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…
Analysis
The Wisconsin Project’s reports track WMD programs and the companies supplying them. In op-eds and articles, we argue for strict enforcement of strategic trade controls to inhibit proliferation.
Exports and Terrorism: U.S. Export Licenses to Iran and Syria: 1986-1990
From 1986 to 1990, the U-S. Commerce Department approved over $300 million worth of sensitive American exports to Iran and Syria. Most of these were “dual-use” items, capable of making…
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….
Testimony: Chinese Exports of Nuclear and Missile Technology
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations June 13, 1991 I am pleased to be able to address the…
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…
A New China Syndrome: Beijing’s Atomic Bazaar
The Washington Post May 12, 1991, Page C1 It should come as no surprise that China is selling Pakistan a nuclear-capable missile and selling Algeria a reactor that could fuel…
Bombs from Beijing: A Report on China’s Nuclear and Missile Exports
INTRODUCTIONIn April 1991, U.S. intelligence revealed that China was selling Pakistan a nuclear-capable missile and selling Algeria a reactor that could make nuclear weapon material. These revelations come at a…
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…