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To: tejek who wrote (379236)	4/19/2008 3:11:33 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577103

Even if the US had been a big supplier to Iraq, that wouldn't mean Reagan encouraged the war. The war was begun by Saddam for his own imperialistic purposes. We did supply some aid to both sides during the long war, but that was pretty insignificant. We were behind Denmark and Libya: 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 South Africa 192 0.44 Austria 190 0.43 Switzerland 151 0.34 Yugoslavia 107 0.24 Germany (FRG) 84 0.19 Italy 84 0.19 UK 79 0.18 Hungary 30 0.07 Spain 29 0.07 East Germany (GDR) 25 0.06 Canada 7 0.02 Jordan 2 0.005 Total 43915 100.0 parapundit.com en.wikipedia.org