How did Iraq get chemical weapons?
http://www.cryan.com/war/ In the 1980s the United States was on friendly terms with Iraq, during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George Bush Senior. In 1983, while Reagan was in office, Peter Beinart suggests in his article that appeared in the February 24th, 2003 edition of New Republic, that the United States knew that Saddam was using chemical weapons almost daily but did not seem to care. Instead, Reagan sent Donald Rumsfeld to the Middle East with the task of restoring diplomatic relations. By 1984, the same year Iraq deployed the nerve gas tabin, the United States and Iraq had successfully restored diplomatic relations. According to Beinart, “…the United States sold Iraq anthrax, bubonic plague, and botulinum toxin all for medical research.” Under the Reagan administration United States foreign policy was opposed to Iran’s Islamic fundamentalist government. There was action taken to try and prevent this aid to Iraq. Claiborne Pell at the time was a Senator from Rhode Isla
