Iraq’s Chemical Weapons Program Profile

Well before Operation Desert Storm or the U.N. inspections that followed it, Iraq had already begun to build chemical weapons. After launching a research effort in the 1970s, Iraq was…

Testimony: China’s Proliferation Activities

Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence September 18, 1997 I am…

Iran Chemical Weapon Update – 1998

In February 1997, Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet named Iran as among the twenty countries that the CIA suspects of having or developing chemical and biological weapons. In May…

Syria Chemical Weapon Update – 1997

In February 1997, CIA Director George Tenet had little trouble telling Congress that Syria was among those countries that “have or are actively developing chemical and biological weapons.” Syria is…

Testimony: China’s WMD Exports

Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations October 8, 1997 I am…

Testimony: China’s Role in the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation…

Libya Chemical Milestones – 1970-1995

1970: Libya tries to buy an atomic bomb from China. 1979: German engineers from OTRAG rocket firm start work on a medium-range missile in the Libyan desert. 1983: Soviet-supplied research…

Iraq is Still a Threat, U.N. Says

Iraqi weapons of mass destruction are still a threat, say U.N. inspectors, who are now digesting a stunning load of incriminating documents found in a chicken coop on an Iraqi…

Libya Has Trouble Building the Most Deadly Weapons

For more than twenty years, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has tried to buy or build weapons of mass destruction. He has succeeded in making poison gas, but has failed to…