re WMD - that just doesn't wash. You may not be aware of the scandals that broke out in Europe after the gulf war, where govts tried prosecuting companies that had shipped componets & materials to Iraq during the 1980s.

Thse prosecutions blew up in the Brit govts face when one of the companies produced documents from the prior govt asking the company to ship the goods in spite of their illegal nature..

Also US & Europe lend very large sums to Iraq to help fund their weaponry when they were containing the Iranian revolution for the west (or so Iraq thought).

These loans were called 'Agricultural' loans & grants. The other country most heavily involved was Germany.

Not sure what Bull's Babylon cannon really has to do with this other than Bull loved maging super guns.

Saudi Arabia was supposed to have loaned many billions to Iraq & Kuwait also (something like 10billion from Kuait). US & UK & Saudi wanted Iraq to fight Iran.

But Israel was helping Iran attack Iraq & provided Iran with intelligence that enabled Iranian jets to attack Iraq nuclear facilities over 20 years ago.



Reality Alert !
Why the hell do you think Saddam wanted to build up a strong army and powerful weaponry apart from invading Iran ????

*to protect the mineral rights of Iraq* - hardly likely

Cheers

Doug Marker
Guess we can agree to disagree over this oil matter - it is quite clear there are two very distinct views with little room for agreement & from our side we see people who cant see the forest because there are too many of them things with branches blocking the view