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Two other Russian companies, Mars Rotor and Niikhism sold parts for
long-distance missiles to Iraq.
These were transported to Baghdad by a Palestinian middleman in July 1995, the paper reports. The Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co broke the embargo in 2000 and 2001 by supplying hi-tech fibreglass parts for air defense installations, according to Taz. The paper suggests that contracts signed between Huawei Technologies Co and the US firms IBM and AT&T may mean that US know-how could have found its way into Iraqi technology. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2591351.stm |
BBC NEWS Europe Russia and China 'broke Iraq embargo'.url
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