Re Iraqi Army: From Web souces, and roughly speaking
Divsions are about 10,000, consisting of 3 battalions usually .
Somewhere between 17 to 30 Divisions overall at the start, but many were really ragtag with enforced recruits
During 1981 to 1985 Iraq was the leading world arms buyer, $24bil. Lots from France, Russia, China
( No wonder France did not want to lose the business, as this did not even include oil contracts)
Here is why there is some need to be concerned over chemicals, and reasons why the US would not accept a continuation of inspections
<<< On November 19, 1998, the United Nations inspectors left Iraq. They left behind 3 tons of declared VX Nerve Gas, 100 to 150 tons of G agents (Sarin), and 500to 600 tons of Mustard Gas. The programs of producing these chemical agents resumed since then by converting chemical production facilities used for legitimate commercial uses to the production of advanced nerve agent VX.
The biological weapon programs were the hardest to trace during the United Nations inspections of 1991 to 1998. Before the Gulf War, Iraq had 18 major suspected sites for developing biological weapons. Only five sites were
destroyed during Desert Storm. The rest were dismantled and moved around by the Iraqis. Only one site was visited by UNSCOM inspectors. Iraq, may still have 8,500 liters of Anthrax, 19,000 liters of Botulinum toxin, and 2,200 liters of Aflatoxin, all under the supervision of Dr. Taha, “ Dr. Mengele ”. She is the wife of the Iraqi oil minister. >>>>
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