History+of+Conflict

__**Iraq Conflict Timeline **__  ====The Iraq conflict stretches as far back as the 1990's. However it is argued that the conflict was even going on way beofre that as far as the 1970's when Saddam Hussein came to become president in 1979. However the conflicts and actual dilemmas themselves with America, began in the 1990's right around Clinton's time on office. ====


====As soon as Saddam Hussein came into power in July 1979 conflicts rose in his own home country, an Iraq-Iran conflict started that set off a ten year war between both countries that began shortly after he took over office in Septmeber of 1980. Both Iran and Iraq were bombing each others cities and obviously the war was getting out of hand and intervention had to happen. The U.N decide to intervene and try to settle things down peacefully which they accomlished for a few months and then warfare started again. In September of 1985 the United Sates wanted to make a deal with Iran, Iran received 508 US-made Tow missiles, as part of secret arms-for-hostages deal with US. Later after that the authorization of 4000 more missiles were given to Iran. In April 1986 the U.S Government arrested 10 officials involved in the Iran U.S sarms sales. So overall the U.S was seelling weapons to Iran and all this during the Reagan administration. March 1988 Iraq uses chemical weapons against Kurds supporting Iran in Halabja, killing 4000, an attack which begins the Anfal campaigns against Kurdish villages (formally continuing until 6 Sept, though attacks continued until 1989). Approximately 50,000 to 180,000 Kurds are killed in this campaign, and 1,276 villages are destroyed. ====