MAY 10, 2002 : (THE SPECTATOR'S MARK STEYN REPORTS THAT SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEEN SELLING ALUMINUM TUBES TO IRAQ) "Well, Mr Mandela's country has been busy selling aluminium tubes for uranium enrichment centrifuges to Saddam. The first secretary of the South African embassy in Jordan is serving as the local sales rep to Iraqi procurement agents. Thanks to these sterling efforts, they're bringing significantly closer the day when the entire Middle East, much of Africa and even Europe will be under the Saddamite nuclear umbrella and thus safe from Bush's aggression." - Mark Steyn, Spectator, May 10, 2002 via "SA reportedly assisting Iraq with nuclear weapons - DA requests clarity from govt," WOZA.com, October 8, 2002, http://www.woza.co.za/oct02/da08.htm
SPTEMBER 30, 2002 : (INSIGHT'S KENNETH TIMMERMAN REPORTS THAT IRAQ IS PROCURING MATERIALS FROM SOUTH AFRICA) "The Iraqi regime is turning increasingly to South Africa to procure nuclear materials and forbidden equipment needed for its weapons programs, INC [Iraqi National Congress] sources tell Insight. A top Iraqi intelligence official, Nadhim Jabouri, has been dispatched to the Iraqi embassy in Johannesburg to handle contacts with South African nuclear engineers. He also is in touch with Armscor, the state armaments directorate (also known as Denel), which supplied Iraq with advanced 155 mm howitzers during the Iran-Iraq war. To grease the skids and arrange travel documents, Iraqi procurement agents operating in Amman, Jordan, go through the first secretary of the South African embassy, Shoeman du Plessis. The willingness of the South African government to sell nuclear material and weapons to Iraq, and their fear of getting caught, could explain the virulent outburst by former South African president Nelson Mandela, who told Newsweek recently that the US - not Saddam Hussein - presents 'a threat to world peace.'" - Kenneth R Timmerman, Insight on the News, September 30, 2002 via "SA reportedly assisting Iraq with nuclear weapons - DA requests clarity from govt," WOZA.com, October 8, 2002, http://www.woza.co.za/oct02/da08.htm