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Hi Felicity: Yes, I am sure that this did indeed take place. As for a source, I haven't got my copy here, but my recollection is that there is an account of this in Sarah Graham-Brown's good (but misleadingly titled) book 'Sanctioning Saddam'. Best wishes Eric On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:46:56 +0100 farbuthnot <asceptic@freenetname.co.uk> wrote: > does anyone know of a 1993 agreement between rolf ekeus/unscom/companies > which supplied chem and bio weapons to iraq, agreeing that unscom would keep > companies names out of the equation to preserve commercial confidentiality > (and avoid embarrassment, one imagines.) perhaps i'm late off the mark but > to hold the nation hostage for ten years but make this arrangement with the > suppliers, if correct, leaves one at a loss for words. only just stumbled on > this possibility. greetings, felicity arbuthnot. > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq > For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk > Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: > http://welcome.to/casi > ---------------------- Dr. Eric Herring Department of Politics University of Bristol 10 Priory Road Bristol BS8 1TU England, UK Tel. +44-(0)117-928-8582 Fax +44-(0)117-973-2133 http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Politics eric.herring@bristol.ac.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi