Commander: Halabja Symbol of West's Contradictory Stances on Human Rights http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8912221076

A top Iranian military commander blamed the US and the EU for the 1988 chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja and massacre of thousands of the people by the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, saying that the attack came as a direct result of the West's silence on Saddam's crimes."The Halabja catastrophe was the result of the international circles' silence on the crimes committed by the West's super-capitalism," Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said on the occasion of the anniversary of the chemical gassing of the Northern Iraqi city of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's army.

He further underlined that the crimes which happened in Halabja dishonored the US and the EU since they prove the western countries' contradictory positions on human rights issues. Iran itself is a victim of the weapons of mass destruction. The former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, used chemical weapons against Iranian troops on frequent occasions during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran in the 80s.