How the Forgotten City of Halabja became the Launch Pad for War on Iraq
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 15 Mar 2008
Summary: When Iraq first used chemical weapons against the Iranians, the world ignored it. When the chemical weapons attack on Halabja massacred as many as 5,000 people, the U.S. continued to ignore it. When the U.S. resumed its own advanced chemical weapons production, it wanted the world to ignore it. When Saddam Hussein became the demon after invading Kuwait in 1990, Iraqi chemical weapons would became an issue, but not yet Halabja. Only when it came to a desperate search for pretexts to invade Iraq in 2003 did Halabja become source: Global Researchread more