United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-02-07 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-98 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-98 P0b002ee180380e29 f:ns94098 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-98 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-98 NSIAD-94-98 Arms control agreements Export regulation International trade regulation International trade restriction Foreign military sales policies Foreign trade policies Foreign military sales Military materiel Foreign governments Dual-use technologies Iraq Middle East United Arab Emirates Kuwait Saudi Arabia TOW Missile C-130 Aircraft Letter Report NSIAD This unclassified version of a classified 1992 GAO report discusses U.S. policy and practices on sales of U.S. military equipment to Iraq during the 1980s. Since 1980, U.S. policy has been to deny export licenses for commercial sales of defense items to Iraq, and the Pentagon has not made any foreign military sales to Iraq since 1967. In contrast, U.S. policy on sales to Iraq of dual-use items--items with both civilian and military uses--has not been constrained by security controls. As a result, the Commerce Department approved licenses for exporting $1.5 billion worth of dual-use items between 1985 and 1990. The licensed items included computers and other high-tech equipment, civilian helicopters, and machine tools. In addition, several countries shipped U.S. military equipment to Iraq without U.S. approval, including ammunition and howitzer spare parts. In five cases, countries proposed that they serve as transshipment points for military equipment for Iraq, proposals that the State Department rejected. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-98/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-98.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-98 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-98 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-98; Iraq: U.S. Military Items Exported or Transferred to Iraq in the 1980s; Arms control agreements Export regulation International trade regulation International trade restriction Foreign military sales policies Foreign trade policies Foreign military sales Military materiel Foreign governments Dual-use technologies Iraq Middle East United Arab Emirates Kuwait Saudi Arabia TOW Missile C-130 Aircraft