Well, it gets pretty interesting. The Iraqi front company that was involved in the deals between Iraq and South African suppliers in the aluminum tube deal was based in Jordan. It also happened to be considered by the UN to be a legit company in the Oil for Food Program. And its financial dealings ran through a French bank...
And France, China, Russia and Germany (and they inturn persuaded the US State Dept to go along) pressured the UN to loosen restrictions and change guidelines on sales to Iraq through that program- the new rules reduced the wait time for approval of sales from over a year to a mere ten days. If a sales wasn't stopped in ten days, it was automatically approved.
Timmerman's article is interesting:
http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:LpsxRU7QF0IJ:www.timmerman2000.com/news/insight_iraqwmd.htm+%22Nadhim+Jabouri%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Ah, the Oilf For Food program again. Talk about a gift that kept on giving. And when one considers the kind of contraband that was making its way into Iraq on UN charted/approved flights...Thanks for the info and the link!