Iran to Give Information on Iraqi Chemical Attacks

Iran is expected to supply information to the tribunal investigating former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s use of chemical weapons while the two countries were at war in the 1980s, the London Independent reported today (see GSN, June 6).

Hussein presently is set only to face charges for crimes against his people and for the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Iranian officials hope he will be called to account for chemical attacks during the war.

Up to 100,000 Iranians were contaminated by Iraqi chemical agents during the war, the Independent reported. Still receiving treatment for injuries received during the attacks are 45,000 Iranian veterans and 7,000 civilians, according to the Independent (Angus McDowall, Independent, July 26).

Meanwhile, former Hussein adviser Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as “Chemical Ali,” answered questions from Iraqi Judge Munir Haddad about the killing of political rivals, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 20, 2004).

Al-Majid and other former Iraqi officials were asked about the killing of Shiite Kurds and people from southern Iraq, as well as ethnic cleansing, according to AP (Associated Press/USA Today, July 25).

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