selling weapons to Iraq

[lindac07]

I had Thanksgiving Dinner with a beloved but far rightwing neighbor last night, who insisted that the United States never sold weapons to Iraq back in the eighties. I know there is information out there about this and I would like to send it to him. Can anyone out there help? Thanks

[HFishbine]

1. INtroduce your friend to Google

and have him search "united states weapons sales iraq."

[lindac07]

2. Thanks

Ah yes, too much wine and Turkey last night. Thanks for the help.

[Village Idiot]

3. Here's the best link I have found:

http://www.thememoryhole.org/corp/iraq-suppliers.htm

Shows not only the Country of origin, but the corporations responsible...

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Google "Who armed Saddam" Here is my favorite.....

http://www.counterpunch.org/green02242003.html

>>Both were in evidence last week when he testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Under criticism for his prior characterizations of France and Germany as "old Europe," Rumsfeld fumed: "We would not be facing the problems in Iraq today if the technologically advanced countries of the world had seen the danger and strictly enforced the economic sanctions against Iraq."

The Defense Secretary knew well, naturally, his audience in the Senate Armed Services Committee. As Senator Robert Byrd recently said from the Senate floor, ...."this Chamber is, for the most part, silent--ominously, dreadfully silent. There is no debate, no discussion, no attempt to lay out for the nation the pros and cons of this particular war. There is nothing."<<

French connection armed Saddam - The Washington Times: Nation ...
... French connection armed Saddam By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES. ... Al Bashair Trading
Co. in Baghdad was the major front used by Saddam to buy arms abroad. ...
www.washingtontimes.com/ national/20040908-123000-1796r.htm - 86k - Nov 24, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

Norm Dixon: How Reagan Armed Saddam with Chemical Weapons
... June 18, 2004. Norm Dixon How Reagan Armed Saddam with Chemical Weapons. June 16,
2004. ... The Ties That Blind. How Reagan Armed Saddam with Chemical Weapons. ...
www.counterpunch.org/dixon06172004.html - 101k - Nov 25, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

Stephen Green: Who Armed Iraq?
CounterPunch. February 24, 2003. Rumsfeld's Account Book. Who Armed Saddam?
by STEPHEN GREEN. You have to give Defense Secretary Rumsfeld ...
www.counterpunch.org/green02242003.html - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
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COVER STORY: How he US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons
COVER STORY: How he US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons. BY NORM
DIXON. On August 18, the New York Times carried a front ...
www.greenleft.org.au/back/2002/506/506p12.htm - 38k - Cached - Similar pages

Revealed: 17 British firms armed Saddam with his weapons - ... Revealed: 17 British firms armed Saddam with his weapons. Investigation: By
Neil Mackay Home Affairs Editor. SEVENTEEN British companies ...
www.sundayherald.com/31710 - 34k - Cached - Similar pages

How The United States Illegally Armed Saddam Hussein
NEWS YOU WON'T FIND ON CNN. . Iraq-Gate. How The United States Illegally Armed
Saddam Hussein. A Report From Democracy Now, The Journalist ...
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1412.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Who armed Saddam?
Who armed Saddam? (16 September 2002) Published in Labour Left Briefing,
October 2002. Glen Rangwala explores Bush and Blair’s ...
middleeastreference.org.uk/llb020916a.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

A Time to Break Silence: US complicity in Saddam's crimes against ...
... The vast, lucrative arms trade in the Middle East laid the groundwork
for Saddam's aggression against Kuwait. Without high-tech ...
www.inmotionmagazine.com/time.html - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

Scoop: US Armed Saddam Hussein With Chemical Weapons
... Weapons Friday, 30 August 2002, 9:46 am Article: Green Left Weekly - Australia.
How The US Armed Saddam Hussein With Chemical Weapons. ...
www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0208/S00158.htm - 47k - Cached - Similar pages

[MattWinMO]

5. technically we didn't "sell them weapons"

The government just allowed US companies to sell them products like chlorine which can be used to produce chemical weapons.