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Us Iraq 80S

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  1. 1980-04-10 April 10, 1980: Iraq Detains Kurds
  2. 1981-08-13 August 13, 1981: Iraq Using Chemical Weapons Against Iranian Forces
  3. 1983-04-12 April 12, 1983: Iraq Threatens Iran with ‘New’ and Morally Objectionable Weapons
  4. 1983-10-21 October 21, 1983: Iraq Attacks Iranian Village with Chemical Weapon
  5. 1983-11-01 November 1, 1983: State Department Warned Iraq Using Chemical Weapons ‘Almost Daily’
  6. 1983-11-21 November 21, 1983: US Balks at Curbing Iraqi Chemical Weapons Production
  7. 1983-11-26 November 26, 1983: Reagan Directs US to Increase Military Cooperation with Iraq to Protect Oil Interests
  8. 1983-12-02 December 2, 1983: US, Bechtel Discuss Iraq-Jordan Oil Pipeline
  9. 1983-12-19 December 19, 1983: Rumsfeld Visits Middle East to Deepen US Diplomatic Relations with Iraq
  10. 1983-12-20 December 20, 1983: Rumsfeld Meets with Hussein, Promises US Support
  11. 1984-01-14 January 14, 1984: Murphy Memo Details Further Arming of Iraq, Deception of Congress
  12. 1984-02-29 February 29, 1984: State Department Pushes Ex-Im Bank to Fund Aqaba Oil Pipeline
  13. 1984-03-05 March 5, 1984: State Department Publicly Condemns Iraq’s Use of Chemical Weapons
  14. 1984-03-06 March 6, 1984: State Department Confirms Iraqi Use of Chemical Weapons
  15. 1984-03-09 March 9, 1984: State Officials Urges Ex-Im to Fund Iraq
  16. 1984-03-15 March 15, 1984: US Downplays Previous Criticism of Iraqi Chemical Warfare
  17. 1984-03-20 March 20, 1984: US Intelligence Has ‘Incontrovertible Evidence’ of Iraqi Use of Nerve Gas
  18. 1984-03-23 March 23, 1984: Iran Accuses Iraq of Using Nerve, Mustard Gas
  19. 1984-03-24 March 24, 1984: Shultz Wants Rumsfeld to Mend Fences with Iraq Over Chemical Weapons Accusations, Oil Access
  20. 1984-03-26 March 26, 1984: Rumsfeld, Aziz Discuss Aqaba Oil Pipeline
  21. 1984-03-26 March 26, 1984: UN Concludes Iraq Used Mustard Gas Against Iranian Troops
  22. 1984-03-29 March 29, 1984: Iraq, US Work to Water Down UN Condemnation of Iraq’s Use of Chemical Weapons
  23. 1984-03-30 March 30, 1984: State Dept Denies US Involvement in Iraqi Chemical Weapons Use
  24. 1984-03-30 March 30, 1984: UN Condemns Use of Chemical Weapons, Does Not Mention Iraq
  25. 1984-04-05 April 5, 1984: Reagan Issues Directive Supporting Iraq
  26. 1984-04-10 April 10, 1984: Bell, State Department Discuss Sale of Helicopters to Iraq
  27. 1984-05-09 May 9, 1984: State Department Supports Increasing Sales of ‘Dual-Use’ Nuclear Technology to Iraq
  28. 1984-05-25 May 25, 1984: Bechtel Says US Government Supports Its Construction of Aqaba Pipeline
  29. 1984-06-21 June 21, 1984: Ex-Im Approves $484 Million Loan for Aqaba Pipeline
  30. 1984-09-25 September 25, 1984: DIA Says Iraq Will Increase Chemical Weapons, Develop Nuclear Weapons
  31. 1984-10-01 October 1, 1984-October 13, 1993: US Allows Firms to Sell Chemical, Biological Agents to Iraq
  32. 1984-11-26 November 26, 1984: US Restores Diplomatic Relations with Iraq
  33. 1986-05-02 May 2, 1986: US Ships Toxins to Iraq Ministry
  34. 1986-07-23 July 23, 1986: CIA Director Casey Plots to Break Stalled Arms-for-Hostages Deal
  35. 1986-08-05 August 5, 1986: Covert Arms Sales to Iraq Nearly Revealed
  36. 1986-11-13 November 13, 1986: Reagan Says US Working For Peace Between Iraq and Iran
  37. 1987-04-27 April 27, 1987: Neoconservative Scholars Call on Reagan to Increase US Support for Iraq
  38. 1987-05-17 May 17, 1987 and After: USS ‘Stark’ Attacked by Iraqi Warplane, 37 Sailors Die; US Holds Iran Responsible
  39. 1987-08-31 August 31, 1987: US Sends Biotoxins to Iraq
  40. 1988-08-20 August 20, 1988: Iran-Iraq War Ends
  41. 1988-08-25 August 25, 1988: Iraq Begins Poison Gas Attacks against Iraqi Kurds
  42. 1988-09-08 September 8, 1988: State Official Says Economic Sanctions Against Iraq Harmful to US
  43. 1988-09-08 September 8, 1988: Reagan Administration Kills Bill to Punish Iraq for Genocide
  44. 1989-03-24 March 24, 1989: State Department Ignores Iraq’s Chemical Weapons Industry, Advocates Broadening US-Iraq Ties
  45. 1989-10-02 October 2-6, 1989: Bush Authorizes Closer Ties, More Aid to Iraq
  46. 1989-10-31 October 31, 1989: Baker Demands Billion-Dollar Loan for Iraq
  47. 1989-11-02 November 2, 1989: Kuwait, CIA Agree on Policy to Pressure Iraq Over Border Dispute
  48. 1990-07-18 July 18, 1990-August 1, 1990: Commerce Department Approves Sale of High-Tech Products to Iraqi Weapons Research Facilities
  49. 1990-07-25 July 25, 1990: US Ambassador Gives Seeming ‘Green Light’ for Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait
  50. 1990-08-01 August 1, 1990: US Sells $695,000 In Advanced Technology to Iraq