Do you think, maybe, that the missiles will end up in Iraq (somehow)and that the sodium cyanide was the payment. And just why was the Sosan let go after the missiles were found? Maybe because they were looking for something other than missiles and didn’t find it?
Yeah, Germany, France, The US, Russia, China.….the US.….
name one, name them all
Sylvain, go and do some research. The US role in arming Saddam was minimal—less than I’d suspected, and I’d suspected quite a bit. We provided some intel and some machine tools, perhaps some light arms. But the bulk of his weaponry came from Russia, France, Germany, and China, with a Belgian-built chem weapon factory thrown in. Russia built his air force, France built his nukes, Germany built his bio and chem weapons, and China helped build his air defense systems.
Agreed. And I took your advice~
“transferring arms through third countries - was outlined in a classified memo written by William L. Eagleton, the chief of the United States-interests section in Baghdad, in October, 1983. Even though the stated United States policy toward the Iran-Iraq War remained one of neutrality, and Congress would never have approved such arms transfers, that year the Reagan Administration began secretly allowing Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Egypt to transfer United States weapons, including Howitzers, Huey helicopters, and bombs, to Iraq. These shipments may very well have violated the Arms Export Control Act.”
” A United States official told the New York Times that the Reagan Administration had had evidence that Iraq was considering the use of chemical weapons for over a year, and had privately warned Iraq about their use. Although the United States protested Iraq’s use of chemical weapons, the Administration proceeded with its policy of increased economic cooperation. In November of 1984, it restored diplomatic relations with Iraq, which had broken off in 1967.”
” the President has not addressed evidence that the United States continued to allow the export of high-technology items to Iraq even after the Administration knew that those items would help Iraq’s nuclear weapons program, and even after Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait; that the Administration tolerated Saddam’s use of chemical weapons; and that on several occasions the Administration itself tried to circumvent United States arms-control laws in its efforts to aid Iraq. And, of course, there is the evidence that Bush secretly played an important role in covert mission designed by William Casey to maximize Iraq’s military power in the first place, and to escalate the Iran-Iraq War as part of an elaborate strategy to facilitate the arms-for-hostages deal.”
How the US Armed Iraq
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