The Baath party's basic principles were unity and freedom inside an Arab nation. The party also believed that Arabs had a special mission to end western colonialism. ... In 1978, Saddam had been working with other Arab nations to expel Egypt for its diplomatic proposal in resolving the Israel/Arab question. ... In 1980, since it seemed that the Shiites could be a threat to Saddams presidency, Iraq invaded Iran and conducted an eight-year war against one of its closest neighbors and the home of the Shiite fundamentalist Muslims. ... The Iraqis also perceived revolutionary Iran's I...

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The Persian Gulf War-the Feat of the Western Countries On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. ... Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. ... The military coalition consisted of Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungar...

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Under the 1975 Algiers Agreement, Iraq ceded 518 km2 of oil-rich borderlands along the Shatt al-Arab in exchange for an Iranian agreement to stop supporting Kurdish rebels in Iraq. But after the fall of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi which resulted in a weak Iranian military, Iraq decided to reclaim the Shatt al Arab. By 1979, however, Saddam Hussein had clawed his way to the top of the ruling junta of Iraq and took advantage of the chaos unleashed by the recent Iranian Revolution to shift the disputed border back in Iraq's favor, with the excuse being that the predominantly Arab population...

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