At Least 30 in U.S. Are Suspected of Selling Iraq Arms Before War

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Can anybody add a picture of Rummy shaking hands with Saddam?

I know several members of this administration who should have been listed in this article!

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/16/international/middleeast/16ARMS.html?hp

At Least 30 in U.S. Are Suspected of Selling Iraq Arms Before War
By ERIC LICHTBLAU

Published: October 16, 2003


WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 — American officials in Baghdad have identified at least 30 businesses and individuals in the United States who investigators said they suspect sold tens of millions of dollars in military technology to Iraq before the war.

Atop the list of suspects identified in the wide-ranging investigation is a father-and-son team from San Diego charged Wednesday with selling gun boats to Saddam Hussein's government. Officials said they believed that the two San Diego businessmen, both of Iraqi descent, delivered and helped to assemble three 85-foot-long patrol boats, armed with machine guns, as part of an $11 million contract with Mr. Hussein's military.

"Our information is that a number of these boats were actually deployed in combat operations around Basra" against American troops during fighting in Iraq, Michael T. Dougherty, director of operations for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which led the investigation, said Wednesday in an interview.

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1. Pic of Rummy and Saddam

Google works wonders.

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2. kick

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