European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tow sos 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 3 350 monday april 20,1992 d 8693 secret arms sales . Funnelled weapons to Iraq via saudis files say by the los Angeles times Washington a the Bush and Reagan administrations secretly allowed saudi Arabia to provide american made weapons to the iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and other nations Over a period of almost 10 years in Covert operations designed to sidestep Legal restrictions imposed by Congress according to classified documents. Among other Materiel the saudis transferred an undisclosed number of 2,000-Pound,  bombs to Iraq in 1986 and after the end of the persian Gulf War last year allowed Syria and Bangladesh to take  weapons according to classified documents and inter views. The transfers were made with Wink and nod approval from the White House beginning in the mid-1980s and continuing until last year documents and sources close to the affair made Clear but Congress was not notified. Under the Federal arms Export control act the president is required to notify Congress when a foreign nation transfers american supplied arms to a third country without formal . Authorization. Congress can retaliate by cancelling future arms sales to the country or taking other punitive Steps. Congress was not told about a number of the arms transfers by saudi Arabia sources say. But classified government documents show that this notification was not provided because Reagan and Buh administration officials feared that it would Lead to congressional opposition and upset other pending proposals for arms transfers to saudi Arabia itself. Two administration officials acknowledged that the Transfer of . Arms and spare parts to Iraq by saudi Arabia in the 1980s was part of a Covert polio by the Reagan and Bush administrations to Arm Iraq. Under the policy . Arms were sent to Arab allies who transferred them to Iraq. The officials who spoke on the condition their names see arms on Page 2 proud Spain awaits visitors to expo 92 Seville Spain apr thousands of workers put the finishing touches sunday on the pavilions of expo �?T92, the Day before King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia were scheduled to open the largest Universal exposition in history. For Spain the launching of the six month expo �?T92 is evidence that the country has moved out of its underdeveloped past and jumped into the High tech future. Starting today spaniards Hope the whole world will see How far they have come on the 500th anniversary of Columbus arrival in the new world and Esper a l Dally their Progress since democracy returned after dictator Francisco Francois death in 1975. A the initiatives of �?T92 constitute a sign of social political economic and cultural change brought about by the Spanish citizenry in the last 15 years a the editors of Al pais the country a leading daily newspaper wrote sunday. With 110 exhibitors and 531 acres of innovative pavilions the last Universal exposition of the 20th Century promises to have something for everyone including the impoverished Southern Andalusia Region that is playing Host to the show. Spain invested $10 billion in roads Bridges and other infrastructure for expo �?T92, including construction of the ave a High Speed train that connects Seville with Madrid. A if the expo in addition to being a Good Universal exposition a of which there is Little doubt a achieves a transcendence beyond 1992, it will have been a great Success for spaniards Tel pais said. A we have to bet it  the Effort has not been without setbacks however nor is Success assured. Eta the group waging an armed Campaign for Independence for the three province Northern Basque Region has declared expo �?T92 a military target. The government has deployed 10,000 Security personnel to guard the site plus thou a amp it Sands More to protect the ave. Another 30,000 will be on hand at the Sites of the summer olympics which begin july 25 in Barcelona. But during preparation for expo �?T92, the most devastating threats came from within. On feb. 18, a fire gutted expo 92�?Ts flagship the discovery Pavilion. On Friday a Blaze destroyed much of the South Pacific islands Pavilion. The . Pavilion has also been beset by troubles mostly criticism that the exhibition with its geodesic dome and original example of the Bill of rights makes the United states seem More like a country in decline than an innovator for the future. But criticized or not the . Pavilion was scheduled to open today. Break time at mount Etna sgt. Uslie Llo Grard right of Mitchell ind., and Chi. . 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