16 November 2005

Who's been caught using chemical weapons in Iraq?

Now it is interesting that there is a legal case going on where Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants are on trial over the killing of more than 140 Shia men in Iraq in 1982. He is charged for using chemical weapons (a contravention of the UN) and these weapons were supplied by the United States. Interesting that this is not highlighted in news reports, that the US supplied the chemical weapons in the first place?

This Iraq war is getting out of hand. First the war or invasion was “justified” by “intelligence” reports (lies) that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that he was capable of using this within 24 hours. So based on this lie America invaded Iraq, killed thousands and thousands of innocent people with the bombings. For some reason Bush could not wait another week or two for the UN weapons inspectors to complete their search for these weapons of mass destruction, he had to invade the country, why? Did he know that there were no weapons and then he could not justify the invasion?

Now it is becoming known that America used chemical weapons on the people of Iraq. There are reports that were aired on an Italian TV station showing how the US military used a chemical weapon – white phosphorus against civilian targets. The report shows scenes of burned and melted bodies, burned children and women. Apparently white phosphorus kills indiscriminately; it spread out in a cloud and will burn every human and animal within a wide radius.

Now I should ask the question; if Saddam Hussein is on trial for killing innocent civilians using chemical weapons, when are we going to see George W Bush on trial for invading a country illegally (without UN approval) and then also use chemical weapons on civilians?

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