Iranian gas attack victims to sue US

[DS1]

Notably short article

Iranian victims of chemical attacks say they will take the United States to the International Court of Justice in The Hague for supplying Iraq with the weapons that scarred them, the official IRNA news agency said.

Iran's Society of Victims of Weapons of Mass Destruction will demand compensation from Washington and US firms, saying they supplied poison gases to Saddam Hussein's Iraq during his 1980-1988 war against the Islamic Republic.

The war killed hundreds of thousands on both sides and Iran has thousands of invalids disabled in chemical attacks.

"The US government issued over 780 licences allowing American companies to export sensitive weapon components," the group said in a letter delivered to the Swiss Embassy, which covers US interests in Tehran.

An Iranian court last week said the United States should pay $US600 million in compensation to survivors of attacks on the town of Sardasht which borders Iraq.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1101510.htm

[Barrett808]

1. I'd like to see Rumsfeld in the dock n/t

[DEMVET-USMC]

3. Rummy was the CEO of a Major Chem. Corp. Re: Visits with Saddam

if I remember correctly it was Mansanto Corp.. What was he doing there in Iraq sucking up with Saddam ? And on and on the story unfolds. I have work to do. See you all later. ...Oscar

[krkaufman]

2. Sounds reasonable to me.

Best of luck to them. The charges sound perfectly reasonable to me. And they may be able to cut a deal at this point, after the disastrous PR of Abu Ghraib.

p.s. On edit: Of course, the Iranian govt's position opens them up for lawsuits from victims of any of the terrorist organizations they've supported.

[Ernesto]

4. This one might have legs!

Seems like the only way to wake the sheeple is to beat them over the head with the facts. If this story gets coverage, we might hear some pretty loud bleating!
Good work DS1

[bearfan454]

5. It finally comes out. Finally.

Watch how quick this story disapears.