In an interview conducted by journalist Con Coughlin in February 2002, former U.S. diplomat “David Mack insisted that Washington did not sell any arms to Iraq. ‘We never provided any military equipment to Iraq,’ he said. ‘The only U.S. equipment we ever sent to Baghdad was two pearl-handled revolvers which Saddam asked for especially to give someone as a present. But that was it. Nothing else.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Con Coughlin, Saddam: His Rise and Fall, Page 215