Stripping away the disinformation: This is getting tired... each time you think you know the truth, you uncover another stinking pile of bullshit. One of the main reasons quoted for removing Saddam from power is that he gassed the Kurds... but did he?? Stories surfaced quite a while back but I thought it was just the lunatic fringe, conspiracy freaks, who were pushing the envelope. Turns out there may be truth to it... that the Kurds had probably been caught in the crossfire of chemical exchanges between Iraq and Iran and that the Iran dose of poison was the one that killed them. Neither parties should have used poison gas while battling amongst civilians, or in any circumstances, but that is another matter... fact is, the incident has been misrepresented and the story repeated so many times that it is the gospel truth as far as most are concerned. Just like the "fact" that the weapons inspectors had been kicked out of Iraq the very last time. Not true. They were told to leave Iraq by the US, prior to the US bombing Iraq. Just check out FAIR.org (tired of linking today).

SHIT, I wish there were at least one newspaper that cared enough about chronicling history correctly! Hunting all this info down is so time-consuming but no way will I let these kinds of things that happen in the world pass me by without being properly informed. I'm still looking into this, it is still too much like rumour, I am looking for more substance. If anyone has a good link (please no propaganda, neither for nor against) please post it (Shout out) thanks.

There seems to be a US Army War College study that concluded Iraq had not used poison gas against its Kurdish citizens at Halabja, the most famous accusation.

That study is (cannot find it on the net with Google but undoubtedly the text will be available somewhere):

Pelletiere, S. C., Johnson D. V. I., Rosenberger L. R. (1990) Iraqi power and U.S. security in the Middle East, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 17013-5050: Strategic Studies Institute U.S. Army War College.



Now, the killings at Halabja was photographed and spread all over the world, it caused a huge outcry. I remember them well, they were sickening. There are also claims of Kurds being killed in great numbers across the North in the Anfal campaign (the numbers allegedly range from 100,000 to 182,000). I'll look into that on another day...