Harry missed the point and talks about a different era. Did Dubya invade Iraq because of the Iran-Iraq war or what? Nope, because of WMD that were alleged to threaten the US. And these were supplied by the US, not by France.
For starters, have a look at "Iraqgate"... http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/iraqgate/iraqgate.html Also check out http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/congress/1992/h920428g.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/congress/1991/h910425g.htm Chris Harry Pollard wrote: > Chris, > > Here I am again with my incredible patience. You said: > > "Who had installed and armed (incl. with WMD) Saddam in the first > place . . " > > The 2,400 tanks and 400 planes with which Saddam invaded Iran > were Soviet. The so-called "weapons of mass destruction" were > supplied by the US Centers for Disease Control, which routinely > answered requests for biological material from all over the world > - including Iraq. > > After 8 years, Saddam was re-equipped for the final move into an > exhausted Iran. > > By whom? By Russia of course, though no doubt France's 30 latest > model Mirage planes armed with exojets killed a lot of Iranians. > > Interestingly enough, Iran used American F14's and F15's to fight > Saddam's Russian planes - and they did very well. A ship - or > maybe two - got through the Iraqi blockade and delivered parts > for the American planes. I assume they originated somewhere > American but of that I'm uncertain. The Kuwaiti venture was no > doubt carried out with those Russian tanks and planes that Iraq > used to finish off Iran. > > That wasn't too difficult was it? > > Harry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
