A year later, the Director "welcomed our close association- with Noriega, while Attorney-General Edwin Meese stopped a US Justice Department investigation of Noriega's criminal activities. ... By the mid 1980s, Noriega was in the wrong and considered a criminal. ... Washington forced economic sanctions that practically destroyed the economy. ... George Bush's administration continued to honor Mobutu, Ceausescu and Saddam Hussein, among others, all far worse criminals than Noriega. ...

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He had been working on building weapons of mass destruction since the 1970's, spending hundreds of billions of dollars to obtain them and forgoing billions more in oil revenues during the 1990's, because of sanctions opposed by the United Nations just to achieve his secret programs. ... Iraq regime had been willing to endure ongoing sanctions, and the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars in oil revenue, rather than dismantle its weapons of mass destruction programs showed the its commitment to maximizing its destructive capabilities (Lindsey 40+). ... An Allied Control Commiss...

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