Indian companies are still a chemical proliferation threat, U.S. officials say, despite the Indian government’s effort to rein them in. The threat was demonstrated graphically in April, when a U.S….
Chemical
This is a list of the Wisconsin Project’s work related to chemical weapons. Toxic chemicals have long been used in warfare, most recently by Iraq, against its Kurdish population and Iran, and by Syria, against civilians. The Wisconsin Project focuses on countries seeking to expand their chemical weapon capabilities, and tracks dual-use chemical sales to these countries.
Israeli Cited for Chemical Weapon Proliferation
In its May issue, the Risk Report revealed that an individual named Nahum Manbar, cited last year by the U.S. government for chemical weapon proliferation, was an Israeli citizen. It…
China: List of Top U.S.-Controlled Exports to China in 1995
China imported a total of $486 million worth of Commerce-controlled dual-use products from the United States in 1995. Computers were the biggest single dollar item, followed by chemical precursors. The…
China Caught Selling Poison Gas Ingredients to Iran
U.S. officials have detected a series of clandestine shipments of poison gas ingredients from China to Iran, sources say. And while a dozen front companies and individuals involved in the…
Nuclear Needles in an Iraqi Haystack: Lies and Bugging Are Keeping Them Hidden
The Washington Post June 28, 1992, p. C4 With little fanfare, the United Nations has dramatically increased its effort in Iraq to detect stockpiles and production sites of weapons of…
Licensing Mass Destruction: U.S. Exports to Iraq: 1985-1990
INTRODUCTION The U.S. Department of Commerce licensed more than $1.5 billion worth of sensitive U.S. exports to Iraq from 1985 to 1990.[1] Most were “dual-use” items, capable of making nuclear…
Testimony: Iraqi Efforts to Build WMD
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations June 15, 1990 I am pleased to have this opportunity to address…
Poison Gas Laws: Still Leaking
The New York Times March 25, 1990, Section 4, Page 19 When Libya’s poison-gas plant burned down last week, many people were relieved. Instead, they should have been horrified –…