Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Una dichiarazione giurata

Ulteriori informazioni sull'alleanza USA/Iraq, molto più stretta di quanto
si credesse. Sorprendente, poi, l'aiuto offerto a Saddam *da Israele* nel
corso della guerra Iraq/Iran. Shalom.
Namib
http://www.american-buddha.com/howard.teicher.htm
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DECLARATION OF HOWARD TEICHER
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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,
      v.
CARLOS CARDOEN, FRANCO SAFTA, JORGE BURR, INDUSTRIAS CARDOEN LIMITADA,
a/k/a INCAR, SWISSCO MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC., EDWARD A. JOHNSON, RONALD W.
GRIFFIN, and TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES, INC., d/b/a, TELEDYNE WAH CHANG ALBANY,
Defendents.
      Case No.: 93-241-CR-HIGHSMITH
      DECLARATION OF HOWARD TEICHER
      I. Howard Teicher, hereby state that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the facts presented herein are true, correct and complete. I further
state that to the best of my knowledge and belief, nothing stated in this
Declaration constitutes classified information.
      1. My name is Howard Teicher. From 1977 to 1987, I served in the
United States government as a member of the national security bureaucracy.
From early 1982 to 1987, I served as a Staff Member to the United States
National Security Council.
      2. While a Staff Member to the National Security Council, I was
responsible for the Middle East and for Political-Military Affairs.  During
my five year tenure on the National security Council, I had regular contact
with both CIA Director William Casey and Deputy Director Robert Gates.
      3. In the Spring of 1982, Iraq teetered on the brink of losing its war
with Iran. In May and June, 1982, the Iranians discovered a gap in the Iraqi
defenses along the Iran-Iraq border between Baghdad to the north and Basra
to the south. Iran positioned a massive invasion force directly across from
the gap in the Iraqi defenses. An Iranian breakthrough at the spot would
have cutoff Baghdad from Basra and would have resulted in Iraq's defeat.
      4. United States Intelligence, including satellite imagery, had
detected both the gap in the Iraqi defenses and the Iranian massing of
troops across from the gap. At the time, the United States was officially
neutral in the Iran-Iraq conflict.
      5. President Reagan was forced to choose between (a) maintaining
strict neutrality and allowing Iran to defeat Iraq, or (b) intervening and
providing assistance to Iraq.
      6. In June, 1982, President Reagan decided that the United States
could not afford to allow Iraq to lose the war to Iran. President Reagan
decided that the United States would do whatever was necessary and legal to
prevent Iraq from losing the war with Iran. President Reagan formalized this
policy by issuing a National Security Decision Directive ("NSDD") to this
effect in June, 1982. I have personal knowledge of this NSDD because I
co-authored the NSDD with another NSC Staff Member, Geoff Kemp. The NSDD,
including even its identifying number, is classified.
      7. CIA Director Casey personally spearheaded the effort to ensure that
Iraq had sufficient military weapons, ammunition and vehicles to avoid
losing the Iran-Iraq war. Pursuant to the secret NSDD, the United States
actively supported the Iraqi war effort by supplying the Iraqis with
billions of dollars of credits, by providing U.S. military intelligence and
advice to the Iraqis, and by closely monitoring third country arms sales to
Iraq to make sure that Iraq had the military weaponry required. The United
States also provided strategic operational advice to the Iraqis to better
use their assets in combat. For example, in 1986, President Reagan sent a
secret message to Saddam Hussein telling him that Iraq should step up its
air war and bombing of Iran. This message was delivered by Vice President
Bush who communicated it to Egyptian President Mubarak, who in turn passed
the message to Saddam Hussein. Similar strategic operational military advice
was passed to Saddam Hussein through various meetings with European and
Middle Eastern heads of state. I authored Bush's talking points for the 1986
meeting with Mubarak and personally attended numerous meetings with European
and Middle East heads of state where the strategic operational advice was
communicated.
      8. I personally attended meetings in which CIA Director Casey or CIA
Deputy Director Gates noted the need for Iraq to have certain weapons such
as cluster bombs and anti-armor penetrators in order to stave off the
Iranian attacks. When I joined the NSC staff in early 1982, CIA Director
Casey was adamant that cluster bombs were a perfect "force multiplier" that
would allow the Iraqis to defend against the "human waves" of Iranian
attackers. I recorded those comments in the minutes of National Security
Planning Group ("NSPG") meetings in which Casey or Gates participated.
      9. The CIA, including both CIA Director Casey and Deputy Director
Gates, knew of, approved of, and assisted in the sale of non-U.S. origin
military weapons, ammunition and vehicles to Iraq. My notes, memoranda and
other documents in my NSC files show or tend to show that the CIA knew of,
approved of, and assisted in the sale of non-U.S. origin military weapons,
munitions and vehicles to Iraq.
      10. The United States was anxious to have other countries supply
assistance to Iraq. For example, in 1984, the Israelis concluded that Iran
was more dangerous than Iraq to Israel's existence due to the growing
Iranian influence and presence in Lebanon. The Israelis approached the
United States in a meeting in Jerusalem that I attended with Donald
Rumsfeld. Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir asked Rumsfeld if the
United States would deliver a secret offer of Israeli assistance to Iraq.
The United States agreed. I travelled wtih Rumsfeld to Baghdad and was
present at the meeting in which Rumsfeld told Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq
Aziz about Israel's offer of assistance. Aziz refused even to accept the
Israelis' letter to Hussein offering assistance, because Aziz told us that
he would be executed on the spot by Hussein if he did so.
      11. One of the reasons that the United States refused to license or
sell U.S. origin weapons to Iraq was that the supply of non-U.S. origin
weapons to Iraq was sufficient to meet Iraq's needs. Under CIA Director
Casey and Deputy Director Gates, the CIA made sure that non-U.S.
manufacturers manufactured and sold to Iraq the weapons needed by Iraq.  In
certain instances where a key component in a weapon was not readily
available, the highest levels of the United States government decided to
make the component available, directly or indirectly, to Iraq. I
specifically recall that the provision of anti-armor penetrators to Iraq was
a case in point. The United States made a policy decision to supply
penetrators to Iraq. My notes, memoranda and other documents in my NSC files
will contain references to the Iraqis' need for anti-armor penetrators and
the decision to provide penetrators to Iraq.
      12. Most of the Iraqi's military hardware was of Soviet origin.
Regular United States or NATO ammunition and spare parts could not be used
in this Soviet weaponry.
      13. The United States and the CIA maintained a program known as the
'Bear Spares" program whereby the United States made sure that spare parts
and ammunition for Soviet or Soviet-style weaponry were available to
countries which sought to reduce their dependence on the Soviets for defense
needs. If the "Bear Spares" were manufactured outside the United States,
then the United States could arrange for the provision of these weapons to a
third country without direct involvement. Israel, for example, had a very
large stockpile of Soviet weaponry and ammunition captured during its
various wars. At the suggestion of the United States, the Israelis would
transfer the spare parts and weapons to third countries or insurgent
movements (such as the Afghan rebels and the Contras).  Similarly, Egypt
manufactured weapons and spare parts from Soviet designs and provided these
weapons and ammunition to the Iraqis and other countries. Egypt also served
as a supplier for the Bear Spares program.  The United States approved,
assisted and encouraged Egypt's manufacturing capabilities. The United
States approved, assisted and encouraged Egypt's sale of weaponry, munitions
and vehicles to Iraq.
      14. The mere request to a third party to carry out an action did not
constitute a "covert action," and, accordingly, required no Presidential
Finding or reporting to Congress. The supply of Cardoen cluster bombs, which
were fitted for use on Soviet, French and NATO
      aircraft, was a mere extension of the United States policy of
assisting Iraq through all legal means in order to avoid an Iranian victory.
      15. My NSC files are currently held in the President Ronald Reagan
Presidential Archives in Simi Valley, California. My files will contain my
notes and memoranda from meetings I attended with CIA director Casey or CIA
Deputy Director Gates which included discussions of Cardoen's manufacture
and sale of cluster bombs to Iraq. My NSC files will also contain cable
traffic among various United States agencies, embassies and other parties
relating to Cardoen and his sale of cluster bombs and other munitions to
Iraq and other Middle Eastern states.
      16. Under CIA Director Casey and Deputy Director Gates, the CIA
authorized, approved and assisted Cardoen in the manufacture and sale of
cluster bombs and other munitions to Iraq. My NSC files will contain
documents that show or tend to show the CIA's authorization, approval and
assistance of Cardoen's manufacture and sale of cluster bombs and other
munitions to Iraq.
      17. My files will contain notes, memoranda and other documents that
will show that the highest levels of the United States government, including
the NSC Staff and the CIA, were well aware of Cardoen's arrest in 1983 in
Miami in a sting operation relating to the smuggling of night vision goggles
to Cuba and Libya. My files will also show that the highest levels of the
government were aware of the arrest and conviction of two of Cardoen's
employees and his company Industrias Cardoen.
      18. CIA Director William Casey, aware of Cardoen's arrest and the
conviction of his employees and his company, intervened in order to make
sure that Cardoen was able to supply cluster bombs to Iraq. Specifically,
CIA Director Casey directed the Secretaries of the State and Commerce
Departments that the necessary licenses required by Cardoen were not to be
denied. My files will contain notes, memoranda and other documents showing
or tending to show that CIA Director William Casey's intervention was in
order to maintain Cardoen's ability to supply cluster bombs and other
munitions to Iraq.
      I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
correct to the best of my memory and recollection.
      Executed on 1/31/95
      Howard Teicher (signature appears on original)

corso della guerra Iraq/Iran.
Illazione senza alcun documento a sostegno.
-Stefano

 corso della guerra Iraq/Iran. Shalom.
Sorprendente quanto le forniture di parti di ricambio, mi pare per
missili AA Hawk, all'Iran nello stesso periodo.
Comunque interessante
Ciao
Ale
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 missili AA Hawk, all'Iran nello stesso periodo.
Chi li fabbrica? Scusa la mia ignoranza: sono americani? E' una
"triangolazione" anche questa? In ogni caso, mi pare incongrua con quanto,
secondo Teicher, Tareq Aziz avrebbe affermato rifiutando la lettera
israeliana. Che ne pensi? Shalom.
Namib

 israeliana. Che ne pensi? 
Penso che mi sono spiegato male: mi riferivo alle forniture USA di 
missili e parti di ricambio all'Iran islamico, che li aveva come 
moltissimi altri armamenti USA, in eredita' dalle forze armate dell'Iran 
imperiale. Qui 
http://tinyurl.com/338jn
 trovi un sacco di materiale in 
proposito. In brevissimo le forniture furono triangolate tramite 
Israele, non ricordo se Israele girava armamenti forniti all'uopo dagli 
USA o se li prelevava dai propri stock ma poco importa ai nostri fini.
Ciao
Ale