Volume 1 - Iraq Watch

Possible Breaches of UN Sanctions by ChineseCompaniesSummary of Chinese involvement 2001-2003:According to multiple sources, Chinese companiesprovided Iraq with limited rocket guidance software,missile gyros, and accelerometers. Chinese companiesalso attempted to sell the former Regime jammingequipment.2001: Chinese Company Attempts To sell MilitaryGoods to IraqAccording to a former Iraqi government official,Chinese administrators attempted to sell a camera anda jamming system that could be used against infra-redmissiles. The deal failed because of both the price andundetermined Iraqi requirements.• A member of the Chinese High Committee forElectronic Warfare (EW), Professor Xu Govan(phonetic), negotiated with the Iraqi MIC for thesale of 1 CCD Camera and 1 Jamming Systemfor infra-red missiles. Xu was an expert in electro-opticsand wanted to sign a memorandum ofunderstanding with MIC specialists to provide EWequipment. A large Chinese company, the CIECCompany, accompanied Xu to the negotiations withthe MIC.• The MIC determined that the jammer failed tomeet Iraqi requirements and was too expensive. Xuloaned the CCD Camera to the MIC to test.• According to the source, Xu was an IIS agent,recruited on 17 May 2001. At recruitment, Xusigned a commitment to work for the IIS, receiveda $7,500 recruitment bonus, and began drawinga $500 per month stipend. The IIS filmed Xu’srecruitment. The IIS tasked Xu to collect informationon laser tracking systems, laser guidance systems,and information on the cooperation betweenIran and China.2001: Iraqi Embassy Officer Coordinates theProcurement of Gyros and AccelerometersA former high ranking official in the MIC with directaccess to the information supplied information onAbdul Al-Wahab, an Iraqi IIS officer stationed at theIraqi Embassy in China who managed the Iraqi-Chinesetechnology procurement relationship. Al-Wahabreportedly arranged the procurement of gyros andaccelerometers from China for Iraq in 2001.2002: IIS and IAEC Import Chinese MissileSoftwareAccording to reporting, Iraq imported rocket guidancesoftware from China, which was labeled as children’ssoftware. Directorate M16 of the IIS and the IraqiAtomic Energy Commission imported the software.• From 2002, until the beginning of hostilities in2003, Iraq imported rocket guidance software fromChina disguised as children’s computer software.The software was used to guide the missiles Iraqfired at US Forces in Kuwait during initial hostilitiesin 2003. Iraq paid for the software with hardcurrency or oil.Possible Breaches of UN Sanctions by CzechCompanies2001: Offer To Supply GPS Jamming EquipmentRecovered documents indicate that a Czech RepublicCompany called Metropol Limited offered portableGPS Jamming Equipment and other military goods toIraq.• A Metropol letter dated 24 October 2001 indicatesthat the company was “in a position to offer thesupply of equipment against enemy’s cruise missilesand aircraft.” The letter offers to supply portablejamming equipment that might be used “againstGPS which are used for navigational purposes (andin equipment, such as cruise missiles).”• In additional captured letters dated 21, 24, and 29October 2001, Metropol offers Iraq aircraft engines,helicopter engines, and night vision goggles forhelicopters. The company also offered to supplyIraq with 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, new andoverhauled tank engines (T-72 and T-55), Krasnopol152/155 mm guided artillery weapons, Igla288