Iraqi chemical weapons program

In violation of the Geneva Protocol of 1925, the Iraqi Army initiated two failed (1970–1974, 1974–1978) and one successful (1978–1991) offensive chemical weapons (CW) programs. President Saddam Hussein (1937–2006) pursued the most extensive chemical program during the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), when he waged chemical warfare against his foe. He also used chemicals in 1988 in the Al-Anfal Campaign against his civilian Kurdish population and during a popular uprising in the south in 1991, exposing hundreds of thousands of troops of the UN Coalition in Operation Desert Storm that had South Iraq fully invaded at the time. During the months of cease-fire that followed Desert Storm's 3 1/2 day ground war. The invasion ended with the biggest V formation in History(helping any chemical in its path

Iraqi chemical weapons program

In violation of the Geneva Protocol of 1925, the Iraqi Army initiated two failed (1970–1974, 1974–1978) and one successful (1978–1991) offensive chemical weapons (CW) programs. President Saddam Hussein (1937–2006) pursued the most extensive chemical program during the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), when he waged chemical warfare against his foe. He also used chemicals in 1988 in the Al-Anfal Campaign against his civilian Kurdish population and during a popular uprising in the south in 1991, exposing hundreds of thousands of troops of the UN Coalition in Operation Desert Storm that had South Iraq fully invaded at the time. During the months of cease-fire that followed Desert Storm's 3 1/2 day ground war. The invasion ended with the biggest V formation in History(helping any chemical in its path