Perşembe, Aralık 18, 2003
Irak-gate skandalıyla ilgili belgeler
Digital National Security Archive sitesinde, Amerikan yönetimlerinin 1980-94 döneminde Saddam'a göz yumduğu, hatta destek olduğunu ortaya koyan ve Irak-gate olarak anılan skandalda, Amerikan Bilgilendirme Özgürlüğü Yasası (Freedom of Information Act) çerçevesinde ortaya çıkarılan belgeler hakkında bir bölüm var.
Bu çalışmanın içinden bazı alıntılar:
"Throughout the Iran-Iraq war, the Reagan administration chose to give priority to maintaining U.S.-Iraq relations over concerns about Iraqs use of chemical warfare. Although Washington regarded the issue as an impediment to expanding the relationship, the U.S. evidently viewed chemical weapons use as, to some extent, a public relations problem for Iraq. The U.S. monitored Iraqs use of chemical weapons closely. A State Department document from November 1983, for example, refers to Iraqs "almost daily use of CW" and suggests approaching Baghdad in response.3 Another recommends that the approach occur as soon as possible to avoid "unpleasantly surprising" the Iraqis with "public positions we may have to take on this issue."4 (In March 1984, the U.S. publicly condemned Iraqs chemical weapons use.) These documents also indicate that the U.S. was aware that Iraq, relying primarily on western technology, had acquired a chemical weapons production facility."
"Richard Schifter of the Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, however, vehemently opposed increasing Iraqs credit facility only four months after its use of chemical weapons against the Kurds. He described the government of Saddam Hussein as " on e of the most brutal and repressive in the world" adding that "its actions in 1988 outdid its previous performance. They probably constitute the most serious violations of the 1980s." Measure taken against Kurds "were ordered from the very top, in a cold calculated manner .If the general American public were aware of Iraqs human rights violations, as it is aware of human rights violations in countries covered more fully by the media, there would indeed be a great public outcry against U.S. assistance to that country. Even though the facts about Iraqs deplorable human rights record are not generally known, they are known top us and should be taken into full account." "
"[Richard] Murphy [of the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs] disagreed, suggesting that this characterization of Iraqi conduct was based on biased sources, and pointed out that Iraqs attacks had been against Kurds who had allied themselves with Iraqs enemy, Iran." "
Amerika'da bu konuda çeşitli kongre araştırmaları ve soruşturmaları yapılmış, ancak ABD'nin Irak'a kimyasal silah verdiği kanıtlanamamış. Yine de, bu rapor, ABD'nin Irak'ın kimyasal silah kullandığını bildiği halde, İran'a karşı politikası gereği bunu "görmezden" geldiği sonucuna varıyor.
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Bu çalışmanın içinden bazı alıntılar:
"Throughout the Iran-Iraq war, the Reagan administration chose to give priority to maintaining U.S.-Iraq relations over concerns about Iraqs use of chemical warfare. Although Washington regarded the issue as an impediment to expanding the relationship, the U.S. evidently viewed chemical weapons use as, to some extent, a public relations problem for Iraq. The U.S. monitored Iraqs use of chemical weapons closely. A State Department document from November 1983, for example, refers to Iraqs "almost daily use of CW" and suggests approaching Baghdad in response.3 Another recommends that the approach occur as soon as possible to avoid "unpleasantly surprising" the Iraqis with "public positions we may have to take on this issue."4 (In March 1984, the U.S. publicly condemned Iraqs chemical weapons use.) These documents also indicate that the U.S. was aware that Iraq, relying primarily on western technology, had acquired a chemical weapons production facility."
"Richard Schifter of the Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, however, vehemently opposed increasing Iraqs credit facility only four months after its use of chemical weapons against the Kurds. He described the government of Saddam Hussein as " on e of the most brutal and repressive in the world" adding that "its actions in 1988 outdid its previous performance. They probably constitute the most serious violations of the 1980s." Measure taken against Kurds "were ordered from the very top, in a cold calculated manner .If the general American public were aware of Iraqs human rights violations, as it is aware of human rights violations in countries covered more fully by the media, there would indeed be a great public outcry against U.S. assistance to that country. Even though the facts about Iraqs deplorable human rights record are not generally known, they are known top us and should be taken into full account." "
"[Richard] Murphy [of the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs] disagreed, suggesting that this characterization of Iraqi conduct was based on biased sources, and pointed out that Iraqs attacks had been against Kurds who had allied themselves with Iraqs enemy, Iran." "
Amerika'da bu konuda çeşitli kongre araştırmaları ve soruşturmaları yapılmış, ancak ABD'nin Irak'a kimyasal silah verdiği kanıtlanamamış. Yine de, bu rapor, ABD'nin Irak'ın kimyasal silah kullandığını bildiği halde, İran'a karşı politikası gereği bunu "görmezden" geldiği sonucuna varıyor.
