01-18-2004, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Originally posted by theking
Pay close attention to what I typed and am typing. The US did not finance any weapons purchased by Iraq. The Russians...France and Germany supplied/financed Iraq with its military machine. I repeat...the only weapons sold to Iraq by the US was an indirect sale of cluster bombs. US companies sold dual use materials...which was later proscribed by the US government. FYI Anthrax is not a weapon. Anthrax has to be "weaponized".,
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This is playing. as usual, with words... A bit like saying the US never supplied weapons to Iran.... ( just a hint: Iran-contra affair)....
The bottom line is clear:
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The Relevance of Yesterday's US Hypocrisy Today
by ELSON E. BOLES
You may feel disgusted by the hypocrisy of US plans to make war on Iraq and sickened at the inevitable slaughter of thousands of people. But if you could only vaguely recall the details of how deep the hypocrisy goes, then read on.
The US not only helped arm Iraq with military equipment right up to the time of the Kuwait invasion in 1989, as did Germany, Britain, France, Russia and others, but also sold and helped Iraq to integrate chemical weapons into their US-provided battle plans while fighting Iran between 1985-1988.
According to a New York Times article in August, 2002, Col. Walter P. Lang, a senior defense intelligence officer at the time, explained that D.I.A. and C.I.A. officials "were desperate to make sure that Iraq did not lose" to Iran. "The use of gas on the battlefield by the Iraqis was not a matter of deep strategic concern," he said. One veteran said, that the Pentagon "wasn't so horrified by Iraq's use of gas." "It was just another way of killing people _ whether with a bullet or phosgene, it didn't make any difference."
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http://www.counterpunch.org/boles1010.html
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I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !
But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....
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