Iraq
From Liberapedia
| Republic of Iraq | |
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| Capital: | Baghdad |
Iraq (Arabic: العراق) is a Middle Eastern Country rich in history and culture and the cradle of civilization.
Iraq is bordered by Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The country is currently occupied by the United States' military and other coalition forces. The war has lead to civil unrest and a collapse of society in the country. Iraq is not a sovereign state, and is greatly dependent on US aid, due to the US stomping Iraq's society to dust with tanks and automatic rifles.
The nation controls large oil deposits, and makes use of the revenues. Unfortunately, Iraq is the world's fifth most unstable country in the Failed States Index.
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History
Ancient History
Iraq's history dates back to the days of Mesopotamia, known as the "cradle of civilisation". In Mesopotamia, the first proper cities and societies were constructed between the two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Suddenly, Islam invaded and Mesopotamia became part of the Arab-Muslim empire in 7th century CE. This new Islamic rule brought about the construction of Islamic universities, and the research of various fields of science. Astrology, law and algebra were developed, and the Islamic empire quickly became one of the most advanced civilisations in the world.
Modern History
In the late 1970s the United States intervened and helped bring Saddam Hussein to power. This was stupid since Saddam Hussein was an insane maniac.
In the 1980s Saddam Hussein made war on Iran. War is bad because it leads to unnecessary death.
In 1988 Saddam Hussein gassed the Kurds in an attempted genocide. In 1990 Saddam Hussein ordered an invasion of Kuwait and on August 2 this was done by the Iraqi military.
In 1991 the United States led a coalition to remove Saddam from Iraq, which history views as a correct decision. However there was never any follow through to get Kuwait to modernize like they promised and Kuwait is still a crazy shithouse.
In 1998 President Clinton ordered military strikes against Iraq and stupid Republican trash accused him of wagging the dog.
In 2003 the United States led a war of the US military and 1000 Poles, and and quite a lot of UK troupes and the rest of the Coalition of the Willing. The US successfully took Iraq and found Saddam in a spider hole and had him hanged. And the whole world watched his execution on the Internet.
Modern History according to UnAmericans
After independence from the British and some useless Hashemite monarchists via peaceful negotiation, Iraq saw great social reforms take place under its new leftist Arab nationalist government. Then, another couple of coups took place and another Arab Nationalist government, this time headed by the secular Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party, took power.
The new Ba'ath government brought about great social reforms, including allowing education for women, the removal of Sharia law for the justice system, and industrialisation. Civil rights, including gay rights, were extended greatly, and Iraq quickly become on of the most free and advanced nations in the Middle East, compared with the other fundamentalist monarchies, but not compared to those Commies in Israel. The Iraqi government once voiced its disapproval of the United States' government.
This resulted in the Iraqis being pressured into invading those lovely chaps in Iran by the US, which quickly retaliated by throwing thousands of unarmed teenagers at the Iraqi tanks. Both sides suffered heavy casualties and received 'aid' from the US government. Iraq's infrastructure was decimated and in Nazi-esque desperation, the Iraqi military took their anger out on the Kurdish rebels in the north of Iraq, gassing them with weapons given to them by the US.
In 1991, becoming much like a washed up rockstar, the Iraqi army invaded Kuwait. This resulted in Iraq's good ally, the United States, invading Iraq, withdrawing, then invading again in 2003 for no particular reason. The removal of Iraq's stable government resulted in a conflict between the Shia and Sunni groups breaking out, a conflict which the Iraqi government had previously suppressed. Iraq is now governed by an Islamist and a Kurdish radical.
Current State of Affairs
Currently Iraq is a disaster, the United States has no exit strategy, the US treasury is being drained to benefit Halliburton and Blackwater, and over 70% of Americans want the US to leave Iraq.
Liberals like Joe Biden have suggested we do Iraq correctly before we leave, and Barack Obama a more liberal Democrat on foreign policy suggested that he would get the troops out in 16 months after taking office. Let's hope he can do it. Meanwhile human right abuses continue, one being that gay men are being rounded up, tortured and killed. [1]
Seeing sense, countries like Spain withdrew almost immediately from the war, claiming "We were just kidding, really!". While less sane countries like the UK waited until they had rounded up enough oil before bailing. One of the few western countries to not commit political seppuku was France, which is why they will never win a war. Pussies.
Source: Rolling Stone December 2007 issue
