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Originally Posted by Omen
He said Saddam had nerve gas and used it. I'd like that issue to be teased out fully and tested for truth. I've read that Halabja was the site of a battle in the Iran Iraq war, and that both Iraqi and Iranian troops occupied it, and I have read that it was actually the Iranians who used the nerve gas believing (wrongly) the Iraqis were hold-up there.
It is crucial to Blair's defence of his actions.
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Read the UN Weapon Insprectors reports, Saddam did have Nerve gas, both non persistant and persistant,(GA, GB, Thickened GD) the Americans could say for a certainty, they sold him it, we sold him equipment to convert some of his industrial plants into weapons facilities.
Just prior to the US led invasion the latest UN reports from the weapons and disposal teams, just before they were withdrawn for non co-operation, were saying Iraq probably doesnt have most of the chemical and biological agents they were assumed to have, however there was insufficient evidence to confirm its disposal.
Incidentally not only did he have Nerve Agents, he also had other lethal agents like phosgene, chlorine etc and damaging agents like Mustard etc