Re:Iraq War: Gordon Brown Says UK 'misled' Over WMDs
by dingaling on Sunday November 05, 2017 @03:26PM
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> they did have a history of using illegal chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War
It's a but mirky there. The use of those weapons in an international conflict against Iran was illegal under the Geneva Protocol, but not the possession thereof. In fact Iraq bought the precursors on the commercial market, mostly from the Netherlands.
And even more murkily, their use in internal operations was not illegal at that time ( prior to the Chemical Weapons Convention ).
It's a but mirky there. The use of those weapons in an international conflict against Iran was illegal under the Geneva Protocol, but not the possession thereof. In fact Iraq bought the precursors on the commercial market, mostly from the Netherlands.
And even more murkily, their use in internal operations was not illegal at that time ( prior to the Chemical Weapons Convention ).