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The war began when Iraq invaded Iran on September 22, 1980 and ended on August 20, 1988.

Unknown, est. 1,000,000-2,000,000; includes 100,000 Kurds killed by Iraqis

The USA backed IRAQ with Military, intelligence, economic aid.

With more than 100,000 Iranian victims of Saddam Hussein's Chemical and Biological weapons (supplied by the west) during the eight-year war

After the war IRAQ was in about $75Billion debt!


After the war, thousands of iraqi POW wanted to claim assylum in IRAN!

Great pictures!

Unfortunately a lot of wasted lives. Too bad there was no crystal ball to the present situation and that war may not have even started.

Originally Posted by Max Payne

Great pictures! .

Thank you

Originally Posted by Max Payne

Unfortunately a lot of wasted lives. Too bad there was no crystal ball to the present situation and that war may not have even started.

true

I'll expand. If the Arab nations knew of the imperialist threats that are occuring now, they may have become UNITED instead of DIVIDED. Unfortunately, they are divided, weakened and vulnerable to US aggressions and conquest.

Thankfully RUSSIA and CHINA will back up IRAN if the the USA gets too "uppitty".

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The history and irony have their hands together the brothers how had killed each other now face the same treat and one of the reasons that there a preety good change if theres a war betwen usa and iran its only an air its because of iraq resistence mainly sunni .

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Originally Posted by s-300

The history and irony have their hands together the brothers how had killed each other now face the same treat and one of the reasons that there a preety good change if theres a war betwen usa and iran its only an air its because of iraq resistence mainly sunni .

If shia's feel threatened like the sunnies in iraq they would be just as bad. Its not your religion, its patriotsm. Not many countries / people stand by while foreign invaders invade their country, even americans couldn't stand the Brits, so they kicked them out by any ways necessary.

Originally Posted by Max Payne

Unfortunately, they are divided, weakened and vulnerable to US aggressions and conquest.

The US does not want conquest, it wants peace and stability and access to oil, like ANY industrialized nation.


saddam killed more arabs and muslims that the US EVER did. Maybe if Iran was strong enough to defeat Iraq and kill saddam, the US would not have had to go in and start this war to remove him.

saddam was a tyrant and the the arab/muslim world was powerless against him. It took the might of the US military to remove this evil dictator from your backyard. He will not be able to invade your countries from jail now.

I don't expect a thank you but, you are welcome

Originally Posted by Stupid American

The US does not want conquest, it wants peace and stability and access to oil, like ANY industrialized nation.


saddam killed more arabs and muslims that the US EVER did. Maybe if Iran was strong enough to defeat Iraq and kill saddam, the US would not have had to go in and start this war to remove him.

saddam was a tyrant and the the arab/muslim world was powerless against him. It took the might of the US military to remove this evil dictator from your backyard. He will not be able to invade your countries from jail now.

I don't expect a thank you but, you are welcome

Saddam was not a threat to Iran after the iran iraq war. Its economy was in pieces, it had nothing, All it had was destroyed by the inspections from the un.

Noone will know if iran could have beat saddam if they never got ANY HELP from America and UK (during the 1980's iran iraq war). So thinking the American Invasion was good for iranian security is wrong. The only good it did is to make people of iraq better off than they were before. Before the invasion, Iran had the power to beat Iraq if it wanted to. I would even go further in saying so would saudi too probably.

Originally Posted by admin

Saddam was not a threat to Iran after the iran iraq war. Its economy was in pieces, it had nothing, All it had was destroyed by the inspections from the un.

No but, he turned his wrath to his weaker southern neighbor. He was still strong enough to over run kuwait in a matter of days. In the end, saddam had no respect for any of his neighbors and given the chance, would have nuked them all to secure his power. It is a blessing from god that he has been put in jail and I for one anxiously await the day he is executed on global television.

Originally Posted by admin

Noone will know if iran could have beat saddam if they never got ANY HELP from America and UK (during the 1980's iran iraq war). So thinking the American Invasion was good for iranian security is wrong. The only good it did is to make people of iraq better off than they were before. Before the invasion, Iran had the power to beat Iraq if it wanted to. I would even go further in saying so would saudi too probably.

Well, I would hope that Iran embraces the new government of Iraq. Now that Iraq has a constitiution that explicitly states "no laws will be passed that are contrary to Islam", I would think it would be easier for these 2 great nation to find some common ground and form a strong bond. Likewise, I would hope that Iran and Saudi Arabia would also look to strengthen ties instead of size each other up for a fight.

The best possible course of action for the middle east is for all of the nations to form a union of mutual cooperation, similar to what the Europeans have. If the peoples of the middle east could develop strong international ties and police itself better, there would be no need for western military intervention, and that is something that WE ALL can agree is a good thing.

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If the US had remained neutral back in the days of the Shah’s rule, they wouldn't of had to back Saddam against Iran. At that time, because the US had backed the Shah, the present Iran Government felt they had a case against the US. Because of this the US Government felt the region needed someone to keep Iran in check. This is the reason they backed Saddam. They knew he was a tyrant, but he was the only ruler who was powerful enough to keep Iran from spreading a religious rule over the region.

My personal opinion is the US, for that matter, any country, has no right to get involved in the politics of another country. That is the right that should be reserved for the citizens of that country. The fact of the matter is you can not force democracy on people. They need to want it bad enough to fight and possibly die for it.

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Originally Posted by Stupid American

Well, I would hope that Iran embraces the new government of Iraq. Now that Iraq has a constitiution that explicitly states "no laws will be passed that are contrary to Islam", I would think it would be easier for these 2 great nation to find some common ground and form a strong bond. Likewise, I would hope that Iran and Saudi Arabia would also look to strengthen ties instead of size each other up for a fight.

It looks like the Iraqi people are willing to fight and die for their new form of Government. I hope it is everything they expect and then some.

Originally Posted by Stupid American

The best possible course of action for the middle east is for all of the nations to form a union of mutual cooperation, similar to what the Europeans have. If the peoples of the middle east could develop strong international ties and police itself better, there would be no need for western military intervention, and that is something that WE ALL can agree is a good thing.

Ironiclly, it was the West who broke the Arabic/Persian people into their present Countries. Some of these people still don't reconize borders. It's cool with those people and the countries who's borders they cross. Maybe they can get back together as one coalition.

Originally Posted by Stupid American

The US does not want conquest, it wants peace and stability and access to oil, like ANY industrialized nation.


saddam killed more arabs and muslims that the US EVER did. Maybe if Iran was strong enough to defeat Iraq and kill saddam, the US would not have had to go in and start this war to remove him.

saddam was a tyrant and the the arab/muslim world was powerless against him. It took the might of the US military to remove this evil dictator from your backyard. He will not be able to invade your countries from jail now.

I don't expect a thank you but, you are welcome

so it was only the americasn that took part ? as usual to full of yourselves !!

Originally Posted by Sgt.heckler

so it was only the americasn that took part ? as usual to full of yourselves !!

I think what they were saying was that the USA stepped up to the plate first. The USA helped to bring all those nations together. He never said "only" the Americans. Obviously he is American and is giving a view from his country.

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Defcon, is there anyway to restore some of the photos on this thread?

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