 By contrast, Alcolac International, a Maryland company, transported thiodiglycol, a mustard gas precursor, to Iraq.Alcolac was successfully prosecuted for its violations of export control law.According to German daily newspaper "Die Tageszeitung", which is reported to have reviewed an uncensored copy of Iraq's 11,000-page declaration to the U.N. Security Council in 2002, almost 150 foreign companies supported Saddam Hussein's WMD program.