Special Report: Kuchma approved sale of weapons system to Iraq

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2002 — Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma personally authorized the clandestine sale of $100-million worth of high-tech

Excerpts from this story referencing "spokesman":

"… targets at 370 miles.“We are quite familiar with that,” Jim Brooks, a spokesman for the Defense Intelligence Agency, said when asked if Iraq had deployed …"

"… weapons or any other military equipment” to Iraq illegal. Ewen Buchanan, spokesman for the U.N. Monitoring and Verification Commission on Iraq (UNMOVIC), sai …"

"… aq with “serious concern.” Jim Brooks, the Defense Intelligence Agency spokesman, downplayed the importance of the Kolchuga. He said the Iraqis’ training …"