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Dear Daithi, In his book 'Deterring Democracy' Noam Chomsky cites a book by William Stivers entitled 'Supremacy and Oil: Iraq, Turkey and the Anglo American World Order 1918-1930', published by Cornell University Press in 1982 as a reference for this material. This might be a good place to start looking (it's out of print though so you'll probably need to go to a library). Chomsky also writes that 'Chemical weapons were ... used by the British air force in North Russia against the Bolsheviks'. Best wishes, Gabriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daithi O hArgain" <daithiohargain@excite.com> To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: [casi] Churchill, gas and the Kurds [ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] It's often said that Churchill contemplated (and supported) using gas against 'uncivilised peoples' such as Kurdish and Afghan tribesmen during the 1920's. Is there any hard historical evidence or reliable source for this? Did the RAF actually use chemical weapons after WW1? Apologies if this has already been discussed. I couldn't find anything in the archives. Well done all for an excellent discussion site and hoping for a peaceful resolution. Daithi O hArgain _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk