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Iran War And Iraq War

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Iran and Iraq war The Iran and Iraq war was in September 22,1980 and ended in August 20,1980. The Iran and Iraq started by the Iraqi forces going into Iran borders and taking over Iran. Iraq had many support unites their was seven the names are Soviet Union ,France ,Qatar ,United States, United Kingdom, Kuwait, Jordan and The MEK. Iran had the KDP and PUK as allied. The support was Syria and North Korea. Iraq used extensive chemical weapons and so did Iran
The United states provided weapons and air strikes for Iran. Syria supported Iran by smuggling weapons. Their was as much half a million people died in the Iraq and Iran war. The many supports mostly gave weapons to the country's at war. Iran had a population of 40 million and Iraq was at a huge disadvantage. The country that won the war was Iraq. …show more content…

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