In 1975 the Iraqi ambassador to Paris
hosted a secret meeting between Henry
Kissinger and the then Iraqi Foreign Minister
Saddoun Hammadi.
After some discussion Hammadi told Kissinger,
"There is a deep problem between you and us
(US and Iraq), which is the recognition
of
Israel. It is an unthinkable position
for us."
That is why the US was/is keen not to only
remove the Iraqi government from power,
but to wipe out the Iraqi state
and the Iraqi army, which fought all the Arab-
Israeli wars (1948, 1967 and 1973)
although Iraq has no borders with Israel.
