Iran : Israels future at risk if efforts to topple Assad continues

[Steve781]

Contrary to what you may believe, the United States never provided one tank, one piece of artillery, one rifle, not even one bullet, to Saddam Hussein's regime. Ever. It's myth that is frequently repeated by American liberal/leftist that has been repeatedly debunked. Ironically, during the Iran-Iraq War, American only provided weapons to one side....Iran.

Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following arms were supplied to Iran:

• August 20, 1985 – 96 TOW anti-tank missiles
• September 14, 1985 – 408 more TOWs
• November 24, 1985 – 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
• February 17, 1986 – 500 TOWs
• February 27, 1986 – 500 TOWs
• May 24, 1986 – 508 TOWs, 240 Hawk spare parts
• August 4, 1986 – More Hawk spares
• October 28, 1986 – 500 TOWs

It is a myth that the US and Saddam were ever allies. Saddam was a close Soviet ally and a major enemy of Israel. The US did help Iraq as the lesser of two evils but this help was very minor in comparison to the support to Iraq from the USSR and France.

 

[Chakram Indian]

I guess I'll have to trust your mullahs engaged on a holy war against the "Great Satan".

see this

the pot calling the kettle black

It is a myth that the US and Saddam were ever allies. Saddam was a close Soviet ally and a major enemy of Israel. The US did help Iraq as the lesser of two evils but this help was very minor in comparison to the support to Iraq from the USSR and France.

you mean that both US and Uk sold weapons to both sides and got lucrative oil contracts for thier countries from iraq for your cos and country


iran did not play ball

 

[Steve781]

see this

the pot calling the kettle black



you mean that both US and Uk sold weapons to both sides and got lucrative oil contracts for thier countries from iraq for your cos and country


iran did not play ball

What lucrative oil contracts did we get from Iraq? I'm not aware of any. Britain doesn't need Middle Eastern oil, we get most of ours from Norway. The main reason we are allied to Gulf Arab states is because of the money they invest here and the arms they buy.

 

[Hiptullha]

see this

the pot calling the kettle black



you mean that both US and Uk sold weapons to both sides and got lucrative oil contracts for thier countries from iraq for your cos and country


iran did not play ball

Haha, protecting Iran. Ironic considering you PDF curries supposedly hate terrorists.
The fact that Pakistan has been involved in such issues doesn't change that Iran has been doing dirty business with the West.

 

[raptor22]

Contrary to what you may believe, the United States never provided one tank, one piece of artillery, one rifle, not even one bullet, to Saddam Hussein's regime. Ever. It's myth that is frequently repeated by American liberal/leftist that has been repeatedly debunked. Ironically, during the Iran-Iraq War, American only provided weapons to one side....Iran.

Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following arms were supplied to Iran:

• August 20, 1985 – 96 TOW anti-tank missiles
• September 14, 1985 – 408 more TOWs
• November 24, 1985 – 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
• February 17, 1986 – 500 TOWs
• February 27, 1986 – 500 TOWs
• May 24, 1986 – 508 TOWs, 240 Hawk spare parts
• August 4, 1986 – More Hawk spares
• October 28, 1986 – 500 TOWs

Investigation
Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran
The U.S. knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in history -- and still gave him a hand.


Arming Iraq: A Chronology of U.S. Involvement
What follows is an accurate chronology of United States involvement in the arming of Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war 1980-88. It is a powerful indictment of the president Bush administration attempt to sell war as a component of his war on terrorism. It reveals US ambitions in Iraq to be just another chapter in the attempt to regain a foothold in the Mideast following the fall of the Shah of Iran.

U.S. And Iraq Go Way Back
Newly released documents show that U.S. officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, played a leading role in building up Iraq's military in the 1980s when Iraq was using chemical weapons, a newspaper reports.

How Did Iraq Get Its WMD? We Sold Them To Saddam
The US and Britain sold Saddam Hussein the technology and materials Iraq needed to develop nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.

 

[mohsen]

Contrary to what you may believe, the United States never provided one tank, one piece of artillery, one rifle, not even one bullet, to Saddam Hussein's regime. Ever. It's myth that is frequently repeated by American liberal/leftist that has been repeatedly debunked. Ironically, during the Iran-Iraq War, American only provided weapons to one side....Iran.

Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following arms were supplied to Iran:

• August 20, 1985 – 96 TOW anti-tank missiles
• September 14, 1985 – 408 more TOWs
• November 24, 1985 – 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
• February 17, 1986 – 500 TOWs
• February 27, 1986 – 500 TOWs
• May 24, 1986 – 508 TOWs, 240 Hawk spare parts
• August 4, 1986 – More Hawk spares
• October 28, 1986 – 500 TOWs

so we had so many anti tank and anti aircraft missiles and yet Iraq's number of tanks increased from 2700 to 4000+ and their aircrafts from 370 reached 650+, really Ironic. don't you think something is wrong with these statistics?
also the more Ironic thing is the fact that you forgot about Iraq's chemical weapons, the more Ironic is your memory about American's navy directly assisting Iraq in the Persian gulf, for your information, if it wasn't American's navy, today Basrah wasn't part of Iraq anymore.

 

[500]

you mean when the Israeli military advisers were directly assisting the Iraqi army in the battlefields?

Thats what u are taught in school by mullahs? Poor kid.

 

[New]

today Basrah wasn't part of Iraq anymore

Then, that sounds more like a Holy invasion than a Holy defense, to me.

 

[Steve781]

Thats what u are taught in school by mullahs? Poor kid.

Israeli support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[500]

Israeli support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Its about Israeli support of Iran, while he was talking about Israeli support of Iraq.

 

[Steve781]

Its about Israeli support of Iran, while he was talking about Israeli support of Iraq.

I know. I was agreeing with you

 

[T-123456]

Your Tork IQ made this from the title? lol

Your Red Bull gave you courage to tell him?

 

[Desertfalcon]

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Investigation
Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran
The U.S. knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in history -- and still gave him a hand.


Arming Iraq: A Chronology of U.S. Involvement
What follows is an accurate chronology of United States involvement in the arming of Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war 1980-88. It is a powerful indictment of the president Bush administration attempt to sell war as a component of his war on terrorism. It reveals US ambitions in Iraq to be just another chapter in the attempt to regain a foothold in the Mideast following the fall of the Shah of Iran.

U.S. And Iraq Go Way Back
Newly released documents show that U.S. officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, played a leading role in building up Iraq's military in the 1980s when Iraq was using chemical weapons, a newspaper reports.

How Did Iraq Get Its WMD? We Sold Them To Saddam
The US and Britain sold Saddam Hussein the technology and materials Iraq needed to develop nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.

...and if you actually read your own links you will note, that not one of them states that the United States sold Saddam a single bullet, not one rifle, not one artillery piece, not one aircraft. What they do prove is the United States may have known gas attacks against Iranian positions were going to happen, (although even that is debatable.), and that through sharing satellite imagery with our regional allies, Saddam may have had some access to those. We did sell Iraq chemicals....for things like civilian industrial use and primarily agriculture. Almost anything can be considered duel use. If I sell you a truck to haul vegetables and you use it to haul troops that is dual use. There is no way to prevent it.

Like I said, the only country in that conflict that there is clear proof that we Americans sold weapons to...was yours.

 

[Desertfalcon]

so we had so many anti tank and anti aircraft missiles and yet Iraq's number of tanks increased from 2700 to 4000+ and their aircrafts from 370 reached 650+, really Ironic. don't you think something is wrong with these statistics?

And not one tank, not one combat aircraft, was American. You want someone to blame? I suggest you blame the primary culprit there, which was Russia. They and the French kept Saddam well equipped with weapons, not us.

also the more Ironic thing is the fact that you forgot about Iraq's chemical weapons, the more Ironic is your memory about American's navy directly assisting Iraq in the Persian gulf, for your information, if it wasn't American's navy, today Basrah wasn't part of Iraq anymore.

We did not sell Saddam a single chemical munition. We sold him chemicals, as we do virtually every country on the planet, as one needs chemicals to do everything from making toothpaste to making insecticides for crops. That was all we did. It is American policy that we never place restrictions on agricultural products or medical products. That such items can be so called, dual use is no different that as I stated above; a truck, any truck, can be dual use, but that does not mean that we are selling "army" trucks to a country. As I said, the ONLY country that the United States sold any weapons to in the Iran-Iraq War...was yours.

As to the relationship my country's navy may have had with Saddam, you mean this one...

USS Stark; attacked by Iraqi Air Force, 1987.
37 American sailors killed.

USS Stark incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Chakram Indian]

Its about Israeli support of Iran, while he was talking about Israeli support of Iraq.

did isreal US Uk etc help either Iran / Iraq for free or without any of thier interests in mind ?

all have thier own interests in mind