Iraq was at war with Iran for much of the 1980's. During that time, the US was clearly in support of Iraq. In 1984, the US restored diplomatic relations with the Iraqi government and removed Iraq from the list of "terrorist nations". Several times during that decade, the US authorized sales of attack helicopters and other weapons of war to Iraq. That the US supported Iraq during this decade is clear. Then, in the mid-80's, it was discovered that Iraq actually used chemical weapons against Iran. The use of these weapons increased throughout the 80's (Bush actually mentions this in his recent speeches, citing the attacks against villages in Iraq). However, the reaction of the US government to these "terrorist" actions was muted. In fact, the US supplied Iraq with billions of dollars of aid in the form of money and weapons throughout that decade. The US went so far as the help Iraq plan military maneuvers even though they knew that ch

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