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America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja
Cambridge University Press
June 2007
On Sale: June 18, 2007
352 pages
ISBN: 0521876869
EAN: 9780521876865
Hardcover
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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, these policies are coming back to haunt the West.
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