Foreign Intervention
What Country did the United States support during the Iran-Iraq War?
What is Iraq
This Middle Eastern dictator launched the Iran-Iraq War in 1980, hoping to establish Iraq as the dominant power in the region.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This ideological conflict started after WWII, involving two major powers and multiple countries around the globe.
What is the Cold War
What are the years spanned by the Iran-Iraq War
What was 1980-1988
Does Liam have a brother or sister
What is a sister
Who did the USSR support during the Iran-Iraq War?
What is Iraq
Saddam Hussein's forced the resignation of Iraq's president and eliminated his political opponents.
What is Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party purge in 1979?
In this type of poster, Saddam Hussein is satirically portrayed as a growling dog held by both American and Soviet leashes, the red fist of Iran punches Saddam in the face.
What is an Iranian propaganda poster.
The Iran-Iraq War saw the use of this controversial Industrial Age-style warfare tactic by Iran, involving thousands of volunteers who faced near-certain death to protect the country.
What are human wave attacks.
How many dogs does Robert have
What is 2 dogs
The Iran-Iraq War saw the use of this type of weapon by Iraq, aided by the U.S. providing dual-use chlorine, causing thousands of casualties and violating the Geneva Protocol of 1925.
What were Biological/chemical weapons.
The U.S. government, particularly the CIA, underestimated this characteristic of Saddam Hussein.
What is brutality and a willingness to use violence against his own people?
Which Iranian leader rose to power following the 1979 revolution? What was his religious and ideological background?
Who was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...a hardline Islamist and Western antagonist
This was the focus of the Iran-Iraq War
What was Iraq's attempted annex the oil-rich region of Khuzestan and gaining of full control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway.
What's coopers favorite color
What is Purple
During the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. provided intelligence to Iraq, despite the country’s use of chemical weapons, due to this reason related to Iran.
What is preventing an Iranian victory because Iran was globally isolated and unpopular?
Which best describes the ideological foundation of Saddam Hussein's government?
What is the Ba’ath Party and secular socialism.
The pre-Iranian revolution flag held a picture of this Animal that symbolized the divinity and power of the ancient Persian Empire.
What is a Lion
This was needed in the war and this problematic draft situation was created to solve that?
What is Military service was needed more and more and younger men got drafted into the war
What bird is in Ben's last name
What is a Seagull (Segel)
Why was this conflict called a proxy war of the Cold War
What is Was fought over Oil and overall power in the Middle East.
The Iraqi flag while under the rule of Saddam Hussein had this many Stars on it.
What is three stars.
How did the Iranian Revolution cause the Iran-Iraq War?
Iraq's primary rationale for the attack against Iran cited the need to prevent Ruhollah Khomeini—who had spearheaded the Iranian Revolution in 1979—from exporting the new Iranian ideology to Iraq.
During the Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. supported Iraq because the U.S. and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein shared this goal
What is preventing the spread of Iranian-style Islamic revolution?
What slide with Information had a small picture of Saddam Hussein in one of the corners.
What is Slide 2 or The Saddam Hussein Slide