... their border to the guerrillas of General Mustafa al-Barzani, the Kurdish leader, and the more the Iraqis vow to suppress the Kurds" (Abdulghani, 122). Iran used the Kurds as a weapon to weaken the Iraqi government. The Kurds were granted their autonomy in a memorandum called Manifesto on the Peaceful Settlement of the Kurdish Issue. The memorandum stated, "Iraq promised that the ... of the disputes, Iraq seized the opportunity Gareau 4 reclaim the Shatt al-Arab. Iraq also hoped to seize the western Iranian region of Khuzestan, an area known for its extensive oil fields. The Iraqi offen...

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