by Roger Morris
SEATTLE--On the brink of war, both supporters and critics of United
States policy on Iraq agree on the origins, at least, of the haunted
relations that have brought us to this pass: America's dealings with
Saddam Hussein, justifiable or not, began some two decades ago with
its shadowy, expedient support of his regime in the Iraq-Iran war of
the 1980's.
Both sides are mistaken. Washington's policy traces an even longer,
more shrouded and fateful history. Forty years ago, the Central
Intelligence Agency, under President John F. Kennedy, conducted its
own regime change in Baghdad, carried out in collaboration with
Saddam Hussein.
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