thomas malloy wrote:
So, you believe that the Kurds gassed themselves to make Saddam look bad?
Or perhaps the Iranians invaded and gassed them?
Actually, every indication is that the Iranians gassed them. The event
occurred in 1988, the last year of the Iran-Iraq war. The New York Times
and other sources have reported that that particular kind of gas was never
sold to Iraq, only Iran, and that when reports of the gassing reached
Hussein he was as surprised as anyone. (He may have been pleased or
indifferent, but reliable sources -- plus he himself -- have said he was
surprised.) The U.S. and its allies sold the gas to Iran so I am sure our
people knew when and where it came from. It is not the sort of thing the
Iraqis could have stolen during the war. It takes considerable expertise to
store and deploy it without killing yourself.
- Jed
- Re: OT: The French Connection Jed Rothwell
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