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December 08, 2002
Nothing to worry about
Ha'aretz reports on Saddam's steady march to the bomb. Nothing to worry about here at all. Iraq's declaration of its activities in pursuit of nuclear arms sphere did not provide any details about the states and private companies that supplied its procurement program. For reasons that remain unclear, the United Nations Security Council failed to demand that Baghdad divulge such details.Perhaps because it's too embarrassing to too many members of the UN? American researchers and experts in nuclear affairs who have been monitoring Iraq's nuclear efforts have concluded that 15 companies from various countries, including Germany, Switzerland and also the U.S., were involved in the transfer of know-how and equipment to Baghdad's nuclear program before the Persian Gulf War.See above. Gary Milhollin, director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, told Ha'aretz that a course sponsored by the U.S. defense and energy departments in the 1980s provides an example of indirect support for Iraq's nuclear efforts that went undetected by the relevant host government. The course focused on detonators, and special explosive compounds. Three experts from Iraq took part in the course - it was subsequently established that the three were involved in Iraq's efforts to develop nuclear arms.Why are the Defense and Energy departments giving courses on detonators and explosive compounds in the first place? Isn't that something that should be kept in-house? Perhaps you could share it with America's most trusted allies, but Iraqis? Granted, it was in the 1980 when realpolitik blinded the West to Saddam's true nature, but even this should not have happened. Companies involved in the transfer of know-how and materials, including small amounts of enriched uranium, to Iraq include - from Germany, Leybold Heraeus, Metalform H, Degussa, Arthur Pfieffer Vakuun Technik, Dr. Reutlingersohne, Neue Magdeburg, Balzer, Scmiedemeccanica; from Belgium, Sebatra; from Poland, Chemadex; from Nigeria Oranam; from Sweden-Switzerland Asea Brown Boveri; from the U.S., Finigan-Mat and also the Department of Energy.Jeeez. I should point out that many of the companies' names seem to be misspelled here (sloppy, sloppy; although the many typos on my blog should caution me to be circumspect with pointing this out). The misspelled companies are Arthur Pfeiffer Vakuum Technik, Dr. Reutlinger & Sohne and Schmiedemeccanica. I can't find any reference to Sebatra anywhere. Also read this report on Saddam's bomb from 1992. The proper response if of course more negotiation. We should tell him that he's been very very naughty, and that we are going to send a strong Note of Protest. We should also aim for another treaty with Iraq, in which Saddam will promise not to be naughty anymore. Since it's a complex matter, let's make it 10,000 pages of treaty. Ship it to Saddam and hope he bleeds to death from paper cuts? (Nah, military action would be so so unsophisticated.) Comments
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