"Hundreds" of Polish missile engines were sent to Iraq

The transactions were said to be organized by Saddam Hussein's cousin, who was completing his PhD in mathematics in Poland. CIA estimates, that at least 280 engines used in SA-2 Volga missiles were transported from Poland to Iraq, which was seeking to build a mid-range Al Samud II missile, but the plan never materialized. Iraqis were also buying missile parts from managers of Military Property Agency (AMW) scrap yards. The missile components were most probably shipped out of Poland in the Iraqi diplomatic bag. The CIA report entitled, "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs," concludes that Saddam's regime most likely did not have such weapons at the time the last war started. However, the Iraqi army was working on building missiles to carry WMD using its Polish connection. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) T.J.