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I saw April Glaspie on a news show at the time. She said she told Saddam Hussein that "America would have no response" to his invasion. Straight from the horse's mouth. See her Wikipedia page also for revisionist perspective at the Related Link below.
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Were the Shiites in Iraq Saddam Hussein's strongest supporters?
NO. Saddam Hussein, as a Sunni Muslim, derived most of his support from fellow Sunni Muslims. The Shiite majority of Iraq was vehemently opposed to Saddam Hussein and, as a result, he engaged in many repressive campaigns against them. Most notably, the Massacre of Shiites at Dujail was the only such repression for which Saddam Hussein was tried prior to his execution in 2006.
Did the Shiites have their religious freedom restricted by Saddam Hussein's regime?
YES. Saddam Hussein, as a Sunni Muslim, derived most of his support from fellow Sunni Muslims. The Shiite majority of Iraq was vehemently opposed to Saddam Hussein and, as a result, he engaged in many repressive campaigns against them. Most notably, the Massacre of Shiites at Dujail was the only such repression for which Saddam Hussein was tried prior to his execution in 2006.
Who wrote the airman's creed?
An Air Force Academy cadet who signed up after hearing Saddam Hussein was in cahoots with Osama bin Laden on the 6-o'clock news. After all, the Airman's Creed is insulting to anyone who joined prior to 9/11, since it gives them no credit for joining without a major conflict looming.
What 3 territories did Hitler add to Germany prior to invading Poland?
Hitler annexed Austria, Sudetenland and the Rhineland prior to going after Poland.
Where is ancient Babylon today?
Ancient Babylon was built by Nimrod and is located in modern day Iraq.
What happened to Saddam Hussein as a result of the Gulf war?
After the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988; Saddam Hussein consolidated his forces, and rebuilt his military. Two years later he moved his forces into the country of Kuwait to control the oil reserves located there.
What were UN inspectors in Iraq doing prior to the second invasion of Iraq in 2002?
They wanted to make sure that saddam had destroyed the weapons of mass destruction
Which tribe had been fighting invading Sioux tribes from the northeast just prior to the period of Lewis and Clark but lost their fight due to a devastating smallpox epidemic in 1802?
Omaha
What were tensions between Iran and Iraq fueled by?
There were a number of issues between the countries prior to Iraq's military invasion of Iranian territory on September 22, 1980, such as:The presence of petroleum-rich regions along the Iran-Iraq border and access to the Persian Gulf was contested.Religion: Saddam Hussein was a Secular Sunni and Ruhollah Khomeini was a Fundamental (Usuli) ShiiteGovernment: Ba'athist State vs. Islamic RepublicNationalism / PowerThe two countries had a long history of border disputes, going right back to when the countries were the kingdoms of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Persia (Iran).Iraq wanted the new and unstable Iranian government to fall.Saddam Hussein sought domination of the Middle East.Radical Islam threatened to spread into Iraq from Iran.Iraq was aiming to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf stateSaddam Hussein wanted to annex the Ahwaz Arabs (who were under Persian Occupation in Iran and conveniently have around half of Persian petroleum reserves under their feet).
Did terrorism cause the Iraq war?
At the onset of Desert Storm II, American policy makers came to the conclusion that (1) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) were stored in Iraq and ready for use, and (2) that Saddam Hussein's policies were destructive to peace in the region, principally because of the alleged WMD's. UN WMD inspectors were dispatched to Iraq, but at first were turned away, which fueled the flames. Finally, the US attacked Iraq, reportedly in order to recover or destroy any WMD, and to depose Saddam Hussein who, if the WMD's existed, had posed a clear and present danger to the US. There are no substantiated reports of Iraqi-based terrorism against the US prior to Desert Storm II. newtest3 After desert storm this provoked the so called terrorist to act, because we as a country invade theirs and made war with their people. so terrorist in other countries saw the people of Iraq as there brothers in arms witch put petrol on the fire 3rd party gazzet
What tribe is being referenced in this reading selectionWhich tribe had been fighting invading Sioux tribes from the northeast just prior to the period of Lewis and Clark but lost their fight due to a devastating smallpox epidemic in 1802?
Omaha
How can the current sectarian wars in Iraq be explained as anything other than US meddling when these wars were absent before the US invasion of Iraq?
There may have been no ethnic or sectarian conflicts, but there were certainly tensions prior to the Iraq War and substantial reasons that they were not expressed prior to it. During the Saddam Period there were serious ethnic tensions. The Kurds desired independence and some even allied with the Iranian government during the Iran-Iraq War to push for freedom. There were Shiite protests for additional autonomy throughout the south of the country and there was a push by rural Sunnis to distance themselves from the government. In 1991, there were ethnic uprisings by both Kurds and Shiites in Iraq to overthrow Saddam, but these failed due to US unwillingness to overthrow his government at that time. However, there were no ethnic conflicts, because Saddam Hussein committed numerous genocidal campaigns to attack anyone who threatened the unity of Iraq. The most famous such attack as the Anfal Campaign which murdered over 80,000 people, primarily Kurds. Saddam's trial was over the events of the Dujail Massacre where over 140 Shiites were murdered. Thousands of Marsh Arabs have been disappeared. The lack of strong centralized power in Baghdad has now allowed these different groups to actually fight for what they want. The West did not create these ethnicities' desires for independence or autonomy, they only gave the desires inherent in these people a chance to flower.
