Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00039)

Jerry Hejka-Ekins wrote:
> 1. That the CIA assisted in deposing Kassim and bringing Hussain to power. 
Here's a UPI story on the subject. Note that, in 1958, there was a real 
possibility of the Soviet Union taking control of the oil in the Middle 
East, and that Abd al-Karim Qasim was in their pocket. This was on the 
heels of the Soviet invasion of Hungary because is people were geting 
too much freedom.

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030410-070214-6557r

> 2. That April Glaspie, US Ambassador to Baghdad, in a meeting with 
> Saddam Hussain, in effect, indicated that the US would be neutral 
> concerning the pending Iraqi-Kuwait war. 
April Glaspie claims that the transcript of the interview was a 
fabrication.

Here is a pretty balanced article:
http://www.fact-index.com/a/ap/april_glaspie.html

> 3. That it is very questionable whether Saddam had gassed a Kurd village 
> in 1988. 
Here's an article from the Physicians for Human Rights:

http://www.phrusa.org/research/chemical_weapons/chemiraqgas2.html