Giving chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein
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Iran reminds the West of its other war crime in Iraq: giving chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein
Iran reminds the West of its other war crime in Iraq: giving chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein
Sunday will mark the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power and ‘end tyranny in Iraq’, as the former president once said. George W. Bush. It has become a largely forgotten historical fact, but Washington was in fact an ally of Baghdad during the brutal Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988.
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A senior Iranian diplomat has denounced Western human rights hypocrisy by pointing the finger at the thousands of Iranian and Iraqi civilians killed in chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq war using weapons supplied by the United States and its allies. chemical weapons by Germany, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are as follows: 13,000 dead and 130,000 injured by chemical weapons in Iran, including 130 killed and 8,000 injured in Sardasht , 5,000 killed and 10,000 injured in Halabja,” Iran’s Deputy Judiciary Chief for International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi tweeted, referring to Iraqi chemical attacks in western Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan in June. 1987 and March 1988. The official’s comments, which came in response to a European Parliament resolution demanding an investigation into a series of mysterious poisonings (which the parliament linked to “peaceful protests demanding democracy”, but which, according to Iranian officials, are linked to an “open hybrid war against the country”) come after months of escalating tensions between Tehran and Brussels over EU attempts to interfere in the affairs of the nation of Middle East. in the East. Iraq. Although Washington had a falling out with Saddam Hussein after Baghdad invaded Kuwait in 1990, Iraq and the United States were close partners during the Iran-Iraq War – the brutal eight-year conflict that began in 1980 when Hussein, seeking to take advantage of unrest in Iran after the 1979 revolution, invaded the Islamic Republic in an attempt to seize the oil-rich province of Khuzestan. The Iraqi military began using chemical weapons against Iran on a large scale from late 1983, killing thousands of soldiers and civilians and sickening more than 100,000 others in more than 350 gas attacks in large scale. After the war, Iraq admitted to using 1,800 tons of mustard gas, 600 tons of sarin gas and 140 tons of tabun, a poisonous nerve agent. Iran also had stockpiles of chemical weapons in its arsenal during the war, but never used them, notwithstanding its legal right to do so under international law. The Islamic Republic was one of the first countries to destroy its stockpiles of chemicals, completing their disposal when it ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1997. In 2018, the United States accused Iran of operating a secret chemical weapons program in violation of its commitments under the CWC. Iran has denied the claims and pointed out that the United States has one of the largest declared stockpiles of chemical weapons in the world, with the timetable for their destruction pushed back by decades despite Washington’s pledge to remove them. eliminate in the early 1990s. Iraq began destroying its stockpiles of chemical weapons in the 1990s after being compelled to do so by the United Nations Security Council. By the time the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq unfolded, Saddam Hussein had eliminated the country’s chemical weapons programs and other weapons of mass destruction, forcing the Bush administration to fabricating evidence of the existence of Iraqi WMD as a pretext to justify the invasion.
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Sunday will mark the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power and ‘end tyranny in Iraq’, as the former president once said. George W. Bush. It has become a largely forgotten historical fact, but Washington was in fact an ally of Baghdad during the brutal Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988.
A senior Iranian diplomat has denounced Western hypocrisy on human rights by pointing the finger at the thousands of Iranian and Iraqi civilians killed in chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq war using state-supplied weapons States and their allies.
“To the attention of human rights defenders: this is also a crime against humanity. Please take care of it,” Gharibabadi added.
They also precede the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003.
Although Washington had a falling out with Saddam Hussein after Baghdad invaded Kuwait in 1990, Iraq and the United States were close partners during the Iran-Iraq War – the brutal eight-year conflict that began in 1980 when Hussein, seeking to take advantage of the unrest in Iran after the 1979 revolution, invaded the Islamic Republic in an attempt to seize the oil-rich province of Khuzestan.
The United States and its NATO allies began funneling billions of dollars worth of weapons, dual-use technology and military technology to Baghdad after a series of defeats toppled Iraq’s fortunes and that a series of Kurdish uprisings in the north of the country threatened the country with collapse. This included the sale of chemical weapons precursors, as well as chemical warfare equipment.
Iran also had stockpiles of chemical weapons in its arsenal during the war, but never used them, despite its legal right to do so under international law. The Islamic Republic was one of the first countries to destroy its stockpiles of chemicals, completing their disposal when it ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1997.
Iraq began destroying its stockpiles of chemical weapons in the 1990s after being compelled to do so by the United Nations Security Council. By the time the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq unfolded, Saddam Hussein had eliminated the country’s chemical weapons programs and other weapons of mass destruction, forcing the Bush administration to fabricating evidence of the existence of Iraqi WMD as a pretext to justify the invasion.
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