Saddam Hussein feared Israel would attack if it knew Iraq did not have chemical weapons, a new report said. The newly declassified military report contains information about a meeting between Ba’ath Party leaders and Ali Hassan al-Majid, who was in charge of Iraq’s weapons development, according to Ha’aretz, which received access to an excerpt to be printed in Foreign Affairs Magazine.
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