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english1 War between Iran and Iraq, lasting from 1980 to 1988. The background for the contend was disagreements on the borderline between the two countries, stemming back to 1971, when Iran occupied a couple of Iraqi islands in the Persian Gulf. Iraq was also bring up with the Islamist propaganda that was transmitted from Iran to Iraq, and Iraqs government feared that there could be a change among the Iraqi Shiis in the south. In 1980 it was expected that Iran was weak after the Persian Revolution, so that Iraq would face little resistance when occupying Persian territory.

The war turned out to be a war without progress on ei ther side for most of the 8 years - it resulted in heavy losses on both(prenominal) sides with 600,000 Iranian and 400,000 Iraqis dead, and an estimated total economical loss of 1,2 billion US$. Bibliography: ...If you requirement to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderEssay.net

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