AFTERMATH
On the 30th of
March, the UN officially released a statement condemning the use of
chemical weapons during the Gulf War. Luckily, none of the five permanent
members used their veto power to block the condemnation.
On the very
same day, the US revealed plans institute special licensing requirements
for exports to Iraq and Iran of certain chemicals that could be used
in the manufacture of chemical weapons, and that it wanted other governments
to follow suit.
Since then, they
resolved not to use these dastardly weapons of war in combat has been
considerably strengthened and gained much support from most countries.
Ever since this incident, reports of the use of chemical warfare by
the Iraqis have dwindled but have not been completely halted. In mid
April the same year, a British television crew came across evidence
of a mustard gas attack but the Iranian media no longer publicize such
reports due to fear of retaliation by the Iraqis.