SPin: Yes. The gassing of the Kurds occurred in the 1988 Anfal campaign. Yes. The gassing of the Kurds occured in the 1988 Anfal campaign Anfal campaign .

Now. What I was referring to was that the US 'denounced' Iraq's chemical weapons usage on IRAN , which is the neighboring country, not the Kurds, IRAN , on March 5, 1984. Kurds=1988; Iran=1984. The Reagan Administration did not activate open relation with Baghdad until 1986. Prior to then, the US operated anti-Islamic Revolutionidst movements in Iran. I was able to find some info on the Iran-Iraq war online:
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In 1984 the Security Council passed a resolution on the tanker war that was directed primarily against Iran's actions and made no reference to Iraqi conduct except to call for all states to respect the right of free navigation.<142>

On chemical weapons, the Security Council passed no resolution. The United States condemned the use of chemical weapons, but declined to support any Council action against Iraq.<143> The Council did issue a much less significant "statement" in 1985 condemning the use of chemical weapons, but without mentioning Iraq by name; then, in March 1986, for the first time a Council statement explicitly denounced Iraq. This, however, was two years after Iraq's use of chemical warfare had been confirmed by a UN team.<144>

This followed the Iraqi chemical attack on Iran--a full two years before 1986. This reinforces the chronology from my text source.

Val: Your jab at FOXNEWS is so typical. One news organization actually reports the complete side of conservatism, and it it is immediately dubbed 'right-wing media.' No mention of the fact that CNN discusses Bush's campaign for a minute, and devotes at least 2 or 3 consecutive sound bytes to Kerry. No mention on how after the Democratic convention , CNN interviewed various Democrats, and Terry McAuliffe.

Then, strangely, immediately after the Republican Convention CNN interviewed...Terry McAuliffe? No mention of how whenever there is good news for Bush, it is followed by bad news on something else. No mentiuon of the UN Oil-for-Food on CNN, neither do they talk about the Swiftboat ads. Do I detect some anti-American, Liberal bias in CNN?
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