| − | The war was marked by [[Saddam Hussein]]'s use of [[chemical weapons|chemical]] and [biological weapons|biological]] weapons against Kurdish populations in northern Iraq. During the eight years of warfare, nearly 1,000,000 people lost their lives.<ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/</ref> | + | The war was marked by [[Saddam Hussein]]'s use of [[chemical weapons|chemical]] and [[biological weapons|biological]] weapons against Kurdish populations in northern Iraq. During the eight years of warfare, nearly 1,000,000 people lost their lives.<ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/</ref> |