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Iraq-Iran war

Iraq's main financial backers during the Iraq-Iran war:
Saudi Arabia ($30.9 billion)
Kuwait ($8.2 billion)
United Arab Emirates ($8 billion)

Source: www.globalsecurity.org


US financial backing:
Some of the $5 billion in US and British agriculture credits were diverted to purchase military and dual-use supplies. Whatever the amount, it was a small portion of total financial support.

Iraq conventional weapons:
Iraq fought with Soviet weapons purchased in the preceding decade, with the exception of $200 million of US helicopters. These were the only direct U.S.-Iraqi military sales and were valued to be about 0.6% of Iraq's conventional weapons imports during the war.

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute


Iraq chemical weapons:
According to Iraq's December 2002 weapons declaration to the United Nations, the top providers of chemical weapons precursors were:

Singapore* (4,515 tons)
Netherlands (4,261 tons)
Egypt (2,400 tons)
India (2,343 tons)
Federal Republic of Germany (1,027 tons)

* company affiliated with the UAE

Source: United Nations
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