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Originally Posted by Kevin-SFBucks
Makes you long for those days when people were gassed under Hussein's rule
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That was during the Iraq-Iran war in which we were supporting and arming Iraq.
During a major battle Iraq targeted Iranians and pro-Iranian Kurds fighting with Iran. They, along with nearby civilians, were killed by the gas.
After the attack the US immediately came to the defense of Iraq, saying that Iranian fighters caused the need for the attack and are thus to blame for any civilian deaths.
Then in the 90's when Saddam became less friendly with the US, the story changes to Saddam purposely targeting civilians in the battle.
It has long been suspected that the US gave Saddam the very gas he used in that attack and in 2003 believed that the WMD's were still there and could be found and used as justification for a war.