[JustPiper]

Russian Engineers Reportedly Gave Missile Aid to Iraq
By JAMES RISEN

Published: March 5, 2004


WASHINGTON, March 4 — A group of Russian engineers secretly aided Saddam Hussein's long-range ballistic missile program, providing technical assistance for prohibited Iraqi weapons projects even in the years just before the war that ousted him from power, American government officials say.

Iraqis who were involved in the missile work told American investigators that the technicians had not been working for the Russian government, but for a private company. But any such work on Iraq's banned missiles would have violated United Nations sanctions, even as the Security Council sought to enforce them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/politics/05MISS.html?th

[Velveeta]

Iraqis who were involved in the missile work told American investigators that the technicians had not been working for the Russian government, but for a private company

Yeah right! Swampland for sale, cheap.

[jerseygirl]

Not only did the Russians give Iraq the missile technology, they helped Iraq dispose of its WMD prior to the war.