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Besides, we don't have to mention how Halliburton set up shell companies to do business with Iraq during the sanctions, do we
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A statement like that requires documentation. Do you have a reputable source? I haven't read this anywhere.
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And that this time America was fully aware of the use of nerve gas by Hussain against Kurdish villages in 1989, yes?
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This is a hotly disputed notion. At the time, Iran and Iraqi forces were hitting each other chemical mortar rounds in Northern Iraq, often fighting over Kurdish territory. Most everyone assumed that it was strictly military engagements until stories later started leaking out about a gas attack that killed and injured thousands of Kurdish villagers. There's even one ex-CIA guy who is going around claiming that Iran, not Iraq, gassed the Kurds:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/op...l&position=top