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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (21189)	12/24/2003 8:52:25 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Boy that Palast is a liar. But what can you expect from a leftist - lies are all they have. 1980: Invades Iran, then the "Unicycle of Evil," with US encouragement and arms. Where Iraq Purchased Weapons 1973-2002 The purpose of this post is to address one of the many mythical claims about the United States popularized by some Leftists who would have us believe that the United States is the cause of most of what is wrong with the world. The myth under examination here is the claim that the United States played an important role in arming Saddam Hussein. The data comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in the form of a table of the value of arms imported by Iraq from 1973 through 2002. ..... Imported weapons to Iraq (IRQ) in 1973-2002 Country $MM USD 1990 % Total USSR 25145 57.26 France 5595 12.74 China 5192 11.82 Czechoslovakia 2880 6.56 Poland 1681 3.83 Brazil 724 1.65 Egypt 568 1.29 Romania 524 1.19 Denmark 226 0.51 Libya 200 0.46 USA 200 0.46 ... parapundit.com