Iran, Iraq and the United States: Crimes
The Iraqis army used mustard gas, tabun, sarin and possibly other chemical agents against the Iranians during 1983 to 1988 invasion . Most notoriously, in 1988, Iraqi aircraft dropped sarin and mustard gas on Iraqi Kurdistan, killing up to 5,000 Iraqi Kurdish civilians. The war began when Iraq with full encouragement of the President Ronald Regan invaded Iran on September 22, 1980. CIA special adviser Charles A. Duelfer in a detailed 350,000-word document (October 2004) reported "During the early years, Egyptian scientists provided consultation, technology and oversight allowing rapid advances and technological leaps in weaponization". The Egyptians supplied Iraq with 9-foot-long Grad rockets pre-equipped with plastic inserts in the warheads to hold the poisons. In 1983, the Egyptians modified the Iraqis' Grad 122mm multiple-launch rocket system to enable warheads to carry chemical agents. That powerful weapon system can launch 40 rockets with a range of 12 miles. Iraqi...