In the 1980s the United States sold more than $134 billion in weapons and military services to more than 160 nations and political movements. American sales increased further during the 1990s. In 1993, the United States controlled nearly 73% of the weapons trade to the Third World [32]. A large part of American arms exports -- 85% has been estimated -- has gone to non-democratic and often brutal regimes; in Panama, Iraq, and Somalia such arms were turned against American forces. American arms also fuel conflicts and increase regional tensions."
g126:
First, that quote does not exactly come from an impartial source -- clearly they've got an axe to grind against the US. Second, there is no backup. Third, there is no detail. What did the US sell to Iraq? It doesn't say that we sold them mines. It doesn't say what we sold them. It doesn't say how much we sold them. It doesn't say that the US was a major supplier of arms to Iraq. In fact, it doesn't say much at all.
The fact is the US was not a major supplier of arms to Iraq. The major suppliers of weapons to Iraq were 1) the USSR, and 2) France. So why aren't you criticizing those two countries?
You have failed to name a single major weapons system that the US sold to Iraq. That's because there wasn't any.
So, will you now, finally, agree that the US was not a major supplier of arms to Iraq?