shy talk
the timing was concurrent with those Iranian gas victims who were shipped to the UK/Europe for treatment.
I was always of the opinion that their poisoning may have self-inflicted, possibly inadvertently through poor handling skills, possibly to get "victims" into the public arena who could be trusted to only speak the Mullah's official line. (note - that is pure conjecture on my part)
Thats not to deny that Iraq was certainly using gas at that time - I just have doubts as to the origin of those cases sent to the west for treatment. There was always a suspicion that some earlier shipments had got through - some European countries were a lot less controlled in their exports, and the materials concerned were ultimately of German origin.
Last edited by COCL2; 20th Jan 2012 at 16:54.