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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 1430709" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>Nothing conflicting about this...</p><p></p><p></p><p>"The United States exported support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war over $500 million worth of dual use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exports" target="_blank">exports</a> to Iraq that were approved by the Commerce department. Among them were advanced computers, some of which were used in Iraq's nuclear program.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-deathlobby-35" target="_blank">[35]</a> The non-profit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Type_Culture_Collection" target="_blank">American Type Culture Collection</a> and the Centers for Disease Control sold or sent biological samples of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax" target="_blank">anthrax</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Nile_virus" target="_blank">West Nile virus</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism" target="_blank">botulism</a> to Iraq up until 1989, which Iraq claimed it needed for medical research. A number of these materials were used for Iraq's biological weapons research program, while others were used for vaccine development.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-36" target="_blank">[36]</a>[<em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" target="_blank">dead link</a></em>] For example, the Iraqi military settled on the American Type Culture Collection strain 14578 as the exclusive anthrax strain for use as a biological weapon, according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duelfer" target="_blank">Charles Duelfer</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-37" target="_blank">[37]</a></p><p></p><p>In the late 1980s, the British government secretly gave the arms company <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_Churchill" target="_blank">Matrix Churchill</a> permission to supply parts for Saddam Hussein's weapons program, while British Industry supplied <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull" target="_blank">Gerald Bull</a> as he developed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_supergun" target="_blank">Iraqi supergun</a>. In March 1990, a case of nuclear triggers bound for Iraq, were seized at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" target="_blank">Heathrow Airport</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Report" target="_blank">Scott Report</a> uncovered much of the secrecy that had surrounded the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms-to-Iraq" target="_blank">Arms-to-Iraq</a> affair when it became known.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-38" target="_blank">[38]</a> The British government also financed a chlorine factory that was intended to be used for manufacturing mustard gas.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-39" target="_blank">[39]</a>""</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 1430709, member: 17969"] Nothing conflicting about this... "The United States exported support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war over $500 million worth of dual use [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exports']exports[/URL] to Iraq that were approved by the Commerce department. Among them were advanced computers, some of which were used in Iraq's nuclear program.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-deathlobby-35'][35][/URL] The non-profit [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Type_Culture_Collection']American Type Culture Collection[/URL] and the Centers for Disease Control sold or sent biological samples of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax']anthrax[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Nile_virus']West Nile virus[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism']botulism[/URL] to Iraq up until 1989, which Iraq claimed it needed for medical research. A number of these materials were used for Iraq's biological weapons research program, while others were used for vaccine development.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-36'][36][/URL][[I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot']dead link[/URL][/I]] For example, the Iraqi military settled on the American Type Culture Collection strain 14578 as the exclusive anthrax strain for use as a biological weapon, according to [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duelfer']Charles Duelfer[/URL].[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-37'][37][/URL] In the late 1980s, the British government secretly gave the arms company [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_Churchill']Matrix Churchill[/URL] permission to supply parts for Saddam Hussein's weapons program, while British Industry supplied [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull']Gerald Bull[/URL] as he developed the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_supergun']Iraqi supergun[/URL]. In March 1990, a case of nuclear triggers bound for Iraq, were seized at [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport']Heathrow Airport[/URL]. The [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Report']Scott Report[/URL] uncovered much of the secrecy that had surrounded the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms-to-Iraq']Arms-to-Iraq[/URL] affair when it became known.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-38'][38][/URL] The British government also financed a chlorine factory that was intended to be used for manufacturing mustard gas.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-39'][39][/URL]"" [/QUOTE]
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