The New York Times
Week in Review
July 18, 1993
The terms of the punishment forced on Iraq since the Persian Gulf War may be most valuable for what they have taught. Rarely has a country defeated in battle been so laid bare to outside scrutiny. To the victors, the answer to how Iraq gained its power is now dispiritingly clear: it was us – the West, and German companies in particular.
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Who Armed Iraq? Answers the West Didn’t Want to Hear