[OXENinFLA]

But but but how can this be? Michael Moore told me the US sold Saddam these weapons........< / sarcasm>

BTW The US only sold Saddam 1% of the weapons he had. (according to the Stockholm International Peach Research Institute.)

[OXENinFLA]

PING...

[Diogenesis]

========= Halabja =========

Children, previously playing in Halabja
Victims of Saddams' WMD in March 1988.

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[ChuckShick]

The US only sold Saddam 1% of the weapons he had.

Just remember, those are conventional weapons. The US sold Saddam no chemical or biological weapons. None, nada, zip. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise. They might claim that American companies sold some dual use chemicals but the government only provided licenses, it did not sell him anything. In any event, no one has been able to show that any American dual use chemicals have been weaponized.

[Mo1]

Oh Geez ... there goes another argument of Michael Moore's out the window

And to think .. the Hollywood Numb Nuts want to give Moore the Best Movie of the Year Award

[killjoy]

BTW The US only sold Saddam 1% of the weapons he had. (according to the Stockholm International Peach Research Institute.)

Not even that. IIRC, the US sold some Hughes 500 helicopters to Iraq for civilian use. These were later militarized in violation of the original deal.

[Redbob]

So what will the Dutch do?
Slap him on one wrist? or both?

[monday]

What is the saying? Chemicals don't kill people, megalomaniac middle eastern dictators kill people. I guess the Dutch will be prosecuting gun and SUV dealers next. Makes sense, since everyone knows guns and SUV's are murderers.

[tje]

Where'd you get that graph? I'd like to get a more legible copy of it...

tje

[RtWngr]

What are those things you just posted? Are they facts? Facts? Don't let the dems see this - they will turn into pillars of stone.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

But but but how can this be? Michael Moore told me the US sold Saddam these weapons........< / sarcasm>

Please avoid confusing Michael Moore and his ilk with the facts. There aren't enough psychiatrists to go around.

[wasp69]

ping

[knighthawk]

Dutch national involved with weaponsprogram Iraq (delivering chemicals to produce musterdgas)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838644/posts

[chava]

''This was not my main business, this was something I did in passing."

"It was just a hobby. I shouldn't be held responsible."

Skip the trial. Hand him to Zarqawi instead. Then we can be assured of justice.

[crushelits]

[Moorings]

Remember Michael Moore was telling a story. Now he is trying to find another story, in time for the next elections. He's trying to get the democrats to tell better stories.

Facts don't matter, just better stories- the leftist way

[piasa]

Van Anraat getting caught in Milan, Italy is interesting in that it's a hub for the Ansar al Islam group that's been such a pain in the arse in Iraq. Zarqawi's tied with Milan and he's also notorious for being al Qaeda's chemical specialist.

[chudogg]

Looking at the methodology of the SIPRI study, even the 1% figure is high. Much of the "weapons" were actually civillian platforms that were later modified, as one poster pointed out, the Bell helicopters designed for VIP transport that were weaponized after the sale. Theoretically, any platform can be weaponized after the sale.

I have exhuastively tried to find actual documented weapons sold to Iraq by the U.S. government, and so far all I have ever found was off-handed refrencing to a Cluster Bomb shipment transported via Chile, by i have never seen anything actually documented.

It very well could be 0%. Depending on what you call a weapon system. Keep in mind, SIPRI is a left wing organization.