Yup....I have such a powerful imagination I just made all this up too......
September,1980. Iraq invades Iran. The beginning of the Iraq-Iran war. (8)
That's not U.S. support
February, 1982. Despite objections from congress, President Reagan removes Iraq from its list of known terrorist countries. (1)
That's not U.S. support.
December, 1982. Hughes Aircraft ships 60 Defender helicopters to Iraq. (9)
Those are not military aircraft.
1982-1988. Defense Intelligence Agency provides detailed information for Iraq on Iranian deployments, tactical planning for battles, plans for air strikes and bomb damage assessments. (4)
OOO logistical support woopeddee doo.
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)
Key word legal.
November, 1983. Banca Nazionale del Lavoro of Italy and its Branch in Atlanta begin to funnel $5 billion in unreported loans to Iraq. Iraq, with the blessing and official approval of the US government, purchased computer controlled machine tools, computers, scientific instruments, special alloy steel and aluminum, chemicals, and other industrial goods for Iraq›s missile, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs. (14)
Oh I see the U.S. is responsible for what Italy does. That's called Italian support partna not U.S.
October, 1983. The Reagan Administration begins secretly allowing Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Egypt to transfer United States weapons, including Howitzers, Huey helicopters, and bombs to Iraq. These shipments violated the Arms Export Control Act. (16)
That's called Jordanian, Saudi Arabian, Kuwaiti and Egyptian support not U.S.
November 1983. George Schultz, the Secretary of State, is given intelligence reports showing that Iraqi troops are daily using chemical weapons against the Iranians. (1)
And that's U.S. support how exactly?
December 20, 1983 Donald Rumsfeld , then a civilian and now Defense Secretary, meets with Saddam Hussein to assure him of US friendship and materials support. (1) (15)
That's U.S. official policy how exactly and equates to military aid because why?
July, 1984. CIA begins giving Iraq intelligence necessary to calibrate its mustard gas attacks on Iranian troops. (19)
Oh ya proove it.
January 14, 1984. State Department memo acknowledges United States shipment of �dual-use� export hardware and technology. Dual use items are civilian items such as heavy trucks, armored ambulances and communications gear as well as industrial technology that can have a military application. (2)
Key word dual-use as in can have a military use but does not mean it is.
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)
Oh wow we stopped the corrupt U.N. from tying the hands of the enemy of an allie of the Soviet Union woopee.
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)
Ya for vaccine research.
May, 1986. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of weapons grade botulin poison to Iraq. (7)
First off prove it second off it has a medical use.
March, 1987. President Reagan bows to the findings of the Tower Commission admitting the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages. Oliver North uses the profits from the sale to fund an illegal war in Nicaragua. (17)
Like I said we supported Iran as much as Iraq does that make us allies I think not.
Late 1987. The Iraqi Air Force begins using chemical agents against Kurdish resistance forces in northern Iraq. (1)
And that's the U.S.'s fault why?
February, 1988. Saddam Hussein begins the �Anfal� campaign against the Kurds of northern Iraq. The Iraq regime used chemical weapons against the Kurds killing over 100,000 civilians and destroying over 1,200 Kurdish villages. (8)
U.S's fault why?
April, 1988. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of chemicals used in manufacture of mustard gas. (7)
Chlorine and ammonia woopee I can buy those at the grocery store down the street.
August, 1988. Four major battles were fought from April to August 1988, in which the Iraqis massively and effectively used chemical weapons to defeat the Iranians. Nerve gas and blister agents such as mustard gas are used. By this time the US Defense Intelligence Agency is heavily involved with Saddam Hussein in battle plan assistance, intelligence gathering and post battle debriefing. In the last major battle with of the war, 65,000 Iranians are killed, many with poison gas. Use of chemical weapons in war is in violation of the Geneva accords of 1925. (6) (13)
U.S.'s fault how?
August, 1988. Iraq and Iran declare a cease fire. (8)
August, 1988. Five days after the cease fire Saddam Hussein sends his planes and helicopters to northern Iraq to begin massive chemical attacks against the Kurds. (8)
U.S.'s fault how?
September, 1988. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of weapons grade anthrax and botulinum to Iraq. (7)
Prove it and it has medical purposes what exactly does weapons grade mean it their a non-weapons grade botulinum and anthrax I don't freaking think so.
September 1988. Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State: �The US-Iraqi relationship is... important to our long-term political and economic objectives.� (15)
Wow we say the same thing about Chavez now let's find all the quotes where the U.S. condemns Saddam shall we?
December, 1988. Dow chemical sells $1.5 million in pesticides to Iraq despite knowledge that these would be used in chemical weapons. (1)
What prior knowledge and pesticides are used in farming so what's your point?
July 25, 1990. US Ambassador to Baghdad meets with Hussein to assure him that President Bush �wanted better and deeper relations�. Many believe this visit was a trap set for Hussein. A month later Hussein invaded Kuwait thinking the US would not respond. (12)
That's a total lie the ambassador went to Iraq and told Saddam that if he invaded Kuwait the U.S. would respond the ambassador has been totally exonerated and a high up Iraqi official said that the transcript that said we gave Saddam our blessing was a fabrication and part of the Iraqi propaganda program this is Illuminati type stuff buddy you're going to have to do better.
August, 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait. The precursor to the Gulf War. (8)
And the U.S. responds as we said we would.
July, 1991 The Financial Times of London reveals that a Florida chemical company had produced and shipped cyanide to Iraq during the 80›s using a special CIA courier. Cyanide was used extensively against the Iranians. (11)
How much cyanide a dual purpose chemical by the way.
August, 1991. Christopher Droguol of Atlanta›s branch of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro is arrested for his role in supplying loans to Iraq for the purchase of military supplies. He is charged with 347 counts of felony. Droguol is found guilty, but US officials plead innocent of any knowledge of his crime. (14
June, 1992. Ted Kopple of ABC Nightline reports: �It is becoming increasingly clear that George Bush Sr., operating largely behind the scenes throughout the 1980›s, initiated and supported much of the financing, intelligence, and military help that built Saddam›s Iraq into [an aggressive power].� (5)
Ya sure thing Mr. Kopple. :roll:
July, 1992. �The Bush administration deliberately, not inadvertently, helped to arm Iraq by allowing U.S. technology to be shipped to Iraqi military and to Iraqi defense factories... Throughout the course of the Bush administration, U.S. and foreign firms were granted export licenses to ship U.S. technology directly to Iraqi weapons facilities despite ample evidence showing that these factories were producing weapons.� Representative Henry Gonzalez, Texas, testimony before the House. (18)
You left that little D out of his title.
February, 1994. Senator Riegle from Michigan, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, testifies before the senate revealing large US shipments of dual-use biological and chemical agents to Iraq that may have been used against US troops in the Gulf War and probably was the cause of the illness known as Gulf War Syndrome. (7)
Key words: dual use and may have.
August, 2002. �The use of gas [during the Iran-Iraq war] on the battle field by the Iraqis was not a matter of deep strategic concern... We were desperate to make sure that Iraq did not lose�. Colonel Walter Lang, former senior US Defense Intelligence officer tells the New York Times. (4)
