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Henry Kissinger celebrates his 100th birthday today.
Remembering the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy in #India, known as the world's worst industrial disaster. The tragedy caused over 7000 deaths & exposed another half-million to toxic gases.
Untold Crimes of Kissinger. 1/n
Remembering the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy in #India, known as the world's worst industrial disaster. The tragedy caused over 7000 deaths & exposed another half-million to toxic gases.
Untold Crimes of Kissinger. 1/n
Methylisocyanate (MIC), one of the most toxic gas, then and now, spewed from the factory owned by the US chemical giant Union Carbide (UCC) in 1984 in Bhopal, India.
In 1975, the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, helped Union Carbide set up its chemical plant in Bhopal.
In 1975, the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, helped Union Carbide set up its chemical plant in Bhopal.
After the plant’s 1984 chemical leak disaster, Kissinger Associates represented Union Carbide, brokering a paltry out-of-court settlement for the victims of the gas-leak. Many are still waiting.
Bhopal 1984 is a tragedy that the US and Indian governments want us to forget.
Bhopal 1984 is a tragedy that the US and Indian governments want us to forget.
We now know a great deal about Kissinger's crimes while in office, from Vietnam to Cambodia to Laos to Chile, but the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy is often forgotten.
Henry Kissinger should be on trial for war crimes against Humanity in The Hague.
thenation.com/article/world/…
Henry Kissinger should be on trial for war crimes against Humanity in The Hague.
thenation.com/article/world/…
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