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> The bulk of these weapons were used in the war against Iran and gas attacks on the Kurds In the US-backed war against Iran, in opposition to the Iranian-alig
by someotherperson 2y ago
> The bulk of these weapons were used in the war against Iran and gas attacks on the Kurds
In the US-backed war against Iran, in opposition to the Iranian-aligned Kurdish militias. If you're gonna supplement a military force with their majority ethnicity, then start referring to the US war with Iraq as a US war against Arabs for consistency.
But anyway. No, the bulk was not used against Kurdish militia groups, it was used against Iranian military[0] and you also missed out a major issue in that the chemical weapons program received international support since Iraq was seen as a reliable partner against Iran. This includes US and European companies shipping precursors to Iraq. Calling it "very aggressive" when it was a completely failed country by 2002 under crippling sanctions is dishonest at best.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_chemical_attacks_against_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_chemical_attacks_against...