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On Feb. 9th, 1994, former Michigan Sen. Don Riegle, Jr., took to the floor of the U.S. Senate and reported:
"Records available from the supplier for the period from 1985 until the present show that during this period,
pathogenicbiologic agents meaning poisonous and other materials were exported to Iraq pursuant to application and licensing by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Records prior to 1985 were not available, according to the supplier.
These exported materials were not attenuated or weakened and were capable of reproduction.
Thus, from at least 1985 through 1989, the United States government approved the sale of quantities of potentially lethal biological agents that could have been cultured or grown in large quantities in an Iraqi biological warfare program. . . .
"I find it especially troubling that, according to the supplier's records, these materials were requested by and
sent to Iraqi government agencies, including the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission, the Iraq Ministry of Higher Education, the State Company for Drug Industries, and the Ministry of Trade. While there may be legitimate needs for pathogens in medical research, closer scrutiny should be exercised."
Among the chemicals sent to Iraq Riegle cited were Bacillus Anthacis, Clostridium Botulinum, Histoplasma Capsulatum, and Brucella Melitensis.
"If you look at what the Iraqis were ordering," said Dr. Nicolson, "they were ordering far more than what they would need for legitimate testing purposes as controls for diagnostic testing."
Among the companies granted export licenses to ship these toxic agents abroad was the American Type Culture Collection of Rockville, Md., and the federal government's own Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta was responsible for shipping some of the materials, according to Riegle's investigation.