Western suppliers of unconventional weapons and technologies to Iraq and LibyaA Special Report Commisioned by the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Prepared by Kenneth R. Timmerman
III.APPENDICES
c2.A. Company register
The company register, developed from Middle East Data Project R files, contain listings for over 200 companies that have been involved in supplying Iraq with chemical, ballistic missile, or sophisticated weapons technology.
They do not include conventional weapons exports. Conventional weapons exports, which have been compiled by the Middle East Data Project R, involve more than 1,000 in nearly thirty nations.
Abbreviations
BW = biological/bacteriological weapons
CW = chemical weapons, technology, and/or precursor chemicals
MT = missile technology and/or manufacturing equipment
NUCLEAR = nuclear weapons and uranium enrichment, technology, equipment, and materials
WT = weapons technology and/or manufacturing equipment. This category primarily focuses on the "super-gun" case.
SADDAM'S FOREIGN SUPPLIERS
Companies supplier Iraq's unconventional weapons programs
Country of domiciliation Number of firms
ARGENTINA 3
AUSTRIA 17
BELGIUM 8
BRAZIL 1
SWITZERLAND 11
EGYPT 1
FRANCE 16
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 86
GREECE 1
HOLLAND 2
INDIA 1
IRAQ 2
ITALY 12
JAPAN 1
JERSEY 1
MONACO 2
POLAND 1
SPAIN 4
SWEDEN 1
UK 18
USA 18
TOTAL 207
IRAQ'S SOURCES OF UNCONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
Company Country Type Equipment Source
delivered
_______________________________________________________________
Aerotech (Buenos Aires) Argentina MT Consen group FT 20/11/
missile tech 1989
---------------------------------------------------------------
Conseltech SA Argentina MT Consen group FT 20/11/
missile tech 1989
---------------------------------------------------------------
Intesa S.A. (Cordoba) Argentina MT Consen group FT 20/11/
missile tech 1989
---------------------------------------------------------------
AST Consult Co Austria CW Laboratory Profil,
construction 6/3/89
---------------------------------------------------------------
Consultco Austria CW SAAD 16 Spiegel
construction 13/89
---------------------------------------------------------------
Emmerich-Assman Austria CW Owner of Profil
Hutter and 6/3/89
Schrantz
---------------------------------------------------------------
Feneberg Austria CW Construction Profil,
planning 24/4/90
---------------------------------------------------------------
Lenhardt Metal Austria CW Steel Constr Kurier,
CW plant 13/1/90
_______________________________________________________________
Neue Berger Austria CW Percursor Austria
chemicals State
Radio,
4/1/89
_______________________________________________________________
Swatek and Cerny Austria CW Sanitary Profil
equipment 6/3/89
_______________________________________________________________
Consultco Austria MT Saad 16 Stern
Engineering 26/1/89
_______________________________________________________________
Delta Consult Studien Austria MT Electronics, Kurier,
GmbH plans, 13/5/90
(Consen)
_______________________________________________________________
Delta System GmbH Austria MT Consen group FT
missile tech 20/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Girozentrale Bank Austria MT Financing of Profil
weapons lab 6/3/90
______________________________________________________________
Hutter und Shranz Austria MT Construction Profil
of weapons 6/3/89
lab
______________________________________________________________
Ilbau Austria MT Blow-out Profil
walls, 8/5/89
missile plant
_______________________________________________________________
Denzel Austria WT Helicopters AFP
from MBB
_______________________________________________________________
Hirtenberger Austria WT Percussion
caps and
traction Profil
machines 13/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Styer-Daimler-Puch Austria WT Nonferrous-
metal Profil
cartridge 24/4/90
case facility
_______________________________________________________________
Voest-Alpine Austria WT GC-45 The New
Howitzers York
Times
Magazine
26/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Philips Petroleum Belgium CW Thiodiglycol BBC
sold to KBS Panorama
2/2/87
_______________________________________________________________
Sebata Belgium CW Built CW The Wa-
plant shington
Post
25/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
PRB (Poudrieres de Belgium MT Solid fuel Groot Bji
Belgique) munitions/ gaarden
rockets De Stan-
daard
17/5/90,
WSJ
19/4/90,
At Tayar
4/9/90
______________________________________________________________
Amalgamated Trading Ind. Belgium WT Super-gun Groot Bji
(ATI) gaarden
De Stan
daard
18/5/90,
Monde et
Vie
_______________________________________________________________
Cockerill Belgium WT Super gun
parts
_______________________________________________________________
Forges de Zeebrugge Belgium WT Super gun
Herstal parts
_______________________________________________________________
SIx Construct Belgium WT Air Base Mednews
construction 3,21/22
(27/8/90)
_______________________________________________________________
Space Research Corp Belgium WT Super-gun
prime
contractor
_______________________________________________________________
Avibras Brazil MT Joint missile Mednews
R&D programs 1,12
21/11/88
_______________________________________________________________
Companies Inc. CH CW Chemical New York
percursors Times
31/1/89
_____________________________________________________________
IFAT Corp Ltd CH CW Engineering Spiegel
Saad 16 18/89,
Profil
24/4/89
_______________________________________________________________
Condor Projekt A.G. CH MT Consen group FT
missile tech 21/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Consen S.A. (Zug) CH MT Missile te-
chnology;
provided 150
electronics
and computer
engineers FT
20/11/89;
NBC News
30/6/89,
Kurier
(Austria)
13/5/90
_______________________________________________________________
Desintec A.G. (Zug) CH MT Consen group FT
missile tech 20/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Schaeublin CH Nu- Tools for Berliner
cl. nuclear Tages-
facility spiegel
22/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Schmiedemeccanica CH Nu- Centrifuge Tages
cl. assemblies Anzeiger
3/9/90,
Berliner
Tages-
spiegel
22/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Georg Fischer CH WT Tadji,
casting molds
machinery
for cannon
plant Spiegel
28/90,
11/7/90
_______________________________________________________________
Space Research Corp CH WT Super-gun
procurement
office
_______________________________________________________________
Von Roll CH WT Taji, super-
gun parts Tribune
de Geneve
17/6/90,
the New
York
Times
Magazine
26/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
VUF AG (Verwaltung CH WT Middleman, Mednews
und Finanzierung) financing 2/4/90
_______________________________________________________________
WTB International AG Egypt CW Saad 16, Spiegel
controler 19/89
_______________________________________________________________
Atochem France CW Sarin BBC
precursor to Panorama
Montedison 2/2/87
_______________________________________________________________
Carbone Lorraine France CW Subcontractor Nouvel
to Protec Observa-
teur
20/9/90
_______________________________________________________________
Le Vide Industriel France CW Subcontractor Nouvel
to Protec Observa-
teur
20/9/90
_______________________________________________________________
Pirep France CW Subcontractor Nouvel
to Protec Observa-
teur
20/9/90
_______________________________________________________________
Prévost France CW Subcontractor Nouvel
to Protec Observa-
teur
20/9/90
_______________________________________________________________
Protec SA France CW French
partner to
Karl Kolb;
purchased
manufacturing
equipment
and Tabun Nouvel
precursors Observa-
for Samarra teur
plant. 20/9/90;
IHT
21/9/90
_______________________________________________________________
SVCM France CW Subcontractor Nouvel
to Protec Oberva-
teur
20/9/90
_______________________________________________________________
Sagem France MT Missile Mednews
guidance No 1.17,
systems 30/5/88,
The New
York
Times
24/5/90
_______________________________________________________________SEP France MT Rocket Mednews
motors, 3,21
nozzles (12/4/90)
SEP
denies
_______________________________________________________________
SNPE France MT Solid rocket Mednews
fuel 3,12
(w/Snia Bpd) (12/4/90)
_______________________________________________________________Framatome France Nu- Nuclear fuel CEA
cl. for Osirak
reactor
_______________________________________________________________
St.Gobain France Nu- Nuclear Mednews
cl. Technologies 2/4/90
_______________________________________________________________
Technatome France Nu- Osiris nu- CEA
cl. clear rea-
ctor
_______________________________________________________________
Usinor-Sacilor France Nu- Special Spiegel,
cl. steels for 8/90
centrifuges
_______________________________________________________________
Interspace France WT High resolu-
tion infra-
red cameras
for observa-
tion satelli
tes. Defence,
Via Brazil? Dec. 1989
_______________________________________________________________
Thomson-CSF France WT Saad 13 Jane's
electronics Defense
factory Weekly,
6/4/85
______________________________________________________________
Tesa FRG ?? ?? Monde et
Vie
23/8/90
______________________________________________________________
Josef Kuhn FRG BW Mycotoxins Spiegel
TH-2,T-2 33/90
______________________________________________________________
Aviatest (Rheinmetall FRG CW Saad 16:
wind tunnel
for missile
and aerody- Spiegel
namics 33/1990,
research Profil
6/3/89
_______________________________________________________________
BP FRG CW Military Spiegel
research 13/89,
33,90
_______________________________________________________________
Carl Zeiss FRG CW Equipment Spiegel
for Saad 16 13/89,
CW lab 33/1990
_______________________________________________________________
Deutsch BP FRG CW Military Spiegel
research 13/89,
33/1990
_______________________________________________________________
Heberger Bau GmbH FRG CW Buildings Bundestag
for CW plant 20/12/88
_______________________________________________________________
I.B.I. FRG CW Construction Spiegel
procurement 3/89,
Stern
26/6/89
______________________________________________________________
Industriewerke Karlsruhe, FRG CW Machinetools Spiegel
Augsburg (IWKA) CW packing 24/6/89
_______________________________________________________________
Infraplan FRG CW Project 9230 Stern
nerve gas 1/89,
plant NBC News
______________________________________________________________
Iveco/Magirus/Deutz FRG CW Vehicle for Spiegel
mobile labs 4/89
_____________________________________________________________
Karl Kolb FRG CW Saad 16,
laboratory
equipment
for material
testing;
biological
agent equip- NYT
ment; Prime 8/8/84,
contractor Spiegel
of Samarra 3/89,
CW plant Stern
27/3/89,
Christian
Science
Monitor
13/12/89
______________________________________________________________
MBB FRG CW CW lab Stern
equipment for 26/1/89
Saad 16
_______________________________________________________________
Pilot Plant, dissolved FRG CW Equipment for Spiegel
Samarra 3/89,NY
plant Times
______________________________________________________________
Plato-Kuehn FRG CW Toxins Spiegel
30/1/89
______________________________________________________________
Preussag FRG CW Water-treat- BBC
ment, buil- Panorama
dings for 2/2/87,
Samarra CW Spiegel
facility 13/8/90
_______________________________________________________________Quast FRG CW Reactor
vessels for
Sarin; BBC
corrosion- Panorama
resistant 2/2/87,
alloy parts Christian
Science
Monitor
13/1/89
______________________________________________________________
Rhein-Bayern Vehicle FRG CW Mobile toxi- Spiegel
Construction cological 13/8/90
lab
______________________________________________________________
Rhema-Labortechnik FRG CW Inhalation Spiegel
system for 4/89
toxic
research
______________________________________________________________
Sigma Chemie FRG CW Precursor for Washing-
BW ton Times
31/1/89
______________________________________________________________
Sigma Chemie FRG CW ?? Monde et
Vie
_______________________________________________________________
W.E.T. Engineering FRG CW Precursors, Spiegel
production 34/90,
plant NY Times
______________________________________________________________
WTB Walter Thosti Boswau FRG CW Nerve gas Stern
plants 26/1/89
______________________________________________________________
AEG FRG MT Weapons and Spiegel
ammunition 33/1990
production
equipment
______________________________________________________________
Blohm Maschinbau FRG MT Saad 16, Spiegel
computer 13/89,
controlled 33/1990
grinding
facilities
_______________________________________________________________
Brown Boveri FRG MT Electronics Profil,
8/5/89
______________________________________________________________
Daimler-Benz FRG MT Vehicules Monde et
Vie
23/8/90
______________________________________________________________
Degussa FRG MT Saad 16,
military
research;
unspecified Spiegel
equip at CW 13/89,
plant 33/1990
______________________________________________________________
Fritz Werner Industrie FRG MT Machine- Spiegel
Ausrustungen tools 13/89,
Monde et
Vie
23/8/90
______________________________________________________________
Gildemeister Projecta FRG MT General
GmbH contractor
for Saad 16
missile
programs,
computer Stern
programs; 26/1/89,
supplied 9/8/90
machine toolsSpiegel
test equip- 13/89,
ment 24/90
_______________________________________________________________
GPA FRG MT Consen group Financial
Times
21/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Integral/Sauer Informatic/ FRG MT Saad 16, Stern
IC:E computer 26/6/89
programs
_______________________________________________________________
Leifeld & Co FRG MT Rocket Der
nozzles, via Spiegel
Nasr (GB) 28/90
____________________________________________________________
M.A.N. FRG MT Tadji, Financial
missile Times
launcher 21/11/89
parts Spiegel
28/90
______________________________________________________________
Machinenfabrik Ravensburg FRG MT machine- Spiegel
tools 33/1990
_______________________________________________________________
Mauser-Werke FRG MT Saad 16, Spiegel
research 13/89,
33/1990
______________________________________________________________
MBB FRG MT Training
Engineering,
R & D;
electronics
& testing of Stern
Condor II 9/8/90
_____________________________________________________________
Nickel GmbH (Hamburg) FRG MT Climate Vienna
control, Profil,
missile 8/5/89
plant
_____________________________________________________________
PBG (Freiburg) FRG MT Consen group FT
missile tech 20/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Promex Explorations GmbH FRG MT Middleman, Mednews
CW, missile 3,12
tech (12/4/90)
_______________________________________________________________
Rheinmetall FRG MT Tadji, Spiegel
missile 28/90,
propellants; Monde et
parent firm Vie,
of Aviatest Profil
6/3/89
______________________________________________________________
Siemens FRG MT Electronic
rocket fuel
mixers;
precision
lathes and
computer
control
equipment;
programming
equipment for
Tadji complex
non-echoing
room for
Saad 16 (DS
missile R&D 27/3/89)
_______________________________________________________________
International Trade
Consulting SA
_______________________________________________________________
Transtechnica (MBB FRG MT Main Saad 16 Stern
subcontractor26/1/89;
providing NBC News,
lab equip- 3/3/89,
ment for Spiegel
missile and 18/89,
CW R&D 19/89
_______________________________________________________________
Waldrich-Siegen FRG MT Machine- K.
tools at Timmerman
missile La Grande
plant Fauche
(Paris,
Editions
Plon,
1989)
_______________________________________________________________
Wegman FRG MT Tractor Financial
rocket Times
launch 20/11/89
system
_______________________________________________________________
Weiss Technik FRG MT Hot & cold Vienna
chambers Profil,
8/5/89
______________________________________________________________
Dillinger Huette-Sarstahl FRG Nu- Special Spiegel,
cl. steels for 13/8/90
centrifuges
_______________________________________________________________
Export-Union GmbH FRG Nu- Metal for Spiegel,
cl. poduction of 13/8/90
gas centri-
fuges
_______________________________________________________________
Ferrostaal (MAN subsidia- FRG Nu- Main contra- Spiegel,
ry) cl. ctor,Tadji 28/90,32/
90, 33/90
_______________________________________________________________
H+H Metalform GmbH FRG Nu- Rolling mill Spiegel,
cl. to manufa- 9/7/90,
cture centi- 13/8/90,
fuges,compu- 33/90,AFP
ter control-
led facility
for material
checks,hard-
ening of can-
non barrels,
cartridge
cases,missi-
le bodies
_______________________________________________________________
Inwako GmbH FRG Nu- Ring magnets Spiegel,
cl. for uranium 35/90,
enrichment 20/8/90
processing
plant;SCUD-
missile
upgrade
_______________________________________________________________
KWU FRG Nu- Reactor core Mednews
cl. technologies 2/4/90
_______________________________________________________________
Leybold AG FRG Nu- Tadji,high- Nucleo-
cl. temperature nics Week
furnace; 9/8/90,
recasting Spiegel,
plants for 6/8/90,
cannon 32/90,
factory 33/90
_______________________________________________________________
M.A.N. Technologies Ltd FRG Nu- Middleman Der Spie-
cl. for H+H gel
18/12/90
_______________________________________________________________
Nukem FRG Nu- U-235 fuel Spiegel,
cl. pins;blocked 33/1990;
Energy
Daily,2/
10/80
_______________________________________________________________
Saarstahl FRG Nu- Maraging Spiegel,
cl. steel for 33/1990
centrifuge
production
at Tadji
complex
_______________________________________________________________
TuV FRG Nu- Materials Spiegel,
cl. testing, 33/90
Tadji
_______________________________________________________________
ABB (Mannheim) FRG WT Electrical Spiegel,
equipment 28/90,33/
for furnaces 1990
at Tadji
complex
_______________________________________________________________
Buderus, Feldmuhle FRG WT Casting te- Spiegel,
subsidiary chnology for 32/90,
cannon plant 33/1990
at Tadji
______________________________________________________________
Daimler Benz FRG WT Security Der Spie-
vehicles gel
27/3/89
_______________________________________________________________
Dynamit Nobel (Troisdorf) FRG WT Explosives Spiegel,
33/1990
_______________________________________________________________
Faun FRG WT Transporta- Spiegel
tion facili- 13/8/90
ties
_______________________________________________________________
Hochtief (Essen) FRG WT Construction Spiegel,
Tadji 28/90,32/
90,33/90
_______________________________________________________________
Klockner Industrie-Anlage FRG WT Steel boiler Spiegel,
GmbH foundry,com- 9/8/90,
pressors, 32/90,33/
machine 1990
parts for
Tadji
_______________________________________________________________
Krauss-Kopf FRG WT Unspecified Interna-
equipment at tional
weapons Herald
plant Tribune7-
8/1/89
_______________________________________________________________
Lasco Umformtechnik FRG WT Weapon and Spiegel,
ammunition 33/1990
manufactu-
ring facili-
ties
_______________________________________________________________
LOI Industrieofenanlagen FRG WT Special fur- SPIEGEL,
naces for 32/90,33/
hardening 1990
steel at
Tadji
complex
_______________________________________________________________
Ludwig Hammer FRG WT Unspecified Interna-
equipment at tional
weapons Heral
plant Tribune7-
8/1/89
_______________________________________________________________
M.A.N. Roland FRG WT Transporta- Spiegel,
tion 13/8/90
equipment
_______________________________________________________________
Mannesmann (Duisberg) FRG WT Super gun Spiegel,
components 33/1990
_______________________________________________________________
Mannesmann Demag-Hutten- FRG WT Casting Spiegel,
technik equipment 28/90
for Tadji
_______________________________________________________________
Mannesmann-Rexroth FRG WT Components Groot
for super- Bijgaar-
gun den De
Standaard
(Belgium)
8/5/90
_______________________________________________________________
Marposs (Krefeld) FRG WT Weapon and Spiegel,
ammunition 33/1990
production
facilities
_______________________________________________________________
Matuschka FRG WT Parent of Spiegel,
Leico 9/7/90
(Leifeld &
Co)
_______________________________________________________________
MBB FRG WT License for BBC Pano-
fuel-air rama
explosives 3/9/90
_______________________________________________________________
Ravensburg FRG WT Boring Spiegel,
equipment 32/90,33/
for cannon 90
manufacturer
at Tadji
_______________________________________________________________
Ruhrgas FRG WT Tadji Spiegel,
32/90,
33/90
_______________________________________________________________Schirmer-Plate- FRG WT Weapong and Spiegel,
-Siempeklamp ammunition 33/1990
production
facilities
_______________________________________________________________
Scmidt, Kranz & Co FRG WT Computer Spiegel,
controlled 33/90
facility for
materials
checks,
hardening of
artillery
tubes
_______________________________________________________________
SMS Hasenclever FRG WT Forgning Spiegel,
press for 32/90,33/
Tadji 1990
_______________________________________________________________
TBT Tiefbohrtechnik FRG WT Machine Spiegel,
tools,Tadji 32/1990
complex
_______________________________________________________________
Thyssen FRG WT ?? Spiegel,
33/1990
(13/8/90)
_______________________________________________________________
Zublin FRG WT Steel plant Spiegel,
at Tadji 28/90,33/
complex 1990
_______________________________________________________________
Dango & Dienenthal FRG WY Molten metal Spiegel,
treatment, 9/7/90,
Tadji 33/1990
_______________________________________________________________
Korber AG (parent firm of FRG MT Machine- Spiegel,
Blohm) -tools for 13/89
Saad 16
_______________________________________________________________
Advanced Technology Greece WT Spuer-gun NYT Mag
Institute engineering 26/8/90;
w/SRC Figaro
1/6/90
_______________________________________________________________
KBS Holland CW Thiodiglycol BBC Pano-
rama,
2/2/87
_______________________________________________________________
Melchemie Holland CW Precursor Spiegel,
chemicals 3/89,
Chistian
Science
Monitor
13/12/88
_______________________________________________________________
Transpek India Ltd India CW Trionyl Far
chloride Eastern
Economic
Review,
30/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Teco (German-owned) Iraq CW Tadji, Spiegel,
(middle-man? 33/90
_______________________________________________________________
Al-Arabi Trading company Iraq MT State-owned MEED,
front;owns 22/9/89
TDG
_______________________________________________________________
Ausidet Italy CW Sarin pre- BBC Pano-
cursors for rama,
Montedison 2/2/87
_______________________________________________________________
Montedison Italy CW Sarin Pre- BBC Pano-
cursors to rama,
Melchemie 2/2/87
_______________________________________________________________
Snia Techint (Fiat group) Italy CW CW lab for Mednews
Saad 16 3,12
(2/4/90)
_______________________________________________________________
Technipetrole Italy CW Nerve gas Libera-
plant, tion
Akashat 12/3/84
_______________________________________________________________
Snia Bpd Italy MT Solid rocket Mednews
fuel 3,12
(12/4/90)
_______________________________________________________________
Euromac (European Manu- Italy Nu- Iraqi front; AFP,AP,
facturer Center) cl. krytron 29/3/90;
triggers Spiegel,
9/7/90
_______________________________________________________________
Snia Techint (Fiat group) Italy Nu- Hot Cells L'Express
cl. for Thuwaitha 4/10/80
_______________________________________________________________
BNL(Banco Nazional del Italy WT Financing
Lavoro)
_______________________________________________________________
Danieli Italy WT Tadji, steel Spiegel,
rolling mill 28/90
_______________________________________________________________
Ilva Italy WT Forge Monde et
equipment Vie
23/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Istituto per la Ricostru- Italy WT Owns Fucine; Reuters,
zione Industriale (ILVA) super-gun 14/5/90
parts
_______________________________________________________________
Societŕ delle Fucine Italy WT Super-gun Reuters,
parts (ILVA) 14/5/90,
Financial
Times,
15/5/90
_______________________________________________________________
Minolta Japan WT Duplicating NBC News,
equipment Monde et
Vie
_______________________________________________________________
Transtechno Ltd Jersey MT Consen group FT
missile tech 20/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Consen Investment S.A.M. Monaco MT Consen group FT
financing 20/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Consen S.A.M. Monaco MT Consen group FT
Missile tech 20/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Chemadex Poland Nu- Repair work Washingt.
cl. on uranium Post,
processing 25/8/90
plant
_______________________________________________________________
Int'l Trade Consulting SA Spain MT Middleman, Mednews
missile tech 3,12
(12/4/90)
_______________________________________________________________
Casa Spain WT Helicopters AFP
from MBB
_______________________________________________________________
Trebelan Spain WT Steel Financial
cradles for Times 26/
super-gun 5/90,Mon-
de et Vie
23/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
International Trade Spain MT Middleman Mednews
Consulting SA for missile 3/12
tech (12/4/90)
_______________________________________________________________
Bofors Sweden MT Electronics; Financial
Missile Times
launchers 26/5/90,
Monde et
Vie
23/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Canira Technical Corp UK MT 50% share MEED,
owned by TDG 22/9/89
attempted
buyout of
Learfan,
Belfast,to
acquire
carbon-carbon
technology
_______________________________________________________________
Matrix Churchill UK MT Machine-tools WSJ,US
precision News and
lathes World Re-
(owned by port
Iraq) 4/6/90,MD
_______________________________________________________________
Nasr Dependance Meed UK MT Iraqi front; Der
rocket Spiegel,
nozzles 28/90
_______________________________________________________________
SRC Composites UK MT Joint ventu- Financial
re SRC/TDG; Times
attempted 17/4/90
buy-aout of
Canira/
Learjet
factory in
Ireland,1989
_______________________________________________________________
TMG Engineering UK MT Iraqi front MEED,
(TDG);bought 22/9/89
Matrix-
Churchill
_______________________________________________________________
Trade Development Group UK MT Iraqi-owned BBC Pano-
front,MT&WT rama
purchases, 3/9/90
finance of Mednews
carbon-tipped2/4/90
machine tool
plant
_______________________________________________________________
Transtechno UK UK MT Consen group FT
missile tech 20/11/89
_______________________________________________________________
Consarc Engineering UK Nu- High-tempe- NY Times
cl. rature ovens 16/7/90
_______________________________________________________________
Astra Holdings UK WT Super-gun WSJ 19/4/
parts,owner 90,MD,AFP
of PRB 5/5/90
_______________________________________________________________
BSA UK WT Machine- BBC Pano-
tools for rama
weapons 3/9/90
plants
_______________________________________________________________
Eagle Trust UK WT Owner of Monde et
Halesowen Vie
(equipment 23/8/90
for supergun)
_______________________________________________________________
Global Technical & UK WT Mine London
Management International detection, Press As-
acoustic de- sociation
tonators for 30/3/90,
sea mines Monde et
Vie
23/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Halesowen UK WT Parts for London
SRC supergun Press As-
sociation
17/4/90
_______________________________________________________________
Int'l Highway Transports UK WT Transport of TRT-TV
super-gun 29/4/90;
parts Monde et
Vie
23/8/90
_______________________________________________________________
Meed International UK WT Iraqi front; BBC Pano-
machine-tools rama
3/9/90
_______________________________________________________________
Sheffield Forge Masters UK WT Spuer-gun Reuters,
barrils AP,
11/4/90
_______________________________________________________________
Space Research Corp UK WT Super-gun Reuters,
procurement AP,
office 11/4/90
_______________________________________________________________
Walter Somers UK WT Hydralic Wall
equipment, Street
super-gun Journal
23/4/90
_______________________________________________________________
Center for Disease USA BW West Nile NBC News
Control Fever virus 11/4/90
_______________________________________________________________
Al Haddad Trading USA CW Sarin BBC Pano-
precursors rama
2/2/87
_______________________________________________________________
Alcolac International USA CW Precursor US News
chemicals and World
Report
4/6/90
_______________________________________________________________
Nu Kraft Mercantile Co USA CW Precursor New York
chemicals Times
31/1/90
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A CHRONOLOGY OF HORROR
DOCUMENTED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
SINCE 1915
April 1915: First appearance chemical weapons on the battlefield of Ypres, Belgium, where German troops take the allies by surprise when they open the valves on cylinders of chlorine gas.
1925: Spain uses chemical weapons against the Moroccan independence movement led by Adbel Krim.
(1925: Signature of the Geneva Protocol outlawing the wartime use of chemical and bacteriological agents.)
1931: During its invasion and occupation of Manchuria, Japan uses chemical weapons against civilians.
October 1935: Mussolini's troops storm Abassynia under the command of Marshall Di Bono, massacring civilian populations with WWI-vintage chemical weapons.
1939-41: Euthenasia program for mentally ill and handicapped enacted by Nazi regime in Germany.
1942-45: Millions of Jews and other victims of the Nazis were gassed in facilities designed and supplied by German companies.
1954: Great Britain allegedly uses chemical weapons (probably limited to riot control agents) against Malayan nationalists.
1963-67: The International Committee of the Red Cross accuses Egypt of using phosgene, mustard gas, and riot-control agents during its invention in the Yemen Civil War, and of gasing an ICRC medical convoy CW agents were deployed by Nasser's elite guard, as well as by the Egyptian Air Force. Egypt denied the charges.
1968-75: The U:S: makes widespread use of Agent Orange and other defoliants in Vietnam, which the U.S. refuses to consider as chemical weapons covered by the Geneva Protocol.
1976-83: U:S: officials, incuding ACDA Director Adelman, accuse Vietnam of gassing Hmong tribesmen in Laos and Kampuchea. Adelman alleges that CW agents were used "almost on the scale of genocide".
1979: Vietnam uses CW agents to repel the Chinese incursion into its northwestern provinces launched on February 17.
1980-83: The U.S. accuses Soviet troops of using air-delivered chemical bombs against resistance fighters in Afghanistan, but fails to turn up concrete proof. A biochemist at Harvard, Matthew S. Meselson, counters that Soviet "yellow rain" is little more than bee excrement.
February 1984:Iraqi planes drop chemical bombs on Iranian troops storming across the international border at the Majnoon Islands, halting their advance. Proof of Iraqi chemical attacks is evaluated by teams of U.N. specialists dispatched to Iran in 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988.
1985-88: French nuns and other Western humanitarian missions in Tigré province, allege that government helicopters carryng Soviet advisors spray Ethiopian rebels with mustard gas.
March 1988: In the most recent documented use of chemical warfare agents in the Gulf war, Iraq uses mustard gas and tabun against the Kurdish village of Halabja. These attacks allegedly continue in June-July 1988, against Kurdish tribesmen in the north.
June 1988: Cuban chemical warfare experts, under the direction of Colonel Juan Avila Ramirey, direct CW attacks against the pro-Western UNITA rebels of Dr. Jonas Savimbi in Angola. Both mustard gas and neuro-toxic agents are found in blood and environment samples examined by the Gent Toxicology Laboratory in Belgium. Colonel Ramirey is the commander of the Cuban Academy for Chemical Warfare, and was appointed earlier this year as Chief of Chemical Warfare in Angola.