X. (Ten milligrams of VX on the skin can kill a man, while a single raindrop weighs eighty milligrams.) The worst attack came on March 16, 1988, in Halabja. Iraqi troops methodically divided the town into grids, in order to determine the number and location of the dead and the extent of injuries, ther

ads. Moreover, Saddam had used chemical weapons: during the Iran-Iraq war, and to kill thousands of his own restive Kurdish population in the town of Halabja in the spring of 1988. Even the prospect of American military action seemed not to faze him. Hours into the invasion, he moved an armored force towa

ads. Moreover, Saddam had used chemical weapons: during the Iran-Iraq war, and to kill thousands of his own restive Kurdish population in the town of Halabja in the spring of 1988. Even the prospect of American military action seemed not to faze him. Hours into the invasion, he moved an armored force towar