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…

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…

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…

Designing the Third World Bomb

Wisconsin Academy Review Winter 1990-1991, p.15-18 The conflict in the Gulf should refocus attention on a frightening fact of modern life: Third World tyrants, armed with missiles and A-bombs, are…

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…

A Mideast Dilemma: What Is Saddam’s Nuclear Timetable?

The Washington Post, Outlook November 25, 1990, p. C5 On Thanksgiving Day President Bush told our troops in the Persian Gulf that the Iraqi nuclear-weapon program may be more advanced…

Monitoring the Nuke-Mart

On Wisconsin November-December 1990. As the Cold War cools, Third World tyrants are rushing to build weapons of mass destruction. And according to law professor Gary Milhollin, western nations have…