Volume 1 - Iraq Watch

Regime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events (continued)283 POL/PROC June 2000 French contracts under OFF total $1.78B--second only to Russia284 PROC 10-Jun-00 President Hafez al-Assad of Syria dies: opens diplomatic opportunities for Iraq285 PROC July 2000 Iraq negotiates deals with Russia worth $20B286 OTHER/2000NUC287PROC 2000Al Tahadi Company signs magnet production line contract with RomaniancompanyRegime procurement with Belarus, FRY, India, Jordan, North Korea, PRC,South Korea, Syria, Russia and Ukraine leads to further sanctions erosion288 DS 23-Aug-00 Engineering drawings for 2 and 5 clustered SA-2 engine missiles created28910% contract value kickbacks on OFF imports officially begin; may have beenPROC Sept 2000occurring since 1998290Mid-Late Iraq initiates contacts with a Chinese firm NORINCO, and first of severalPROC2000 contacts over the next two years291 POL 01-Nov-00 Baghdad International Fair: 46 countries participate, a ten-year record292 POL 07-Nov-00 Saudis open border for OFF exports293PROC Dec 2000Leadership starts $.20-$.35 per barrel OFF oil surcharge; by 2002 drops to $.15per barrel294IAEC President asks Saddam to gather former IAEC scientists and researchersNUC March 2001at Tuwaitha - Saddam says no295 POL April 2001 Major Iranian missile attack on Mujaheddin el-Khalq (MEK) facilities in Iraq296 DS Early 2001 L-29 RPV crash on final attempted unmanned flight297 NUC 20-May-01 Iraqi embassy in Nairobi reports rejecting an opportunity to buy uranium298Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) begins to get cash/gold from OFF kickbacks viaPROC June 2001courier299 DS June 2001 Huwaysh approves the Al Samud II program300 POL 2001 MIC Director orders reconstruction of items destroyed by UNSCOM301 POL 2001 Saddam asks Huwaysh if he had developed BW and is told no302 POL 2001 Intensified Iraqi intel focus on Iranian nuclear program303 OTHER/2001NUC304PROC 2001305306 OTHER/NUCPOL 20012001Al Tahadi Company signs magnet production line contract withBelarusian companyRegime procurement with Belarus, Bulgaria, France, FRY, India, Jordan, NorthKorea, PRC, South Korea, Syria, Russia and Ukraine leads to further sanctionserosionNMD deputy requests scientists to turn in any documents they may have athomeIAEC establishes Technical Research Branch under Physics Department to supportrail gun research307 POL mid 2001 Aluminum tubes destined for Iraq captured in Jordan308 DS 24-Aug-01 First successful launch of Al Samud II309 PROC 01-Sep-01 MIC founds a 3rd front company: Al Mufakhir Export Co310 POL 11-Sep-01 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and WashingtonRegime Strategy and WMD Timeline Events11