According to an estimate by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ), 40 % of all Brazilian arms transfers from 1985 to 1989 went to Iraq.

According to Popular Mechanics, " The common sponge was used in ancient Greece as a gas mask ..." An early type of rudimentary gas mask was invented in the 9th century by the Banu Musa brothers in Baghdad, Iraq.

According to CIA operational cables, only then did he tell his " fabricated " story about Al Qaeda members being dispatched to Iraq.

According to the British, who had been awarded a League of Nations mandate over Iraq in 1920 and therefore represented Iraq in its foreign affairs, Mosul belonged to Iraq ; on the other hand, the new Turkish republic claimed the province as part of its historic heartland.

According to former CIA Near East Division Chief James Chritchfield, after al-Bakr and Saddam seized power in 1968, " America slowly developed, not a hostility, but enormous reservations about the ability of the Ba ' ath to constructively bring Iraq along.

** Iraq disarmament crisis: According to UNSCOM, the unity of the UN Security Council begins to fray, as a few countries, particularly France and Russia, become more interested in making financial deals with Iraq than in disarming the country.

According to intelligence officials, the view of government historians that the report should become public was rebuffed by policymakers concerned that comparisons might be made to intelligence used to justify the Iraq War ( Operation Iraqi Freedom ) that commenced in 2003.

Its administration in Southern Iraq has been criticized as corrupt and as " theocracy mixed with thuggery " According to a 2005 report by journalist Doug Ireland, the Badr Organization has been involved in many incidents of attacking and killing gays in Iraq.

According to Zonaras, Eutropius, and Festus, Carus won a major victory against the Persians, taking Seleucia and the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon ( near modern Al-Mada ' in, Iraq ), cities on opposite banks of the Tigris.

According to author Michael Klare, application of the Nixon Doctrine " opened the floodgates " of U. S. military aid to allies in the Persian Gulf, and helped set the stage for the Carter Doctrine and for the subsequent direct U. S. military involvement of the Gulf War and the Iraq War.

According to a Harvard graduate student from Iraq who helped translate some of the radio broadcasts into Arabic, the program was poorly run.

According to Britain, a majority of the UN Security Council members supported its proposed 18th resolution which gave Iraq a deadline to comply with previous resolutions, until France announced that they would veto any new resolution that gave Iraq a deadline.

According to John Kampfner, " Emboldened by their experience in Afghanistan, they saw the opportunity to root out hostile regimes in the Middle East and to implant very American interpretations of democracy and free markets, from Iraq to Iran and Saudi Arabia.

" According to an unnamed Pentagon source quoted by Hersh, the OSP " was created in order to find evidence of what Wolfowitz and his boss, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, believed to be true — that Saddam Hussein had close ties to Al Qaeda, and that Iraq had an enormous arsenal of chemical, biological, and possibly even nuclear weapons that threatened the region and, potentially, the United States.

* According to UNSCOM, the unity of the UN Security Council begins to fray, as a few countries, particularly France and Russia, are starting to become increasingly interested in the financial opportunities of a post-sanctions Iraq.

* According to UNSCOM, Iraq ends cooperation with UNSCOM inspectors, alternately intimidating and withholding information from them.

* According to U. S. Intelligence, China, with help from France and Syria, has secretly sold to Iraq the prohibited chemical Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, or HTPB, which is used in making solid fuel for long-range missiles.

* According to U. S. Intelligence, France has secretly sold prohibited spare parts to Iraq for its fighter jets and military helicopters.

* According to Arab media, Saddam Hussein has opened training camps in Iraq for Arab volunteers willing to carry out suicide bombings against U. S. forces, if an attack on Iraq takes place.

According to estimates by the National Statistical Survey, the rate of labor emigration was twice as higher in 2001 and 2002.

According to Mercer's 2011 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, Dublin is the 13th most expensive city in the European Union ( down from 10th in 2010 ) and the 58th most expensive place to live in the world ( down from 42nd in 2010 ).

According to the 2001 edition of the National Jewish Population Survey, in the United States ' Jewish community — the world's second largest — 4. 3 million Jews out of 5. 1 million had some sort of connection to the religion.

According to the 2009 American Community Survey, Brooklyn's population was 46. 6 % white, of which 36. 9 % were non-Hispanic whites.

According to the 2006 – 2008 American Community Survey, the racial composition of Memphis was:

According to prestigious Global Capital Markets Survey, which measures readership habits amongst most senior corporate and financial decision makers in the world ’ s largest companies and financial institutions, the Financial Times is considered the most important business read, reaching 33 % of the universe, 6 % more than The Wall Street Journal.

According to the U. S. Department of the Interior and the U. S. Geological Survey, " there are eight named islands in the lake that have never been totally submerged during historic time.

According to the " Survey of Income and Program Participation ", as described in the book Gendering Disability, 74 percent of women participants and 90 percent of men participants without disabilities were employed.

According to the Maryland Geological Survey, the highest point in Kent County is 102 feet above sea level, approximately 2. 25 miles west of Coleman's Corner ( shown on maps as " Coleman ") just northeast of the mouth of Still Pond Creek.

According to the 2005 Global Sex Survey by Durex people have had on average 9 sexual partners, the most in Turkey ( 14. 5 ) and Australia ( 13. 3 ), and the least in India ( 3 ) and China ( 3. 1 ).

According to the United States Geological Survey, Bolivia has 5. 4 million tons of lithium, which can be used to make batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau's 2004 American Community Survey, 42. 3 % of the population work in another county.

According to Dave Doyle at the National Geodetic Survey, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the common corner of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, at The Wedge is marked by Boundary Monument # 87.

According to the 2006 – 2008 American Community Survey, non-Hispanic whites made up 54. 6 % of New London's population.

According to the 2008 American Community Survey, the median income for a household in the county was $ 81, 456, and the median income for a family was $ 90, 171.

According to the United States Geological Survey, it is likely that a significant percentage of the material sold as zeolites in some countries is ground or sawn volcanic tuff that contains only a small amount of zeolites.

According to the 2006 American Community Survey the average family size is 3. 15.

According to the government 2009 Place Survey, the Council was rated as the sixth most popular major authority in the country.

According to the 2006 – 2008 American Community Survey, the racial composition of Arlington was as follows:

According to the 2005-2009 American Community Survey, of a population of 20, 989, there were 20, 729 whites, 7 blacks, 17 Cherokees, 61 Indian-Americans, 143 Chinese-Americans, and 32 people who identified as some other race.

According to a 2010 Census American Community Survey 3-year estimate, the median income for a household in the town was $ 75, 038, and the median income for a family was $ 91, 585.

According to the United States Geologic Survey, the city's location is at.

According to the United States Geological Survey Borrego Springs is located at ( 33. 2558717 ,-116. 375012 ).

According to the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) Harbison Canyon is located at ( 32. 8203296 ,-116. 8300236 ), which is near the intersection of Harbison Canyon Road and Frances Drive.

According to the United States Geological Survey, Pine Valley is located 3, 736 feet ( 1, 139 m ) above sea level, at.