Today we talked about Iraq and had blog disscussion
-The cradle of Civilization
-The fertile Cresent
The birthplace of writing, law and the wheel
-Historically known as Mesopotamia
-1918 it was taken over by Britain
-1979 Saddaum Husane took over
-1980 Iraq invades Iran
-1921 monarchy established
-1982 Iraq gained independence
-1958 monarchy overthrew
-1968-2003 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party was established
-Iraq came under a military occupation by a mutinational coalition
-A new constittution was then approved by vote and a new government of Iraq was elected
-Foreign troops remained in Iraq after the establishment ofa new government due to an insurgency that developed shortly after the invasion
-In AUgust 2010 the US became the last member of the coalition to cease combat operations in Iraq
-In December 2011 the last Us troops left the country
-Iran, Iraq War 1980-1988
-The war began when Iraq invaded Iran
Causes: border disputes, fears of Shia Muslim insurgency amone Iraq's long suppressed Shia majority influenced by the Iranian Revolution- Saddam Hussein was Sunni Muslimm, Iraq wanted to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state-wanted Irans oil fields
-Iraq did not fair to well
-Iran was able to regain most lost territory by 1982
-For the nest 6 years Iran was on the offensive and actually entered Iraq
-The war finally ended with a United Nations cease fire which was accepted by both
-A million Iraqqi and Iranian soldiers as well as civilans are believed to have died in the war
-Nothing really changed as a result of war
-US supported Iraq in the war
Saddam Hussein
-genocide against the Kurds
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