraq that took place in the 1990s in violation of U.N. sanctions. Iraq Watch was archived in August 2006, but the last version of the site is available here. The Project’s analysis and advocacy related to Iraq, including its WMD capability under the Saddam Hussein regime, U.N. sanctions, and international inspections is listed below.
Stop the Nuclear Threat at the Source
The New York Times Saturday, August 10, 1991, p. A19 WASHINGTON — For the fourth time since the gulf war, a pack of sleuthhounds from the United Nations is in…
Military Exports to Iraq Come Under Scrutiny
The New York Times June 25, 1991 p. A11 WASHINGTON, June 23 — The Commerce Department has started an internal investigation of charges that officials of the agency altered documents…
US-approved exports may have aided Iraqi army, says report
Financial Times June 20, 1991, p. 18 The US government approved exports to Iraq between 1987 and 1989 that may have helped Baghdad improve its weapons capabilities, according to a…
Study: Commerce Dept. aided Iraqi arms buildup
Chicago Tribune June 20, 1991 WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department helped Saddam Hussein build his war machine in the late 1980s by approving the sale of millions of dollars of sensitive U.S….
Licensing Mass Destruction: U.S. Exports to Iraq: 1985-1990
INTRODUCTION The U.S. Department of Commerce licensed more than $1.5 billion worth of sensitive U.S. exports to Iraq from 1985 to 1990.[1] Most were “dual-use” items, capable of making nuclear…
Sensitive U.S. Exports to WMD Procurement Agents in Iraq
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House and Senate Joint Economic Committee Subcommittee on Technology and National Security April 23, 1991 I am…
Tug of war over high-tech exports
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists March 1991, p. 7-8 Since last summer, two opposing forces have been operating in the field of export controls. On July 1, the United States and…
Testimony: Iraqi Nuclear Weapon Threat
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Armed Services November 30, 1990 I am pleased to have this opportunity to address…
Better Nuclear Prevention Than Cure
International Herald Tribune November 29, 1990, p. 4 WASHINGTON — Should President George Bush use the US forces of Operation Desert Shield to strike at Iraq’s nuclear effort just a…