[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by August

Now i'm sure that a US company or three had it's hand in Saddams cookie jar but whether they did it with the permission and approval of the US government is another thing. AFAIK the only thing we gave Saddam (along with a bunch of other countries) is some Anthrax samples as part of a vaccine development program. Kind of a dumb idea in hindsight but that does not equal giving them *all* their WMD like you claim.

T]he United States actively supported the Iraqi war effort by supplying the Iraqis with billions of dollars of credits, by providing U.S. military intelligence and advice to the Iraqis, and by closely monitoring third country arms sales to Iraq to make sure that Iraq had the military weaponry required. The United States also provided strategic operational advice to the Iraqis to better use their assets in combat... The CIA, including both CIA Director Casey and Deputy Director Gates, knew of, approved of, and assisted in the sale of non-U.S. origin military weapons, ammunition and vehicles to Iraq. My notes, memoranda and other documents in my NSC files show or tend to show that the CIA knew of, approved of, and assisted in the sale of non-U.S. origin military weapons, munitions and vehicles to Iraq.

- Statement by former National Security Council staffmember Howard Teicher to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida.

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