Documents show Saddam approved chemical weapons strike on Kurdish positions in 1987
Monday, March 20, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein ordered plans drawn up for a chemical weapons attack on Kurdish guerrilla bases in northern Iraq in 1987, according to a letter signed by his personal secretary that is among documents recently declassified by the U.S. military.
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