Thursday, November 14, 2002
THE PROPAGANDA FILES: BUILDING THE FEAR
REPORT: IRAQ ORDERS UP NERVE GAS ANTIDOTE
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Iraq has ordered large amounts of a drug that can be used to counter the effects of nerve gas, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing Bush administration officials.
The orders, which far surpassed amounts needed for normal hospital use, were mainly from suppliers in Turkey, which is being pressed to stop the sales and has indicated in talks with the U.S. State Department that it was willing to review the matter, the officials told the Times.
The next day, we are very quietly told:
TURKEY SAYS NO IRAQ ORDER FOR NERVE GAS ANTIDOTE
ANKARA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Turkish health and pharmaceutical officials on Wednesday denied knowledge of any Iraqi orders for large doses of a drug that can be used as an antidote to nerve gas, state run Anatolian news agency said.
A U.S. official said on Tuesday that suspicions had been raised by an Iraqi order of 1.25 million doses of atropine from Turkey. The New York Times said the United States was pressing Ankara to stop the sales.
REPORT: IRAQ ORDERS UP NERVE GAS ANTIDOTE
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Iraq has ordered large amounts of a drug that can be used to counter the effects of nerve gas, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing Bush administration officials.
The orders, which far surpassed amounts needed for normal hospital use, were mainly from suppliers in Turkey, which is being pressed to stop the sales and has indicated in talks with the U.S. State Department that it was willing to review the matter, the officials told the Times.
The next day, we are very quietly told:
TURKEY SAYS NO IRAQ ORDER FOR NERVE GAS ANTIDOTE
ANKARA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Turkish health and pharmaceutical officials on Wednesday denied knowledge of any Iraqi orders for large doses of a drug that can be used as an antidote to nerve gas, state run Anatolian news agency said.
A U.S. official said on Tuesday that suspicions had been raised by an Iraqi order of 1.25 million doses of atropine from Turkey. The New York Times said the United States was pressing Ankara to stop the sales.
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