Iran-Iraq warFull article: Iran Iraq warThe Iran Iraq war began on 22 September 1980 and concluded on 20 August 1988. The black market weapons trade to Iran, in what became known as Iran-Contra, gave a major boost to the supranational deep state. ...
gov't tally that put the Iraqi death toll at 285,000, according to media that received advanced copies. The reports also include evidence of Iraqi gov't torture and death squads and Iran's role in arming Shiite militia. WikiLeaks planned a Sat. formal release. [ FROM PUBLISHER]Investor'...
The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait were consistently overproducing; the latter at least in part to repair losses caused by Iranian attacks in the Iran–Iraq War and to pay for the losses of an economic scandal. The result was a slump in the oil price – as low as $10 per barrel ($...
In 2001, in the Pentagon, a general told me : ‘I just received a classified memo from theSecretary of Defense: we will take seven countries in five years, starting withIraq, thenSyria,Lebanon,Libya,Somalia,Sudanand finally,Iran.’[4] ...
<Iraq "Iraq/WMD" (War propaganda,big lie,Casus belli) A casus belli whichMI6cooked up as part ofOperation Mass Appeal Interest of•Office of Special Plans •Operation Mass Appeal "Iraq hasWMDs" was a claim made by theUSandUKestablishmentsin the run up to the2003 Invasion of Iraq, Th...
Iran spends about 3.3% of its GDP on its military. Iran’s military consists of both a national military held over from the shah’s government and the Revolutionary Guard Corps, each with its own ground, naval and air branches. The Iran-Iraq war took a heavy toll on these military forces...
- Iran's military - to a further extent than previously known - intervened aggressively in support of Shiite combatants, offering weapons, training and sanctuary. - A U.S. helicopter gunship involved in a notorious Baghdad incident had previously killed Iraqi insurgents after they tried to surrend...
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but they included some dating back as far as 1966. Among the wide-ranging topics covered were behind-the-scenes U.S. efforts to politically and economically isolate Iran, primarily in response to fears of Iran’s development of nuclear weapons. Reaction from governments around the world was swi...
The City of Detroit gave a key to Saddam Hussein in 1980 when he was fighting alongside the US in the Iran–Iraq War. The City of Toronto has given a key to the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Mickey Mouse, and the City of Corona has given a key to a cat called Scarlett's Magic ...