Arnove / Convenient And Not So Convenient Massacres (Z web page)

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On April 12, 1990, five top U.S. senators "arrived in Baghdad on a
>trip that has received little notice" at the time August 12, 1990.
>"The senators carried a private message from President Bush that the
>United States wanted to improve relations with Iraq ënotwithstanding
>the record of President Saddam Hussein.í" Three of the five -- Bob
>Dole, Howard Metzenbaum, and Frank Murkowski -- returned to lead the
>charge against sanctions against Iraq for its use of chemical
>weapons.
I thought I remembered that during that time there was a move in the
Congress to stop the Agricultural money and James Baker intervened.  Did I
make that up?