Saddam's Bombmaker

A small point of clarification....,

Convinced he had discovered that Iraq was only ` a few inches' away from finishing a successful production of the `Bomb', the author suddenly summoned undocumented story about 1) his contribution to the `bomb's project' from initial stages, and another 2) by alluding to IBM not able to sell Iraq up to date technology.

On page 141 he refers to IBM "couldn't sell us their new mainframe because of the export controls."

The truth of the matter is that the Arab Boycott Office had narrated a statement, called the `negative' (or Nasty) clause, to the effect that `carriers and ships carrying goods destined to and/or from the Arab Countries, should NOT pass through or deal with Israeli ports".

The Boycott Clause (stereotyped as is) was to be mentioned on the Bills of Lading and on all related shipping documents.
IBM had to comply with the USA anti Boycott regulations that did not accept such `negative' statements.

A must read!!!

The author clearly illustrates the situation in Iraq and how it relates to other nations and terrorism. It is a book worthy of being at your fingertips as you watch news reports and interviews. Along with this excellent account, I recommend Richard Butler's book: The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Crisis of Global Security.

Great Book

This book provides a great inside view of the horrors of Iraq. The reason it didnt get the fifth star is because I thought there wasnt enough emphesis on the problems with the United States Foreign Policy and what policy changes should be made. The only bit of info in the realm was in Endgame (the final chapter) and was quite brief.

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