Originally posted by maria5583
http://www.queensjournal.ca/article.php?point=vol131/issue1/features/lead2
This website has the number you presented and it takes note of conventional weapons, and that it says that Iraq acquired biological weapons. If they did, where are they now?
More importantly in the article you referenced:
Where did Iraq get its major conventional weapons? Who really armed Iraq?
The answer may surprise you.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), between the years 1973 and 2002, only one per cent of Iraqs imported major conventional weapons came from the U.S. By contrast, 57 per cent of Iraqs imported weapons came from the USSR, 13 percent came from France, and 12 per cent came from China.
These countries were the three largest suppliers of weapons to Iraq during this time period. The U.S., commonly believed to be a key supplier of weapons to Iraq, was actually the 11th largest supplier.