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Switzerland Weapons
Go To Iran, Iraq
Geneva (JTA) — In the last
year, at least 10 Swiss com-
panies have exported, direct-
ly or indirectly, equipment
to Iran for producing atomic,
chemical and biological
arms and long- range
rockets, according to a re-
cent report here.
The article, based on a
report which first appeared
in the Israeli newspaper
Ma'ariv, also asserts that
dozens of Swiss companies
were heavily involved in
assisting Iraq's nuclear de-
velopment program prior to
the Persian Gulf War.
One reported example is of
a small Swiss high-tech
company that produces safe-
ty valves made of pressure-
resistant iron that can be
used in equipment for
enriching uranium for bomb
use. The article mentioned a
signed letter from the head
of the Swiss company to the
directors of the Iranian
nuclear program.
Also described is how some
of the Swiss companies have
been the victims of profes-
sional acts of sabotage,
allegedly carried out by the
Israeli Mossad, according to
the companies targeted.
According to the article,
which appeared in the Swiss
daily Le Courier, the heads
of the American and Israeli
secret services named
Switzerland as the prime
supplier of nuclear equip-
ment to Iran.
The article said Swiss ex-
ports to Iran amounted to
$325 million, mostly com-
prising chemical and spe-
cialized mechanical equip-
ment.
Regarding Swiss connec-
tions to Iraq, 134 of 602 pro-
ducts registered by United
Nations experts as having
been used in that country's
nuclear program were
delivered by Switzerland,
the report said.
At least 48 Swiss com-
panies were in close contact
with Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein and furnished a
quarter of the key com-
ponents necessary to the
Iraqi nuclear program.
The article criticized Swiss
laws regulating the export of
sensitive materials because
they apply only to the im-
mediate buyer and not the
ultimate consumer. The law
opens itself up to subversion
by hundreds of
intermediaries and shadow
companies set up to conceal
the route from sale to end
user.
One recently formed-group
of concerned activists,
known as "Ramoneurs," or
chimney sweeps, has
published embarrassing
documents surreptitiously
obtained.
According to the article,
the American and Israeli
secret services have worked
together to discourage sales
to Iran and Iraq.
Israeli Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres announced
after the Ma'ariv article ap-
peared in Israel that he
would intervene with the
Swiss authorities.
But so far, the disclosures
have had little effect on
Switzerland, according to
Jurg Schneeberger of the
federal Department of For-
eign Affairs
The article also quotes an
official of the Foreign Affairs
Department as saying that
the government disagrees
with the contention that
Switzerland has served as
the center of sales to Iran of
non-conventional military
equipment.
The official asserted that
Switzerland adheres to
international agreements
aimed at preventing the pro-
liferation of mass-
destruction weapons.
The go-vernment said it
has placed sales of material
that could be used for
weapon production under
surveillance in compliance
with federal regulations. ❑
Life Terms
For Terrorists
Jerusalem (JTA) — The
Jerusalem District Court
handed down three life im-
prisonment sentences each
to four members of a Muslim
fundamentalist terrorist
gang operating out of east-
ern Jerusalem.
The four were found guilty
of kidnapping and murder-
ing border policeman Nissim
Toledano last December. It
was this murder that trig-
gerred the expulsion of 415
Palestinians to Lebanon late
last year.
The four, Mahmud Isa,
Majed Abu Kteish, Mahmud
Atwan and Musa Akari,
were also convicted of
murdering two other
policemen, Daniel Hazoot
and Mordechai Yisrael, in
Hadera. ❑
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