aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- Re: [aaus-list] The Ukrainian studies list

[Stefan Lemieszewski <stefanl@direct.ca>]

At 09:05 AM 09/24/2002 +0000 Karel C. Berkhoff wrote:

> Today I received from the list the
> information below.
> Surely meant well, but it has nothing to do with Ukrainian studies, I
> would think. Please: on this list, Ukraine and Ukrainians only.
> [ . . . ]
>
> http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,796786,00.html
>
> Dossier to show Iraqi nuclear arms race
> [ . . . ]

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http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,796786,00.html

"Among countries that have
been identified as partners are
Belarus and the Ukraine, which have been at the centre of the
secret Iraqi procurement effort since the mid-1990s. Arms
control experts - including former UN weapons inspectors - have
identified both countries as being of 'grave concern' in the
proliferation of banned technology to Iraq. 

The involvement of both Belarussian and Ukrainian companies
was uncovered by UN weapons inspectors before they were
forced to leave in 1998 and is understood to be continuing."

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Thanks for the above URL reference that contains an accusation 
that Ukraine has been providing weapons to that "rogue state"
Iraq,
an alleged member of the "axis of evil".

The New York Times today makes a similar unproven allegation 
of Ukraine providing the world's most advanced radar system to 
Iraq.

Stefan Lemieszewski

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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/international/europe/24UKRA.html?todaysheadlines

New York Times
24Sep02
U.S. Suspects Ukraine of Selling Radar to Iraq
By MICHAEL WINES

MOSCOW, Sept. 23 — The United States, relying on an
analysis of clandestine tape recordings, has concluded that
President Leonid D. Kuchma of Ukraine personally approved a
plan in July 2000 to sell Iraq an advanced radar system that can
detect approaching aircraft without their pilots' knowledge.

Although there is no definitive proof that the sale was made, the
American government has "some indications" that the radar
units
are now in Iraq, a high-level United States official said.
[ . . . ]
But its strongest selling point, experts say, is its claimed ability
to
spot even so-called stealth aircraft without being detected. When
Ukraine first exhibited the radar at a Jordan arms show in April
2000, it said the system was the most advanced in the world.
[ . . . ]
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