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To: zonder who wrote (70674)	10/6/2003 3:28:04 PM
From: runes	Respond to of 70976

The why in the link - The why that was there - <<The attack on Halabja took place amidst the infamous al-Anfal campaign, in which Saddam brutally repressed yet another of the Kurdish revolts during the Iran-Iraq war.>> Now I don't know if you are really trying to open a debate on whether the Iranians were responsible for Halabja. But you should perhaps read a rebutal to the War College "report" - middleeastreference.org.uk <<So, in summary, either the atrocity at Halabja was carried out by the Iraqi military against their enemies - with a set of chemical warfare agents that they had a record of use prior to Halabja, and with a proven reputation for using chemical weapons in large amounts against civilians (the mustard gas attacks on Majnun island in September 1984 are estimated to have killed 40,000 people) - or by the Iranians, against their own allies and soldiers in an attack using chemicals that there’s no evidence that they ever have had. If you still choose to believe the latter, you should be aware that the only original report I know of that supports your position is primarily concerned with maintaining friendly relations with Iraq for oil and geostrategic reasons, and shows little understanding of the nature of the chemical agents used in the war.>> As for GWB's two step - the final insult was that the allies agreed to not attack helicopters in the no-fly zone. Saddam wasted no time in attacking with helicopter gun-ships.