The EU looked away because it didn't exist until 1993. That you uttered that indicates that possibly you are copy pasting the response from some headbanger's crib sheet on the topic. There was a lot of fingers in that pie. During Inquiries into Gulf War Syndrome, former US servicemen who had entered Iraq proper testified coming across Iraqi Army munition dumps, they recognised what were chemical munitions by the way the dumps were organised. The reason they recognised this was because the Iraqis used US Army practice of marking and separating special munitions. Remember, the US did not start disposing of its chemical munitions arsenal until 1986. In 1990, US NBC units would have been still very familiar with the drills. What happened during the 80s was exploitation with European and US government connivance, of dual use componants. The shells recovered were of US designed, but mostly tooled buy Italian firms, which meant for every shell made, there was also a payment made to the American IP holder. The filling were complicated. For mustard gas, the main munition used by Iraq, Iraq procured vast amounts of thiodiglycol, purchased through a Dutch man, van Anraat, who in turn, brought it from American and Japanese manufacturers. Normally, thiodiglycol is mainly used in ink used for ballpoint pens. Iraq didn't make pens, and if so, wouldn't need that much. The US Department of Commerce approved every huge shipment. The Maryland company is suppled van Anraat, Alcolac International, was convicted in 1989 of violating export controls. Stop trying to whitewash the US involvement in arming Iraq, and trying to pin all the blame on the Germans. Its typical deflectionary behaviour used by America First MAGA Commies, who are copying exactly the same tactics as the Russian commies. All the Western governments were guilty. The late, and great (or legendary) Alan Clark summed it up with the immortal lines And you are a <deleted> liar when you suggest the Germans built the Iraqi nuclear powerplant. These were built by the French and Italians. The Germans built reactors for the Shah, finished by the Russians
