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by sudosysgen 1805 days ago
Well sure, and just like in Iraq WMDs did actually exist at some point - the US sold some to Iraq - they were just destroyed.

The thing with cyberattacks is that they are even easier to misattribute. All it takes is for some country to use another countries tool, and then you've got actual evidence you can easily twist. That's how it works nowadays, you start with a kernel of truth or evidence, like the aluminium tubes in Iraq, and exaggerate wildly what suits your narrative. And it works, even to those that can know better.
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pie420 1805 days ago
"just like in Iraq WMDs did actually exist at some point - the US sold some to Iraq - they were just destroyed."

Are you seriously going to post that without a source?

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sudosysgen 1805 days ago
https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/26/exclusive-cia-files-pro...

My assertion was imprecise - the chemical weapons and the equipment to make them was technically bought from Italy Germany and the UK, but the US arranged for their sale to Iraq to go through and have advice to Iraq on how and where to use them.

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albatross13 1805 days ago
USA backed Iraq in the iraq-iran war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq...

USA armed 'rebels' in afghanistan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone

I mean it's pretty commonly accepted at this point that Iraq was a US proxy for waging war in the middle east (similar to the mujihadeen against the russians)..I don't think it's too much of a stretch to arrive at the conclusion that the USA facilitated the sale of weapons of mass destruction (anthrax) to Iraq.

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