1. THE ODD COUPLE.
- Author
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Hosenball, Mark
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PRESIDENTS ,FOREIGN relations of the United States -- 1989-1993 ,IRAQI foreign relations ,HISTORY of Iraq, 1979-1991 - Abstract
Discusses how United States President George Bush' government helped Iraq president Saddam Hussein before diplomatic relations between the countries ended. Financial aid provided by the United States to Iraq; View that the State Department and the National Security Council encouraged American companies to sell dual-use technology to Saddam that helped advance his intercontinental missile plans; Allegations that the U.S. government under the administrations of former president Ronald Reagan and Bush fed Iraq with U.S. intelligence secrets; Criticism against the Bush government for not acting immediately over Hussein's threats against his neighbor countries.
- Published
- 1992