... take a stand against international aggression by Iraq (Bergeroglu 23). Iraq attacked Iran by a surprise cross-border attack. The attack was mean to be swift operation to capture the Shatt al-Arab waterway leading to the Gulf (Butt Internet). Saddam ordered his army to use chemical weapons against Iran as a symbol of damping their soul as dying a soldier's death (Makiya 287). In ... . The United Nations called it one of the world's great ecological disasters. He has also conducted ethnic cleansing against the Shiite Iraqis and the Marsh Arabs whose culture has flourished for more than a m...

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... conceded that containment was not working (Council on Foreign Affairs). While it had been decided that a regime change was in order certain events, such as the 2000 increase in Israeli-Arab violence, took precedent and the intended regime change was postponed (Council on Foreign Affairs). When President Bush took office, the only major Iraq-related move he made was to attempt ... far all of the main American aims seem to have been met, Saddam is no longer in power, Iraq is moving towards establishing a democratic government, and, as the formerly prohibited Shiite Muslim march to Karbala...

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