Quantcast
Channel: Politics.be
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 39908

VS lieten Irak saringas gebruiken

$
0
0
Interessant in het licht van at er in Syrië gebeurt..

De CIA wist dat Irak chemische wapens gebruikte en liet Irak de locatie van Iraanse troepen weten, wetende dat Irak saringas zou gebruiken..
Irak gebruikte chemische wapens tegen Iraanse troepen, maar ook burgers. Het was het waard, zolang Iran de oorlog mar niet won.

Citaat:

During the eight years of the First Persian Gulf War (or the Iran-Iraq War), Iraqi forces lead by Saddam Hussein developed and deployed chemical weapons, including mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin gas, against both Iranian forces and Iraqi citizens. And the U.S. knew about—not just suspected—Iraq’s use of chemical weapons, as recently declassified documents from the Central Intelligence Agency show.
...

As Foreign Policy reports, this knowledge did not prevent the U.S. from providing intelligence assistance, such as maps, satellite imagery and information on Iranian troop positions, during the late stages of the war—information that would be used to support chemical attacks on Iran’s troops.


http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ed-out-anyway/

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 39908