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28 Dec 2022
West Nile virus shipments to Iraq in 1985 were for lab research purposes, not specifically given by Rumsfeld.

Saddam used chemical weapons on civilians in 1984 but the shipments of West Nile were made in 1985 They weren't specifically to Saddam and they weren't made by Rumsfeld but they did happen. There was an Iraqi scientist who had previously been a researcher in Fort Collins, Colorado who received shipments of West Nile presumably for lab research purposes.