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- Iran 1980-1988: Use of poison gas
against Iran;
- Executed 1,000’s of Iranian prisoners as policy;
- War left 150,000 to 340,000 Iraqis and 450,000 to 730,000 Iranians dead
- Anfal Campaign (late 1980’s): Poison gas on cities; including Halabja
1988 where 5,000 Kurds, mostly civilians, were killed
- Kuwait 1990-91: crimes against humanity, genocide as 1,000 Kuwaitis
killed
- Iraqi Kurds 1991: genocide of 30-60,000 rebels, destruction of over
3,000 Kurd villages
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- 1993: Iraqi Intelligence Service
(IIS) directed plot to kill President Bush and Kuwaiti Emir with car
bomb
- Iraq shelters terrorist groups:
- Mujahedin-e-Khalq Org. (MKO) responsible for killing several US
military and civilian personnel
- PLF led by Abu Abbas, who hijacked 1985 cruise ship Achille Lauro and
murdered US citizen
- Abu Nidal Org., int’l org that has carried out terrorism in 20
countries, killing or injuring 900 people
- Each group has offices in Baghdad, receives training, logistical and
financial aid from Iraqi government
- Hussein offers $25K rewards to families of Palestinian homicide bombers
as long as they killed themselves
- Salman Pak training facility for hijacking planes, trains; planting
explosives in cities; sabotage; assassinations
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