A new constitution was then approved by vote and a new government of iraq was elected.
Foreign troops remained in iraq after the establishment of a new government due to an insurgency that developed shortly after the invasion
Iran-iraq war- 1980-1988
the war began when iraq invaded iran
what caused it?
1. border disputes
2. fears of shia muslim insurgency among iraq's long-suppressed shia majority influenced by the iranian revolution-saddam hussein was sunni muslim
3. iraq wanted to replace iram as the dominant persian gulf state-wanted iran's oil fields
iraq did not fari too well
iran was able to regain most lost territory by 1982
for the next six years iran was on the offensive and actually entered iraq
US supported iraq in this war
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