16 Bonus Episode: Before the Storm with Al Mauroni

In this episode we examine preparations by the US in the advent of Operation Desert Storm (2003) for dealing with what was believed at the time to have been a large Iraqi CBW capability- with Al Mauroni. 

Further reading: 

A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja (2007) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poisonous-Affair-America-Gassing-Halabja/dp/0521876869

Al Mauroni publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3sj1svAAAAAJ 

The UNSCOM Saga: Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation (Global Issues) (2000) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unscom-Saga-Chemical-Biological-Non-Proliferation/dp/0312229593 

The Search for Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction

Inspection, Verification and Non-Proliferation (2005) https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Search_For_Iraq_s_Weapons_of_Mass_De/Q7hvQgAACAAJ?hl=en 

Saddams Secrets: The Hunt for Iraq's Hidden Weapons (1999) 

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Saddams_Secrets/Rk0hAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Saddam%27s%20WMD%20weapon%20inspector%20%20trevan

Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? The Debate at 20 Years (2023)  https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/120569 

 

Media Credits: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYURE58xBPE&t=548s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ6qpFpIFkY&t=243s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRJi_M2T6kc 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htAWpu59bUA&t=1s