Spider's Web: Bush, Saddam, Thatcher & the Decade of Deceit

The account of how London, Washington & Rome brushed aside both laws & stated policies in a relentless quest to arm Saddam Hussein throughout the 1980s -- & even weeks before Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Explains how the politics of oil & money dictated the West's attempt to 'embrace Saddam in a cocoon of moderation', & then mount a cynical cover-up to hide the truth from Parliament & Congress. Reveals how the Thatcher & Bush governments allowed lethal technology & equipment to flow to Iraq, in the face of explicit warnings that the goods could be used in Saddam's nuclear & chemical warfare projects.