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Iraq did obtain anthrax from a US company.

A general comment: the smoking guns for a BW program are not the
cultures themselves. Anthrax is endemic to the area and it would be
trivial to get cultures. I was looking at one of the Riegle Committee's
list of imported microorganisms -- with the implication that these were
all going into BW -- and one order was headed by something very potent
-- Saccharomyces cervesiae -- if you plan to brew Belgian-style ale.

Equipment, and large quantities of certain supplies, are more the key.
The Australia Group and the Militarily Critical Technology Lists point
to some of these, such as large-capacity (e.g., 200 liter plus)
fermenters, low-temperature centrifuges, dryers and mills, etc.