Today we listened to Jesus take the wheel by carrie underwood :)
The war began when iraq invaded iran things that caused it: Border disputes, fears of Shia Muslim insurgency among Iraq's long-supppressed Shia majority influenced by the Iranian Revolution- Saddam Hussein was Sunni Muslim, Iraq wanted to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state- wanted Iran's oil fields, Iraq did not fair 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, The war finally ended with a united nations ceasefire which was accepted by both sides, a million Iraqi and Iranian soldiers as well as civilans are believe to have died in the ar, nothing really changed as a result of the war, us supported Iraq in this war.
Genocide against the Kurds- Series of military and gas attacks against the Kurdish civilian population of rural northern Iraq. conducted between 1986 and 1989. some reports cite Saddam Hussein's army being responsible for 200,000 civilian deaths.
Operation desert storm it was a war waged by a un authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the united states the war started when Iraq invaded. Un Reaction- UN condemned the invasion and demanded an immediate withdrawal of Iraqi troops, UN authorized a naval blockade to enforce the economic sanctions against Iraq, UN gave Iraq until January 15 91 to withdraw from Kuwait, After deadline UN could use all necessary means to force Iraq out of Kuwait. Goal was to free Kuwait that was it. Us troops were sent to Saudi Arabia to prevent an Iraqi invasion. Aftermath by march 91 540,000 american troops began to move out of the persian gulf area, saddam Hussein was allowed to remain in power coalition killed 392 iraq killed 20,000-35,000.
Consequences on Iraq- Economic sanctions remained, weapons inspectors, no fly zone
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