Sydney Morning Herald: Westpac denies financing Saddam's WMDs

Westpac Banking Corp has angrily rejected claims by United States Gulf War veterans that it was among banks which financed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's purchase of chemical weapons.

In a writ lodged in the US courts, more than 100,000 Gulf War veterans claim they have suffered injury as a result of exposure to chemical weapons during the 1991 conflict.