During the period 1946-1976, the U.S. lavished $1.6 billion in military and economic assistance on Hussein's regime. This figure does not include millions in secret annual payments the CIA made to Hussein from 1957 to 1977 in an operation code-named "No Beef"--that's right, no beef, just gravy.
© 1975 - 1981 by David Wallechinsky & Irving Wallace
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