| Year/Date |
Exporter |
Item(s) |
Remarks |
| 1987-1990 |
German company |
Detonators for missiles, components used to build weapons, including medium-range Scud-B missiles and Scud and Styx impact fuses for 1,000 missiles |
Materials supplied by German company Rhein-Bayern Fahrzeugbau. See 3 December 1993, 19 July 1994, and 17 April 1994 entries. |
| 1988 |
Unknown |
A parachute device |
See April 1991-Late 1995 entry. Device was imported from unspecified location in 1988 for Al-Hussein missile warhead. |
| 1988 |
USSR |
819 Missiles |
See July 1991, 1 November 1991, and December 1991 entries. |
| April-November 1991 |
Unknown |
Guidance and control instruments |
Used for Al-Hussein missiles. |
| Early July 1991 |
Unknown |
2,895 tons of this missile oxidizer (AK27I) and 818 tons of missile main fuel (TM185) |
|
| July 1991 |
Unknown |
34 turbo pumps |
According to an Iraqi statement, importation was part of an overall order of 305 turbo pumps from same supplier. |
| 8 July 1991 |
Unknown |
15 "special" (non-conventional) missile warheads |
According to the March 1992 Iraqi declaration that the warheads "arrive at Nibai." |
| 15 January 1992 |
German companies |
Gyroscope components, 35 turbopumps, a test bench, quality control equipment, missile propulsion injectors, 26 Mercedes-Benz tractor units, and other tooling and test equipment |
According to Flight International, German intelligence confirms involvement of following German companies in manufacturing of Iraqi Scud missiles:
C Plath: Three million Deutsche marks' worth of gyroscope components
Thyssen Machinenbau: 305 turbopumps valued at 13 million Deutsche marks, but delivered only 35
Pressluft Franz: delivered a test bench for turbo pumps to Iraq via Saudi Arabia
Anlagenbow Contor: provided quality control equipment
Heinrich Muller: sold missile propulsion injectors;
Marrell: sold 26 Mercedes-Benz tractor units that were allegedly used to haul Scud launchers
H&H Metalform, Havert Handels-Gesellschaft, and Leifeld: provided other tooling and test equipment |
| January-February 1992 |
US companies |
Equipment, including missiles, code-named Project 395 |
US House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee investigators identify 13 US firms that supplied equipment to the Iraqi Condor-II missile program. |
| 9 March 1992 |
Argentina |
Condor II Missile solid-fueled motors and guidance technology |
|
| 10 January 1993 |
Kuwait |
Weapons, including four Chinese-made Silkworm missiles |
Approximately 200 Iraqi soldiers cross the border between Iraq and Kuwait and seize weapons, including four Chinese-made Silkworm missiles from six ammunition bunkers located on the Kuwaiti side of the border. Those weapons are left over from the Persian Gulf War. |
| Mid-December 1993 |
China |
Ammonium perchlorate |
German government receives information from foreign intelligence service that ammonium perchlorate is sent from China via Beirut to Iraq. |
| 1994 |
Russia |
30 gyroscopes |
Stolen from the Scientific Research Institute of Chemical Machine building in Sergiyev Posad, Russia and sent to Iraq through Western Europe and Jordan. |
| 1994 |
Bulgaria |
Surface-to-air anti-tank missiles |
|
| January 1994 |
Unknown |
A large vacuum furnace |
Used for production of engines for Al-Hussein missiles, provider unspecified. |
| July–August 1994 |
Romania |
Subassemblies and raw materials |
Used for missile production. |
| 17 September 1994 |
US private businessman |
Technology, machinery, spare parts, and other goods |
The US authorities convict a Jordanian-born naturalized US citizen, Al M. Harb, of circumventing a US trade embargo on Iraq. Harb illegally procured and exported materials which experts say were probably intended for military use in the Iraqi government’s effort to rebuild advanced weapons systems. |
| 1995 |
Lebanon |
48-100 Missiles |
According to Western intelligence services. |
| April 1995 |
China |
Missile technology |
|
| April 1995 |
North Korea |
Missile technology |
|
| June 1995 |
Russia
(non-Russian, private businessman) |
10 gyroscope samples |
Wi’am Gharbiyah, Palestinian-Jordanian businessman (see Early 1993 entry) takes 10 samples of gyroscopes that he bought from the Russian Research and Testing Institute of Chemical and Building Machines (NIIKHhSM) with him to Jordan and then goes on to Iraq. |
| 27 July 1995 |
Russia
(non-Russian, private businessman) |
Gyroscopes, accelerometers, and other devices (later declared 240 total)
|
Items that Wi'am Gharbiyah purchased from Russia arrive in Baghdad from Jordan. (See 9 April 1996 entry.) |
| September 1995 |
Romania |
Three sample pieces, such as regulator valve pin and body |
Romanian companies Modern Technology and Aerofina implement this transaction based on the 7 January 1995 contract. Iraq intends to use those parts for a "regulator" that maintains a missile engine's thrust at the required level. (See January 1995 entry.) |
| January 1996 |
French company |
Missile-related items |
Unconfirmed; UN officials say that companies from France, Germany, and Eastern Europe continue to supply Iraq with proscribed missile-related items. |
| January 1996 |
German company |
Missile-related items |
Unconfirmed: UN officials say that companies from France, Germany, and Eastern Europe continue to supply Iraq with proscribed missile-related items. |
| January 1996 |
Eastern European company |
Missile-related items |
Unconfirmed; UN officials say that companies from France, Germany, and Eastern Europe continue to supply Iraq with proscribed missile-related items. |
| 1 January 1996 |
Russia |
VR-3 Reys System |
VR-3 Reys is Russia's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system. |
| 9 April 1996 |
Russia |
240 missile-guidance gyroscopes and accelerometers |
|
| 3 May 1997 |
German companies |
Missile parts, aluminum pipes, design plans |
The German government launches 16 criminal proceedings against individuals involved in arms transfers to Iraq. Thirteen German companies are suspected of having assisted Iraq in building nuclear facilities and developing its Scud missile program. Illegal exports from Germany to Iraq include missile parts, aluminum pipes for producing gas ultracentrifuges, and design plans for nuclear technology. |
| January 1998- December 1999 |
Serbian Plant |
Batteries |
The Trepca batteries plant in Bujanovac in the southern of the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia exports batteries production. |
| September 1998-February 2001 |
India |
Titanium vessels, titanium centrifugal pumps, atomized and spherical aluminum powder, and titanium anodes |
Delhi-based firm NEC Engineers Private Limited exports 10 consignments worth $791,343 to Iraq, using clients in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan as middlemen. |
| 22 February 1999 |
Russia |
Missiles |
According to the Israeli sources, three Russian companies, Techmashimport, Vneshtechnika, and Mashinoimportinvest, made a weapons deal with Saddam Hussein. |
| 1999 |
Russia |
Advanced radar systems for the SAM-6 missile network |
|
| September 1999-November 2000 |
Germany |
Spare parts for 250 trucks |
Used for missile transport and command vehicles. |
| September 1999 |
Russia |
A CD-ROM that contains satellite intelligence photographs |
Used to target its missiles at neighboring countries. |
| 2000 |
Belarus |
Tires, tractors, trailers, and automotive parts |
Unconfirmed; Belarus reportedly supplies Iraq with these materials worth $7.8 million. It is possible that Iraq would use such items for its missile program. |
| July 2000 |
Pakistan |
Various items, such as welding machines, air-compressor battery chargers, washing machine for buses, dump trucks, engine dynamometers, stationary and mobile generators, mobile workshop, truck-tractors, garage yards, off-set machines and high-speed cutting machine |
Unconfirmed date of transaction; Pakistani Promotion Bureau receives international tenders for these items through the Pakistan embassy in Baghdad on this date. |
| 2000 |
Illegitimate Ukrainian entities |
Weapons and forbidden items |
The port of Odessa in Ukraine plays a main role in the smuggling of weapons and forbidden items to Iraq. Ukrainians dismantle and hide items in special boxes with normal items and ship to ports in the countries near Iraq. Russian and Ukrainian mafias own the ships. From there, they travel by land or sea to Iraq, where they are reassembled by officers and engineers in the Military Industrialization Body under the supervision of Russian and Ukrainian experts who visit Iraq under the guise of being businessmen. |
| September-December 2000 |
United States |
4000 Sony Playstations |
According to a secret Defense Intelligence Agency report, bundled PlayStation computers are purchased and shipped to Iraq and could be used to calculate ballistic data for long-range missiles. |
| End of 2000 |
Ukraine (private businessman) |
Equipment for thermal power stations and pipes to Iraq |
Ukranian businessman Yuriy Orshansky is reported to be supplying equipment to Iraq. [Note: Actual entry shows incorrect info about Orshansky’s occupation; see 17 April 1995 entry.] |
| 2001 |
Egypt |
Basic supplies used in Iraq's development of its "non-traditional" weapons rearmament program |
Unconfirmed; these supplies allegedly go towards the re-establishment of the ballistic missiles and chemical weapons factories. |
| 2001 |
Syria |
Medium-range Scud-class missiles, SAMs, rockets and guidance systems |
According to Iraq opposition sources, the weapons are of Czech-origin meant for export to Syria and Yemen. Iraq smuggles them from Syria. |
| January-June 2001 |
Belarus |
Advanced radar and radio equipment |
Unconfirmed; Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka conducts deals worth over $600 million with the Iraqi Air Force headquarters. |
| 24-27 February 2001 |
Russia |
SA-6 anti-air missiles and advanced radar |
Unconfirmed; Russians redirect supplies via military bases in Belarus to civilian airlines flying out of Minsk to Baghdad in order to avoid contempt in Washington. |
| March-May 2001 |
North Korea |
300 SAM-16As and mount-type air defense missiles |
|
| 4 March 2001 |
North Korea |
Nodong missiles and transferred Scud-C technology to Iraq |
Unconfirmed |
|
| 1991-2002 |
North Korea |
Missile technology, long-range missiles, anti-ship cruise missiles- range 200 miles |
Report from US Central Intelligence Agency Iraq Survey Group (ISG), a fact-finding mission for the purpose of discovering WMD in Iraq |
| 2000-2002 |
Poland (private businessmen) |
280 scrapped engines for Volkhov antiaircraft missiles |
Businessmen charged in Polish court January 2005 |
| 2001-2003 |
Poland |
280 engines and guidance components for surface-to-air missiles |
Transactions processed through Iraqi-intelligence run Polish front company 'Ewex' |
| 2001 |
Ukraine (private company) |
5 motors for unmanned aerial vehicle program |
Reported in the ISG report |
| 3 May 2001 |
North Korea |
300 SAM-16A mount-type air-defense missiles |
Unconfirmed; Japanese authorities arrest Kim Chong-nam, the son of North Korea's supreme leader and head of North Korea's missile export plans while he is in Japan. Chong-nam allegedly claims that his travel to Japan is for the purpose of collecting money for North Korea's missile exports to Iraq |
| 2002 |
Bulgaria (private firm JEFF Co.) |
Warheads, missiles, and launcher units |
ISG report |
| 27 August 2002 |
India (5 private companies) |
Missile and chemical weapons technology and equipment |
Unconfirmed (see 27 August 2002 entry) |
| 23 March 2003 |
Russia (3 private companies) |
Anti-tank guided missiles, night-vision goggles, jamming devices |
Alleged; claims denied by Russia |
