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Baghdad's uncensored report to UN names Western companies alleged to have developed its weapons of mass destruction
By Tony Paterson in Berlin - 18 December 2002
Iraq's 11,000-page report to the UN Security Council lists 150 foreign companies, including some from America, Britain, Germany and France, that supported Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programme, a German newspaper said yesterday. Berlin's left-wing Die Tageszeitung newspaper said it had seen a copy of the original Iraqi dossier which was vetted for sensitive information by US officials before being handed to the five permanent Security Council members two weeks ago. An edited version was passed to the remaining 10 members of the Security Council last night. British officials said the list of companies appeared to be accurate. Eighty German firms and 24 US companies are reported to have supplied Iraq with equipment and know-how for its weapons programmes from 1975 onwards and in some cases support for Baghdad's conventional arms programme had continued until last year.

The list includes:

Key
A = nuclear weapon program
B = biological weapon program
C = chemical weapon program
R = rocket program
K = conventional weapons, military logistics, supplies at the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, and building of military plants

USA - 1. Honeywell (R, K), 2. Spectra Physics (K), 3. Semetex (R), 4. TI Coating (A, K), 5. Unisys (A, K), 6. Sperry Corp. (R, K), 7. Tektronix (R, A), 8. Rockwell (K), 9. Leybold Vacuum Systems (A), 10. Finnigan-MAT-US (A), 11. Hewlett-Packard (A, R, K), 12. Dupont (A), 13. Eastman Kodak (R), 14. American Type Culture Collection (B), 15. Alcolac International (C), 16. Consarc (A), 17. Carl Zeiss - U.S (K), 18. Cerberus (LTD) (A), 19. Electronic Associates (R), 20. International Computer Systems (A, R, K), 21. Bechtel (K), 22. EZ Logic Data Systems, Inc. (R), 23. Canberra Industries Inc. (A), 24. Axel Electronics Inc. (A)

"In addition to these 24 companies home-based in the USA are 50 subsidiaries of foreign enterprises which conducted their arms business with Iraq from within the US. Also designated as suppliers for Iraq's arms programs (A, B, C & R) are the US Ministries of Defense, Energy, Trade and Agriculture as well as the Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories."
China - 1. China Wanbao Engineering Company (A, C, K), 2. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd (K), 3. China State Missile Company (R)
France - 1. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (A), 2. Sciaky (A), 3. Thomson CSF (A, K), 4. Aerospatiale and Matra Espace (R), 5. Cerbag (A), 6. Protec SA (C), 7. Thales Group (A), 8. Societé Général pour les Techniques Nouvelles (A)
Great Britain - 1. Euromac Ltd-Uk (A), 2. C. Plath-Nuclear (A), 3. Endshire Export Marketing (A), 4. International Computer Systems (A, R, K), 5. MEED International (A, C), 6. Walter Somers Ltd. (R), 7. International Computer Limited (A, K), 8. Matrix Churchill Corp. (A), 9. Ali Ashour Daghir (A), 10. International Military Services (R) (part of the UK Ministry of Defence), 11. Sheffield Forgemasters (R), 12. Technology Development Group (R), 13. International Signal and Control (R), 14. Terex Corporation (R), 15. Inwako (A), 16. TMG Engineering (K), 17. XYY Options, Inc (A)
USSR/Russia - 1. Soviet State Missile Co. (R), 2. Niikhism (R), 3. Mars Rotor (R), 4. Livinvest (R), 5. Russia Aviatin Trading House (K), 6. Amsar Trading (K)
Japan - 1. Fanuc (A), 2. Hammamatsu Photonics KK (A), 3. NEC (A), 4. Osaka (A), 5. Waida (A)
The Netherlands - 1.Melchemie B.V. (C), 2. KBS Holland B.V. (C), 3. Delft Instruments N.V. (K)
Belgium - 1. Boehler Edelstahl (A), 2. NU Kraft Mercantile Corporation (C), 3. OIP Instrubel (K), 4. Phillips Petroleum (C), 5. Poudries Réunies Belge SA (R), 6. Sebatra (A), 7. Space Research Corp. (R)
Spain - 1. Donabat (R), 2. Treblam (C), 3. Zayer (A)
Sweden - 1. ABB (A), 2. Saab-Scania (R)

posted by A Curmudgeon 5:32 AM