> "The US government knew about this from the alarmed reports of its own personnel and decided to turn a blind eye because... I don't know why."
During the Iran-Iraq War the CIA knowingly and deliberately helped Iraq launch poison gas attacks against the Iranians, resulting in more than 100,000 casualties, most of them civilian. So, par for the course isn't it?
During the Iran-Iraq War the CIA knowingly and deliberately helped Iraq launch poison gas attacks against the Iranians, resulting in more than 100,000 casualties, most of them civilian. So, par for the course isn't it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War#Iraq's_u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_chemical_attacks_against...