During
Iran & Iraq war, France was the only country that clearly announced
supporting Saddam in war against IRAN !!!!
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Francois Mitterand & Jacques Chirac "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/crisis_in_the_gulf/decision_makers_and_diplomacy/58568.stm
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Except
many of countries that supported Iraq stealthy in its war against
Iran, france was the only country that announced clearly supporting
saddam against war with Iran!!!
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France
supplied Iraq with sophisticated weaponry, including Mirage F1 fighter-bombers,
Super Etendard aircraft equipped with Exocet anti-ship missiles
and equipment to improve the accuracy and range of Scud missiles.
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In
a 1986 report about Chirac’s attempt to return to the premiership,
the New York Times reported that the French official “has
said many times that he is a personal friend of Saddam Hussein of
Iraq
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France
quickly became Iraq's largest weapons supplier after the Soviet
Union.
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Through
the Iraq-Iran war, France continued to supply Iraq with Mirage F1
fighters, Exocet anti-ship missiles, and equipment to improve the
accuracy and range of Scud missiles. Just a year before the Gulf
War, French De fence Minister (and founder of the Iraqi-French Friendship
Association) Jean-Pierre Chevènement, visited Baghdad and
told Saddam he planned "'to raise our bilateral relations to
a higher level".
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The
chemical attacks was happened for several times against Iranians
during Iran and iraq war and also Halabja was one of the normal
civilization that was attacked by sadam with support of france during
the Iran-Iraq war when Iraq enjoyed the support of the most western
countries against Iran.
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