HoustonChronicle.com - Poland apologizes: French missile story wrong: "France long had close ties to Iraq that included lucrative weapons deals. Paris supplied arms, in exchange for oil, during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. "

Yeah France had ties with Iraq, but the US had much closer ties, especially military and chemical weapons. The US ties were especially prevalent during the period of "kurd gassings". And let's not forget that Saddam Hussein was put into power following a CIA-sponsored coup d'etat.