Volume 1 - Iraq Watch

Possible Breaches of UN Sanctions by TurkishCompanies2002—Procurement of CBW ProtectiveEquipmentA Turkish firm sold and transferred atropine autoinjectorsto the Iraqi government starting in August2002. The company also provided coordination inresponse to Iraqi requests for chemical protectiveequipment, unspecified laboratory chemicals andbiological growth media.• In December 2002, the same firm continued towork with the Iraqi government on a new order foratropine autoinjectors and was also working to fillIraqi orders for additional CBW protective equipment;specifically 600 microbial decontaminationsystems, 600 CBW protective kits including protectivemasks and garments, and 10 sterilizers.Possible Breaches of UN Sanctions by IndianCompanies2002—Attempt To Procure BiotechnologyEquipmentAccording to reports, an Indian export companyprovided a quotation for a dry powder injection-fillingproject at the Al-Anaam Pharmaceutical Companypackaging plant in Baghdad.2002—Attempt To Procure BiotechnologytechnologyAccording to reporting, in late 2002, Iraq’s StateCompany for Vegetable Oil issued tender no. 649/2002 to several different Iraqi trading firms in anattempt to procure detergent production facilities thatincluded high-capacity spray drying equipment andcyclone filters. An Indian firm was the only supplierto present Iraq’s State Company for Vegetable Oilwith an offer.2003—Attempt To Procure Dual-Use DrugsIn January 2003, an Indian firm offered to deliver 10metric tons of bulk Ciprofloxacin to the Iraqi StateCompany for Manufacturing of Drugs and MedicalAppliances, Kimadia’s Samarra Drug Industries.• Ciprofloxacin is a widely used antibiotic that couldalso be used to treat Anthrax infection. It wasspecifically added to the UN Goods Review List(GRL), pursuant to UNSCR 1454.• Iraq’s procurement and stockpiling of Ciprofloxacinwould have facilitated the country’s employmentof BW against coalition forces, Iraq’s neighbors,and/or its own citizens.• There is insufficient data available to confirm thecompletion of this deal.2003—Transfer of Hormone Tablet ProductionManufacturing TechnologyAn Indian firm working through representatives ofthe Syrian Group Company (SGC) Baghdad offices,provided an offer for a hormone tablet facility to Iraqin late January 2003. The client for the facility wasidentified as “M/S Al-Amin” which is very likely theAl-Anaam Pharmaceutical Company.Nuclear Dual-Use Related ProcurementPossible Breaches of UN Sanctions by BelarusianCompanies2001—Contract for Ferrite Materials IncludingMagnetsThe MIC company Al-Tahadi had a contract with theBelarusian company, Balmorals Ventures, for ferritematerials, including permanent ferrite magnets.• Some of the equipment was received from this contract,to include, a press machine and a mixer.264