re: the propogation of myths by yak part of the report to the UN...

re: the propogation of myths by yak part of the report to the UN miles........it was leaked by a "left wing " german news paper.

The five permanent members of the Security Council – the United States,
Britain, Russia, France and China – have repeatedly opposed revealing the
extent of foreign companies' involvement, although a mass of relevant
information was collected by UN weapons inspectors who visited the country
between 1991 and 1998. The UN claims that publishing the extent of the
companies' involvement in Iraq would jeopardise necessary co-operation with
such firms.

German involvement outstripped that of all the other countries put together,
the paper said. During the period to 1991, the German authorities permitted
weapons co-operation with Iraq and in some cases "actively encouraged" it,
according to the newspaper which cited German assistance allegedly given to
Iraq for the development of poison gas used in the 1988 massacre of Kurds in
northern Iraq.
It said that after the massacre America reduced its military
co-operation with Iraq but German firms continued their activities until the
Gulf War.