Prosecutors Begin to Close Case in Trial of Dutch Businessman Accused of Supporting Genocide

Prosecutors in the trial of a Dutch businessman accused of providing chemicals that were used in Iraqi gas attacks against Kurds in the 1980s summarized their case today in The Hague, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Dec. 6).

Evidence from investigations in Europe, the United States and the Middle East was expected to show that the chemicals supplied by Frans van Anraat were components of the weapons used in the attacks in Iran and Iraq (Associated Press, Dec. 7).

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