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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (114860)	9/15/2003 10:25:15 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The irony, of course, is that in 1988 we were supporting Iran. How Powell could stand there without dying of shame is beyond me: February 1988. Saddam Hussein begins the "Anfal" campaign against the Kurds of northern Iraq. The Iraq regime used chemical weapons against the Kurds killing over 100,000 civilians and destroying over 1,200 Kurdish villages. [20] [8] April 1988. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of chemicals used in manufacture of mustard gas. [7] August 1988. Four major battles were fought from April to August 1988, in which the Iraqis massively and effectively used chemical weapons to defeat the Iranians. Nerve gas and blister agents such as mustard gas are used. By this time the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency is heavily involved with Saddam Hussein in battle plan assistance, intelligence gathering and post battle debriefing. In the last major battle with of the war, 65,000 Iranians are killed, many with poison gas. Use of chemical weapons in war is in violation of the Geneva accords of 1925. [6] [13] August 1988. Iraq and Iran declare a cease fire. [8] August 1988. Five days after the cease fire Saddam Hussein sends his planes and helicopters to northern Iraq to begin massive chemical attacks against the Kurds. [8] September 1988. U.S. Department of Commerce approves shipment of weapons grade anthrax and botulinum to Iraq. [7] September 1988. Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State: "The US-Iraqi relationship is . . . important to our long-term political and economic objectives." [15] December 1988. Dow chemical sells $1.5 million in pesticides to Iraq despite knowledge that these would be used in chemical weapons. [1] ratical.org