Germany and weapons of mass destruction
Germany is one of the producers of components that can be used for creating deadly agents, chemical weapons and other kinds of weapons of mass destruction. Several German companies provided Iraq with components for these illegal weapons during 1980's.
German production of weapons of mass destruction
Alongside other companies from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, Belgium, Spain, India, and Brazil, German companies provided Saddam Hussein with chemical agents needed to engage in chemical warfare for use against Iranians and Kurdish civilians.
Two thousand Iranians who suffered from chemical warfare during the Iraqi imposed war (1980-1988) submitted an indictment some years ago with a Tehran court against nine companies that had provided Saddam Hussein with the deadly weapons. 455 American and European companies provided aid to Iraq during its aggression on Iran and two thirds of the companies were German. The United Nations published a 12,000-page report about the conflict and named the entire companies involved in the fiasco. An Iraqi special tribunal started trial of dictator Saddam Hussein after his fall. Iranian Chemical victims were absent in the closed-door trial and the grievances of Iran's victims was not a part of the agenda in the tribunal.[1]