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How safe is your drinking water? According to an Associated Press investigation, pharmacutical and manufacturing companies have released as much as 271 million pounds of various chemicals legally into waterways that provide drinking water to millions. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_factories

In light of the subsequent history of Iraq, it seems
almost unthinkable that 30 years ago Britain sold millions of pounds of
military equipment to the country's Baathist government.

"Foreign Office papers, just released by the National
Archives in London, show that defence sales to Iraq in 1976 amounted to