Despite claims, U.K. did not gas Iraqis in the 1920s, scholar says
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 17:49
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- It has passed as fact among historians, journalists and politicians, and has been recounted everywhere from tourist guidebooks to the floor of the U.S. Congress: British forces used chemical weapons on Iraqis just after World War I.