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Iran-Iraq War Flashcards

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Algiers Accords

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1975

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Shatt al-Arab Waterway

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Iraq forced to accept Thalweg Principle along waterway

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Khuzestan

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Saddam views as Arabistan (Iraq’s claims)

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Kurdish Autonomy

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Kurdistan

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Mass Shiite Protests in Iraq

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1977

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Khomeini-like figure in Iraq

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Grand Ayatollah Muhammed Baqir al-Sadr

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Khomeini Exile in Iraq

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13 years in Najaf

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Saddam declares Algiers Accords null and void

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1980

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Iran President Abol Hassan Bani-Sadr

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“Who signed the agreement? Even the Shah’s regime did not apply it”

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Iraq invades

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22 Sept 1980

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Iraq expectation of war

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Whirlwind War

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Saddam policy of total war

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40-75% of GDP

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Iran human wave attacks

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Operation Tariq al-Qods
1981

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Syria collapses pipeline to close off oil from Mediterranean

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1982

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Saddam proposes ceasefire

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20 Jun 1982

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Trench Warfare introduced

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1983-4

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Trench Warfare casualties

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1.5 million

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Wars of Attrition

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War of the Cities, Tanker War

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Operation Earnest Will

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American escort Kuwait Tankers
1987

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USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles

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May 1987

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Operation Praying Mantis

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USA retaliation against Iran for damaging warship with mine
1988

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Iran Accepts Ceasefire

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UN Resolution 598
20 July 1988

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Saudi Arabia aid to Iraq

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$30 billion

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Kuwait aid to Iraq

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$14 billion

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UAE aid to Iraq

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$8 billion

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USSR + France + PRC aid to Iraq

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90% of arms imports

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USA reopens diplomatic ties with Iraq

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1984: Removed Iraq from list of “state sponsors of terrorism”

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USA & FRG contribution to Iraq WMD

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Pesticides and poisons sold to create chemical weapons

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Countries supporting Iran

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North Korea, Libya, Syria, South Yemen, PLO, PRC

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Iran-Contra Affair

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1985-87

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Kurds after the war

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180,000 killed, 90% villages bombed

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Soviet-Iraq Friendship Treaty

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1972

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