Robert Gates in American Conspiracies

On War & Peace: OpEd: armed both sides in the 1990s Iran-Iraq War

Gates came in to replace Donald Rumsfeld as defense secretary under Bush-II, late in 2006, and Obama decided to keep him there. If truth be known, Gates has a shady history as a career intel guy. In 1991, there were accusations he brushed aside that he'd had a secret role in arming both sides in the Iran-Iraq War. Witnesses in the Middle East said this had included Saddam Hussein getting hold of cluster bombs and material for chemical weapons. Later, a sworn affidavit by one of Reagan's National Security Council guys said that when Iran was gaining the upper hand in the spring of 1982: "The CIA, including both CIA Director Casey and Deputy Director Gates, knew of, & assisted in the sale of non U.S. origin military weapons, ammunition and vehicles to Iraq." It was also in 1982 when the U.S. kindly removed Iraq from its list of terrorist states. Source: American Conspiracies, by Jesse Ventura, p.107 Mar 8, 2010

The above quotations are from American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us, by Gov. Jesse Ventura. Click here for other excerpts from American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us, by Gov. Jesse Ventura. Click here for other excerpts by Robert Gates. Click here for a profile of Robert Gates.
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