Iraq: Politics‚ Governance‚ and Human Rights Kenneth Katzman Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs June 3‚ 2013 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RS21968 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Iraq: Politics‚ Governance‚ and Human Rights Summary Ten years after the March 19‚ 2003 U.S. military intervention to oust Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq‚ increasingly violent sectarian divisions are undermining the fragile stability left in place
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are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world that don’t have their own country. These people are from Kurdistan‚ an area in northern Iraq. The U.S. forces will support the fight against ISIS by training the military brigades. Also‚ the coalition forces will carry out precision airstrikes and equip the soldiers. Loyal tribal and self-defense units of Iraq will also be used to provide security once the militants have been expelled from the city. This team of supporters will go against 3‚000 to
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push for Iraq to invade and attempt the takeover of Kuwait was driven by the oil trade and the reluctance of Kuwait to adhere to the oil quotas of the OPEC agreement. This directly affected the price of oil. The reduction in oil prices directly increased the amount of deficit in which Iraq was operating. Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi regime felt Kuwait was their territory so they had the right to take it back and govern as they see fit. Kuwait rejected these ideas and opposed the takeover. Iraq was an
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of 9/11 on March 20‚ 2003 the US declared war against a corrupt Iraq. George Bush believed that the Iraqis had Weapons of Mass destruction (WMD). The world has known of Iraq having chemical weapons‚ in 1988 the government ordered a chemical weapon attack against the Kurdish Iraqis‚ whether they had a nuclear bomb was still a question. The potential threat of Nuclear warheads in Iraq could be a threat to any opposing country to Iraq including: US‚ Israel‚ and any other ally of the US and more. Saddam
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The ancient history of Iraq begins in the 7th century. Iraq had numerous bright civilizations‚ mainly the Sumer‚ who developed one of the earliest writing systems known to man. The capital around this time was Baghdad and the city of Baghdad became a famous ground for learning and the arts. Then in the 16th century Mesopotamia wound up in the hands of the Ottoman Turks but not without resistance. And around the 19th century it began gaining great interest from other European nations such as the Germans
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Classification: This happened in Iran when the Kurds were dispersed among Turkey‚ Iraq‚ Iran and Syria. The Iraqi citizens began to discriminate against the Kurds‚ and there was a clear line of separation between the two groups. . Organization: This happened when the Iraqi government started the an-Anfal campaign against the Kurds. Polarization: This happens when the an-Anfal campaign begins making laws against the Kurds and the separation between the two groups gets serious. Preparation:
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Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? A Survey of International Relations and Foreign Policy Scholars Jane K. Cramer and A. Trevor Thrall Author Info: A. Trevor Thrall (corresponding author) Assistant Professor Department of Social Sciences and Master of Public Policy Program University of Michigan – Dearborn 4910 Evergreen Rd Dearborn‚ MI 48128 313-593-5282 atthrall@umich.edu Jane K. Cramer Assistant Professor‚ Department of Political Science University of Oregon Eugene‚ OR 97403-1284 (541) 346-4626
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On September 22‚ 1980‚ Iraq invaded Iran‚ starting a war that continues to devastate both countries. Over one million casualties have been reported. The interest shown in this conventional war had been low due to superpower noninvolvement and restrictions on foreign press agents in the war zone. Yet‚ because of oil resources‚ Southwest Asia has been determined to be of vital interest to the United States. The stability of the entire region is jeopardized by
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Read the following article “Tribalism is the real enemy in Iraq” Answer the following questions 1. The author argues that Islam is not the real foe in the war in iraq. Who does he say is? The author argues that Islam is not the real barrier between the Western forces and the people of Iraq‚ but merely our differences in values and daily life‚ with the center of our differing ideologies being tribalism. 2. What does the author identify as the major differences between East and West?
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The Iran Iraq war officially began on Sept. 22‚ 1980‚ with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran‚ although Iraq representatives to the UN maintained that Iran had been engaging in artillery attacks on Iraqi towns since Sept. 4. Iraqi president Saddam Husain claimed the war was actually a territorial dispute over the Shatt al Arab‚ a waterway that empties into the Persian Gulf and forms the boundary between Iran and Iraq. Iraq’s foreign minister‚ Sa’adoun Hammadi‚ stated to the UN Security
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