... officers executed, including five members of the RCC On September 22, 1980 five days after Saddam publicly tears up the 1975 Algiers Accord with Iran and denounces "the frequent and blatant Iranian violation of Iraqi sovereignty", the Iraqi Air Force bombs Iranian airfields and Iraqi forces invade Iran. In 1982, former President Bakr dies mysteriously. It is widely suspected that Saddam ... ...

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... his immediate region, and immanent, and non-existent outside. Yet Iraq is caricatured as if it were a superpower that challenges the world. This alarmist approach adopted by the US is a blatant attempt to scare other nations into backing Bush's war, when the truth is really little threat from Saddam. Marian Wilkinson made this point in The Age "if Saddam's regime can ... ...

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