That’s not true, the cia helped the baath party to size power, and than provided them with weapons so they can kill all the communist and other opposition. They have always maintained a relationship with saddam. And they intensified this relationship during the Iran-Iraq war. While the u.s. government was selling weapons and gas to saddm to assist him against Iran (and to kill curds), the cia at the same time was selling weapons to Iran, so they can support another dictator in al Salvador. (The Iran-contra affair) saddam himself asked for a CIA agent to come to his trial and to testified on his behalf.
After the death of Stalin, Russia became capitalist and imperialist, and in a lot of countries their interest coincide with the interest of amerkkka. In Peru for example the Russian and the american were adding a corrupt government headed by Fujimori (A man who fled to Japan after facing charges for corruption and human rights valuation in Peru) against the Maoist.
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