[PDF.00iv] A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja

A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja

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 | #1602510 in Books |  Cambridge University Press |  2007-06-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.94 x5.98l,1.34 | File type: PDF | 346 pages

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||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| No, uh, not in fact complicit|By Round About|Please to disregard N. Massjouni's agit-prop. While the US did not go far enough in condemning Iraq it lacked the power to constrain Saddam even if it had wanted to do so. In the eighties the US had far less leverage with the regime than did the Europeans and Soviets. US weapons sales to the Iraqi military were tiny compared to Europ| |"Joost Hiltermann has written an authoritative account of the real use of weapons of mass destruction in the contemporary Middle East - Saddam Hussein's massive use of chemical weapons against Iran in the 1980s. His research documents with great persuasivenes

In March 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, thousands were killed in a chemical attack on a town in Iraqi Kurdistan. Both sides accused the other. Gradually it emerged that Saddam Hussein, with the tacit support of his western allies, was responsible. This book tells the story of the gassing of Halabja, and how Iraq amassed chemical weapons to target Iranian soldiers and Kurdish villagers as America looked the other way. Today, as the Middle East sinks further into turmoil,...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja   |  Joost R. Hiltermann.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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