Iraq poison gas victims suing Dutch firms for supplying Saddam Hussein regime

Two Dutch firms, Melchemie and KBS Holland, which supplied chemicals to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, will face lawsuits from victims of poison gas attacks, de Volkskrant reported on Friday. Contrary to the companies' claims that the chemicals were intended for agricultural pesticide use, the victims assert that the firms were aware that their substances were being used to manufacture mustard gas.