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French and Russian weapons, as they were the main arms suppliers for Saddam and wanted to continue their trade knowing Saddam's taste for using them against Iraqi civilians.
The US under Reagan sold Saddam nerve agents (one of the reasons they knew Saddam had WMDs, they still had the reciepts for them! Course they're now probably in Syria) back in the 80's, that's over 20 years ago, to help in the war against Iran which the US feared would be won by Iran and destabalise the middle east and therefore the world's economy, the French and Russians wanted to sell weapons with the sole purpose of being used against Iraqi civilians right now.
To me there is a huge difference between what a country's previous goverment did 20 years, that is sell weapons to be used against another nations army during a war, and the actions and responsibilities of it's current goverment.
For instance, I wouldn't hold our goverment responsible for the Suez fiasco, or the Winter of Discontent, likewise it would be rediculous to hold the current US administration responsible for the sale of arms to Iraq under Reagan.