Blowback
U.S. Supplied Germs to Iraq in ’80s. Extensive, documented article by Matt Kelley, Associated Press Writer, with many hyperlinks to other sources.
Iraq’s bioweapons program that President Bush … wants to eradicate got its start with help from Uncle Sam two decades ago, according to government records getting new scrutiny in light of the discussion of war against Iraq. [Blog Left: Critical Interventions]
How ironic that this particular case of blowback is related to poison gas, which is where the term blowback originated – in WWI poison gas sometimes would blow back on troops that launched it.