9/15/1989

“In September 1989, the Defense Department discovered that an Iraqi front company in Cleveland [Ohio] was funneling American technology to Iraq’s nuclear weapons program, but the [George H.W.] Bush administration allowed the company to operate–even after the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, nearly a year later.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 81