Saturday, April 27, 2013

Who introduced chemical warfare to the Middle East

"It should also be recalled that it was the British who introduced chemical warfare to the Middle East, dropping mustard gas bombs on Iraqi tribes that resisted British colonial rule. Winston Churchill, then secretary of state for war and air, declared at the time: "I am strongly in favor of using poisoned gas against uncivilized tribes…[to] spread a lively terror." "