Major backed in arms-to-Iraq scandal

Article Abstract:

A three-year inquiry into the events that surrounded Great Britain's 1988 decision to secretly reverse the arms embargo it enacted against Iraq revealed little evidence of illicit behavior. Government critics charge that the results were used judiously and are not representative of the report.

Military policy, Major, John, Embargoes

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Government blamed in Iran arms sale

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A Jun 13, 1995, report on illegal arms shipments to Iran during the 1980s found fault with several UK government officials, especially Treasury Sec Jonathan Aitken. Aitken has previously been an official with British Manufacture Research Co, which allegedly sold Iran 140 naval guns.

Iran, British foreign relations, Arms smuggling, Iranian foreign relations, Heseltine, Michael, Aitken, Jonathan

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Iraqi arms sales

Article Abstract:

A 1989 report by Energy Dept specialist A. Bryan Siebert Jr. warned that Iraq was trying to obtain materials to construct a nuclear bomb. The report was ignored by officials at the Energy Department.

Nuclear weapons, United States. Department of Energy, Iraq, Military assistance, Saudi Arabian

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