Volume 1 - Iraq Watch

• The MIC initiated direct contact with the Belarusiancompany and therefore neither Al-Sirat nor Al-Najah were involved in this procurement attempt.Possible Breaches of UN Sanctions by RomanianCompanies2000—Production Lines of Anisotropic andIsotropic Cast AlNiCo MagnetsThe MIC company Al-Tahadi had two contracts forproduction lines for magnets. The first contract wassigned in approximately 2000 with a Romanian company,Uzinimportexport, for production lines of bothanisotropic and isotropic cast AlNiCo magnets.• The contract was worked through the private frontcompany Al-Sirat.molds, facilities for measurements and magnetization,and magnetic annealing furnaces.Al-Tahadi did not have a plan for acquiring the rawmaterials after the two year contract expired becausethese materials were readily available. The AlNiCoproduction lines did not include the sintering process.The magnets specified in the contract were ring magnets,cubicle magnets and cylindrical magnets with amass of 0.5 to 500 grams.Delivery Systems ProcurementFor a listing of Iraq’s illicit procurement of missiledelivery systems commodities, see the Delivery SystemsProcurement Chapter.Regime Financeand Procurement• Al-Tahadi received other offers for this productionline. For example, an Indian company, NEC bid onthe contract through the front company Al-Najah,but the Romanian company had a better price.• Al-Tahadi did not receive equipment or materialsfrom this contract.• The contract included an output capacity of one tonof magnets per year, raw materials for two years,training for two years, and equipment. The equipmentincluded a 25kg induction furnace, electricfurnaces for heat-treating, facilities for producing265