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Britain responsible for Saddam Hussein
Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:05 am |
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As you can see here Britain ran Iraq for a long time, put a Sunni king (king Faisal) in place, brutally tortured innocent towel heads, screwed things up and then let Saddam Hussein come to power in Iraq.
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Recent history
Until 1920, Iraq was part of the Ottoman Empire. In 1920, the territory of Iraq was placed under a League of Nations' mandate, administrated by the UK. Britain provided the country with a constitution and a bicameral legislature, and put in place King Faisal, the son of Sharif Husain of Mecca. A 25 year Treaty of Alliance was signed between Britain and Iraq. On 3 October 1932 the British mandate ended and Iraq was established as an independent state. Britain retained military bases there and continued to exercise strong political and military influence in the country. Britain also ensured that a concession for oil exploration and exploitation was given to the Iraq Petroleum Company, a conglomerate of British, French and US interests.
King Faisal I died in 1933 but the regime under King Faisal II continued to be pro-British. The Baghdad Pact was signed in 1955, which was an agreement on collective regional security, urged upon Iraq by the British.
A military revolution overthrew King Faisal II on 14 July 1958, and a left-wing nationalist regime under the leadership of Brigadier Abd al-Karim Kassem came to power. Iraq withdrew from the Baghdad Pact in 1959. Kassem was assassinated in 1963. A bloody and violent Ba'thist Arab nationalist regime under Colonel Abd as-Salem Muhammed Aref resulted. He was succeeded by his brother, Abd ar-Rahman Muhammed Aref in 1966.
The Ba'athist Revolution of 1968
The foundations of the current regime in Iraq were laid with the seizure of power by the Arab Renaissance (Ba'ath) Socialist Party on July 17 1968. Major General Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr became President and Prime Minister of Iraq. His deputy was Saddam Hussein.
The regime undertook wide-ranging social and economic reforms to try and increase its popularity. It nationalized the Iraqi Petroleum Company and was bolstered by rises in oil prices in 1972 and 1974, following the Arab-Israeli war.
In March 1970 an agreement was reached between the government and the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), over the establishment of an autonomous Kurdish area. However, it quickly became clear that the promises made in this 'March Manifesto' would not be fulfilled. Conflict broke out between the Kurds and government's armed forces in the spring of 1974. The Kurds were supported by the Shah of Iran, who was concerned about what he saw as Soviet influence over the Iraqi regime. Jordanian intervention led to the signing of the Algiers Agreement between Iran and Iraq in March 1975. Iran closed its border with Iraq which led to the collapse of the Kurdish military force. Kurdish resistance was violently repressed, villages were destroyed and their inhabitants resettled in specially constructed villages surrounded by barbed wire and fortified posts.
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re: Britain responsible for Saddam Hussein
Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:15 am |
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After that the USSR, France and China provided most of Saddam Hussein's weapons in exchange for oil.
http://projects.sipri.se/armstrade/Trnd_Ind_IRQ_Imps_73-02.pdf
Top three suppliers of arms to Saddam Hussein, 1973 - 2002
USSR: 57%
* France: 13%
* China: 12%
Then, in order of importance:
* Czechoslovakia: 7%
* Poland: 4%
* Brazil: 2%
* Egypt: 1%
* Romania: 1%
* Denmark: 1%
* Libya: 1%
USA's sales -- 1 percent. None provided before or after the Iraq-Iran war. |
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re: Britain responsible for Saddam Hussein
Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:53 am |
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| The Ba'ath party kicked the British out. They were devotedly anti-British, which is why the Burger Eaters liked them so much - all part of the plan to take control of the Middle East away from the UK. |
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