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Iraq and weapons of mass destruction

A soldier from the US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade adjusts his gas mask prior to an air analysis mission near an oil and gas separation plant at the Baba Gurgur oil field outside northern Iraq's town of Kirkuk on May 3, 2003.

The Army’s secrecy habit kept US troops from getting needed treatment after chemical weapons exposure

Health

Iraq may not have had the weapons of mass destruction that the Bush administration believed, but it did have stockpiles of long-abandoned chemical weapons. And this week, C.J. Chivers of The New York Times blew the lid off of the Army’s long silence on those weapons — and the soldiers they harmed.

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has released a new book called World Order.

Henry Kissinger would not have supported the Iraq War if he’d known what he knows now

Global Politics
Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution & Islamic Republic of Iran Army used many zu-23 in Iran-iraq war.

History of Iraq part III: US-Iraq relations

Global Politics

U.N. is Tested as Syria’s Fate Hangs in the Balance

Kerry makes U.S. case on Syria’s responsibility for chemical weapons attack, condemns Assad regime

Global Politics
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UN wants access to site of alleged chemical attacks in Syria

As the international community awaits verification that chemical weapons were used, what remains unclear is how Washington might respond.

It’s Time to Revisit Iraq as Syria Offers up its Chemical Weapons Arsenal

Arts, Culture & Media

It is one thing to agree on the inspection and destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. Possibly quite another to actually do it. But there is one precedent for this kind of weapons inspection: Iraq.

C.I.A. Documents: U.S. Had Knowledge of 1980s Chemical Attacks in Iran

A new report from Foreign Policy says that the U.S. knew Saddam Hussein was planning to launch a chemical weapons attack in the Iran-Iraq war, and still provided him with support. The report reveals recently declassified documents from the C.I.A. According to Foreign Policy, the U.S. provided information to the Iraqi government on Iranian troop […]

UN Wants Access to Site of Alleged Chemical Attacks in Syria

Global Politics

Claims and counterclaims have followed another alleged chemical attack in Syria. The United Nations wants Syria to give its weapons inspectors access to the site of the incident outside of Damascus.

Informant who lied about WMDs goes public

Global Politics

Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi is better known by his CIA codename: Curveball. Janabi was a CIA informant whose falsified account of WMDs led the US to invade Iraq. Janabi will make a public appearance in a BBC documentary entitled “Modern Spies.”

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