Alanabit,

First link from the web-site of the "Iran Chamber Society", hardly impartial, but none-the-less I had a good laugh at it. I especially liked the way they described the role of Donald Rumsfeld and his promise of US aid and materials - have a read of the minutes of the meeting between Saddam Hussein and Rumsfeld - no mention of arms or aid.

Second link - here I take it that you are drawing our attention to the outpourings of Mr Sarkis Soghanalian, not really very damning are they, and judging by what the man said about the upcoming Gulf War of 1991, his predictions fell way short of the mark, and he clearly demonstrated that he knew nothing of the Iraqi Army of the time, or of Saddam's relationship with the Iraqi Army at the time.

From 1973 until 2002 according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 88% of all weapons supplied to Iraq came from Russia, China, Czechosolvakia and France, not wishing to stress a point alanabit, but US military hardware would be of no use to them, they wouldn't be familiar with the equipment, the weapons would require different ammunition, in short, the idea that the US supplied Iraq with weapons is ridiculous.

US policy, in tune with most of the world buying oil from the region, in the 1980s favored a stalemate in the Iran-Iraq war. But the US role in ensuring that outcome was very small as compared to the roles played by the USSR, France, China, and other countries in making sure Saddam's regime was not overrun. What intelligence and other assistance the US provided to prevent Iranian victory pales in comparison to the roles played by several other countries.

By the bye alanabit, I'm surprised your Iran Chamber site didn't detail the masses of military hardware that the US made damn sure got to Iran in the early years of the war to make sure Saddam did not win it. Those US mudcatters of an age would know it as the Iran-Contras scandal, the US arms were for Iran letting "Peanut" Carters hostages go. The Iranians could use US hardware alanabit because in the Shah's time the Iranians bought rather a lot of it, but I'll say it again just for emphasis US military hardware would have been of f''k-all use to the Iraqis.