Description

In this episode we examine preparations by the US in the advent of Operation Desert Storm (2003) for dealing with what was believed at the time to have been a large Iraqi CBW capability- with Al Mauroni. 

Further reading: 

A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja (2007) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poisonous-Affair-America-Gassing-Halabja/dp/0521876869

Al Mauroni publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3sj1svAAAAAJ 

The UNSCOM Saga: Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation (Global Issues) (2000) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unscom-Saga-Chemical-Biological-Non-Proliferation/dp/0312229593 

The Search for Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
Inspection, Verification and Non-Proliferation (2005) https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Search_For_Iraq_s_Weapons_of_Mass_De/Q7hvQgAACAAJ?hl=en 

Saddams Secrets: The Hunt for Iraq's Hidden Weapons (1999) 

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Saddams_Secrets/Rk0hAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Saddam%27s%20WMD%20weapon%20inspector%20%20trevan

Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? The Debate at 20 Years (2023)  https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/120569 

 

Media Credits: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYURE58xBPE&t=548s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ6qpFpIFkY&t=243s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRJi_M2T6kc 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htAWpu59bUA&t=1s