We went ove some of the new map.
Blog discussion about Iraq-
History- Writing and law began in this area. The wheel was also supposedly invented here. Iraq leadership has chnged many time along with their name. Until World War I the Turkish controlled it. It was controlled by Britain after World War I. Since 1932 it was an independant nation. The Ba'ath Party controlled 1968 until 2003. in 2004 the power was given to the Iraqi Interim Government. There was a new constitution formed. The government was more of a democracy after that, and a new leader was elected by the people. December 2011 all of the U.S. troops were removed from Iraq.
Saddam Hussein- He tried to have free education for children. Memeber of the Ba'aths party. 1979 came into power in Iraq. In 1990 he invaded Kuwait. He used chemical weapons on the Kurds in northern Iraq.
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