Saddam Hussein CIA helped Saddam gas Iran in '88 Files now reveal that U.S. intelligence gave key location data to Iraq during war with Iran

As Foreign Policy revealed Monday, recently declassified documents show that in 1988, the U.S. gave key intelligence to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi military, which enabled the gassing with chemical weapons of Iranian troops. The U.S. was reportedly well aware of plans to use the nerve agent.

As our current administration equivocates over military intervention in Syria and aid to Egypt, it's worth remembering that the U.S. has a long and storied history of shifting strategic alliances in the Middle East, aligning with the vagaries of U.S. politico-economic interests of the time.

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