little bit more,
All with independent sources.
http://www.rehberg.net/arming-iraq.html
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February, 1982. Despite objections from congress, President Reagan removes Iraq from its list of known terrorist countries. (1)
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November, 1983. A National Security Directive states that the U.S would do "whatever was necessary and legal" to prevent Iraq from losing its war with Iran. (1) (15)
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July, 1984. CIA begins giving Iraq intelligence necessary to calibrate its mustard gas attacks on Iranian troops. (19)
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[quot]March, 1986. The United States with Great Britain block all Security Council resolutions condemning Iraq's use of chemical weapons, and on March 21 the US becomes the only country refusing to sign a Security Council statement condemning Iraq's use of these weapons. (10) [/quote]
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May, 1986. The US Department of Commerce licenses 70 biological exports to Iraq between May of 1985 and 1989, including at least 21 batches of lethal strains of anthrax. (3)
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May, 1986. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of weapons grade botulin poison to Iraq. (7)
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April, 1988. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of chemicals used in manufacture of mustard gas. (7)
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MUSTARD GAS. The same stuff they had been using for over a decade already to kill tens of thousands of their own people and Iranians!
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December, 1988. Dow chemical sells $1.5 million in pesticides to Iraq despite knowledge that these would be used in chemical weapons. (1)
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