Useful, informative military history of the Iran-Iraq War (from the Federation of
American Scientists).
Chemical warfare in the Iran-Iraq War
(Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 1984).
A map of the Iran-Iraq War. Informative. Here is a list of countries
which gave military support to _both_ sides :-
the USA, Brazil, the UK, France, East Germany, Switzerland,
Italy, the USSR, China, North Korea. Many more countries gave
military support to either one side or the other.
The United States and the Iran-Iraq War. (Z Mag)
'The war between Iran and Iraq was one of the great human
tragedies of recent Middle Eastern history. Perhaps as many as a
million people died, many more were wounded, and millions were
made refugees. The resources wasted on the war exceeded what
the entire Third World spent on public health in a decade.'
[ ... ]
'France became the major source of Iraq's high-tech
weaponry, in no small part to protect its financial stake in that
country. The Soviet Union was Iraq's largest weapon's supplier,
while jockeying for influence in both capitals. Israel provided arms
to Iran, hoping to bleed the combatants by prolonging the war. And
at least ten nations sold arms to both of the warring sides.'
'The list of countries engaging in despicable behavior, however,
would be incomplete without the United States. The U.S. objective
was not profits from the arms trade, but the much more significant
aim of controlling to the greatest extent possible the region's oil
resources ... '
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