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Iran Iraq War definitions
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| 1 | the war began when iraq invaded iran on september 22 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority influenced by iran's islamic revolution. | 283 sets |
| 2 | fought over religious differences, this war lasted many years, from 1980 to 1988. | 56 sets |
| 3 | 1980-1988 | 36 sets |
| 4 | lasted from 1980-1988; saddam invaded iran in order to help establish a platform for leadership in the arab world (invaded areas that were rich in resources), afraid of the spillover effects of the iranian revolution (khomeini encouraging revolution, especially in shiite iraq); war was a stalemate and more closely resembled the trench warfare of wwi than other recent conflicts; helped to mobilize and unite the iranian people in the aftermath of the revolution. | 36 sets |
| 5 | a dispute over control of the waterway between iraq and iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a un cease-fire resolution | 25 sets |
| 6 | 1980-1988: saddam hussein attempted to gain more land. the us backed iran. | 20 sets |
| 7 | the war began in 1980 over territorial disputes. fighting spread throughout the gulf region and the u.s. was dragged into the conflict several times, either being attacked or attacking hostile targets. the war ended in 1988, as iraq began preparing to invade kuwait. the area remained a volatile region. | 16 sets |
| 8 | war between iran and iraq that lasted from 1980-1988; u.s. gave aid to both sides | 11 sets |
| 9 | war between iran and iraq; u.s. gave aid to both sides | 9 sets |
| 10 | 1980-1988: hussein vs. khomeini; iraq attacks iran; over 1 mil. killed and war ends in a stalemate; usa backs iraq; secret deal with iran | 8 sets |
| 11 | this occurred in 1980, when iraq took advantage of the disputes going on in iran to seize territory. this was disrupted iran's oil production and economy and caused unrest between ethnic minorities. the war ended in 1988 with a cease-fire, along with about 1 million dead and more wounded. | 7 sets |
| 12 | this war caused because one country had a revolution and tension was received with it's neighbor. | 7 sets |
| 13 | 1980-1988; conflict between the two countries started by iraq | 7 sets |
| 14 | oil has been a major factor in what two regional conflicts? | 7 sets |
| 15 | conflict lasting from 1980 to 1988 in which one million iranian and iraqi soldiers die. | 7 sets |
| 16 | (1980-1988) iraq invades iran in desire for coastline and seize the shatt-al arab waterway. shipments in the persian gulf were disrupted and both sides used chemical weapons. | 5 sets |
| 17 | 1980-1988, shackled the iranian economy | 5 sets |
| 18 | hussein attacks iran to prevent the islamic revolution from coming to iraq | 5 sets |
| 19 | 1980-1988 ce | 4 sets |
| 20 | major cause of it was the longstanding rivalry between arab iraq and persian iran. involed a border dispute | 4 sets |
| 21 | wwi style fighting: trenches, poison gas, minefields. us supplies weapons to iraq and iran (via israel) | 4 sets |
| 22 | broke out in 1980, the us secretly gave aid to both sides because it did not want the balance of power to change the un negotiated a ceasefire in 1988 | 4 sets |
| 23 | 0 | 4 sets |
| 24 | 1 | 3 sets |
| 25 | very violent, killed almost a million people, not openly acknowledged in iraq | 3 sets |
| 26 | this conflict began when hussein's country attacked the other in 1980 and continued until 1988. during this time, both sides received funds from the us, although the us primarily supported hussein's country. | 3 sets |
| 27 | the namesake middle east country invaded its neighbor on 22 september 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority influenced by the iranian revolution in this war. | 3 sets |
| 28 | the 1980-1988 conflict between the two countries, started by iraq | 3 sets |
| 29 | 1980-1988, iraq has historical motivations. lasted 8 years, ended by un resolution 598 | 3 sets |
| 30 | the 1980-1988 conflict between the two countries started by iraq | 3 sets |
| 31 | ..., the war began when iraq invaded iran on september 22 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority influenced by iran's islamic revolution. | 3 sets |
| 32 | the war began when iraq invaded iran on september 22 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority influenced by iran's islamic revolution. continued until 1988, resulted from religious differences | 3 sets |
| 33 | the war began when iraq invaded iran on september 22 1980 because of the past border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority influenced by iran's islamic revolution. | 3 sets |
| 34 | war that killed 1 million soldiers, devastation is still visible in iran; iraq continued on militant course under hussein, discontent in iran of strict islamic structure; great war of attrition that did not end until 1988 | 3 sets |
| 35 | the iran-iraq war (also known as the first persian gulf war and by various other names) was an armed conflict between the armed forces of iraq and iran, lasting from september 1980 to august 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the twentieth century.[12][13][14] it was initially referred to in english as the "persian gulf war" prior to the "gulf war" of 1990.[citation needed] the war began when iraq invaded iran, launching a simultaneous invasion by air and land into iranian territory on 22 september 1980 following a long history of border disputes, and fears of shia islam insurgency among iraq's long-suppressed shia majority influenced by the iranian revolution. iraq was also aiming to replace iran as the dominant persian gulf state. although iraq hoped to take advantage of the revolutionary chaos in iran and attacked without formal warning, they made only limited progress into iran and within several months were repelled by the iranians who regained virtually all lost territory by june 1982. for the next six years, iran was on the offensive.[15] despite calls for a ceasefire by the united nations security council, hostilities continued until 20 august 1988. the war finally ended with a united nations brokered ceasefire in the form of united nations security council resolution 598 | 3 sets |
| 36 | conflict lasting from 1980 to 1988 in which one million iranian and iraqi soldiers die | 3 sets |
| 37 | 1980-88 | 3 sets |
| 38 | in 1980, saddam hussein and iraq invaded iran. the war went on for eight long years before a cease fire was brokered by the un. there was a large sense of nationalism during this time. | 3 sets |
| 39 | the war began when iraq invaded iran on september 22 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority influenced by iran's islamic revolution | 3 sets |
| 40 | when khomeini encouraged muslim radicals to overthrow their secular gov'ts and unify as one, the tensions between iraq and iran increased and war broke out. the us supported both sides, but the su supported the iraq people. | 2 sets |
| 41 | (1980-88), prolonged military conflict between iran and iraq during the 1980s. open warfare began on sept. 22, 1980, when iraqi armed forces invaded western iran along the countries' joint border, though iraq claimed that the war had begun earlier that month, on september 4, when iran shelled a number of border posts. fighting was ended by a 1988 cease-fire, though the resumption of normal diplomatic relations and the withdrawal of troops did not take place until the signing of a formal peace agreement on aug. 16, 1990. major watershed for iran, enabling the revolutionary regime to consolidate its hold on power by calling for national unity in the face of a foreign invasion, thereby supplying an agent for suppressing dissent and public debate and for creating a "war generation" of young men who were shaped as much by their experience at the front as by the revolution. | 2 sets |
| 42 | began when iraq invaded iran, motivated by the fear that the iranian revolution would inspire the long repressed shia majority in iraq to revolt | 2 sets |
| 43 | one million soldiers were killed during this war. iran was attacked by iraq, and the war did not end until 8 years later. | 2 sets |
| 44 | the war began when iraq invaded iran on following a long history of border disputes and control of the waterway, sunni vs shi'ite | 2 sets |
| 45 | border dispute lead to war lead by dictator saddam hussein iraq war in 1980-1988 | 2 sets |
| 46 | war in the middle east from 1980-1988 where at least 1 million people died, us backed both sides | 2 sets |
| 47 | 1980-88. no ground gained by either side. | 2 sets |
| 48 | lasted from 1980-1988; saddam invaded iran in order to help establish a platform for leadership in the arab world (invaded areas that were rich in resources), afraid of the spillover effects of the iranian revolution (khomeini encouraging revolution, especially in shiite iraq); helped to mobilize and unite the iranian people in the aftermath of the revolution. | 2 sets |
| 49 | this was an 8 year war starting in 1980 between iran and iraq. it began when iraq invaded iran over political and territorial disagreement such as how iraq wanted oil in iranian territory. sadam hussein and iraq took advantage of the unstable government in iran to take control. the war ended with a cease-fire in 1988. | 2 sets |
| 50 | was an armed conflict between the islamic republic of iran and the baathist republic of iraq lasting from september 1980 to august 1988 | 2 sets |
| 51 | 1980-1988: hussein vs. khomeini; iraq attacks iran; over 1 million killed and war ends in a stalemate; usa backs iraq; secret deal with iran; us is playing both sides in the war | 2 sets |
| 52 | an 8 year war over borders. | 2 sets |
| 53 | conflict between persians and neighbors, muslim division | 2 sets |
| 54 | saddam hussein (iraq) saw this weakness (shia rule in iran), attacked in 1980, war lasted till 1988 | 2 sets |
| 55 | eight-year war of attrition with neither side gaining much ground until a cease-fire was signed in 1988. | 2 sets |
| 56 | an eight-year war of attrition with neither side gaining much ground until a ceasefire was signed in 1988. | 2 sets |
| 57 | saddam invades iran, due to the shia threats and border disputes and ultimately loses and is impoverished in the meantime | 2 sets |
| 58 | the war began when iraq invaded iran on september 22, 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority influenced by iran's islamic revolution. | 2 sets |
| 59 | -allowed saddam hussein to solidify power in iraq | 2 sets |
| 60 | 1980-1988 iraq attacks iran, massive destruction results, ends in stalemate | 2 sets |
| 61 | 1980-1989 | 2 sets |
| 62 | from 1980 to 1988 this war happened. there was an issue with the border and who owned the tigress and the euphrates river, who had the coastline with the mediterranean sea. iraq qas interested in being a regional power and conquering iran territory, and did not want iran's revolution to spread. the tactics in the war were similar to that of wwi (stalemates) iraq created mine fields and used poisonous gas, and iran used political prisoners and made them walk were the mine fields were. us openly supported iraq because it did not want the iranian revolution to spread, it would rather have saddam hussein than iran regime, but it also likes the iraq-iran conflict so that each oil-rich country is weak and there are no dominant regional powers so the us secretly supports iran also. israel supports iran. eventually the war ends, but nothing was resolved. 393-394 | 2 sets |
| 63 | ceasefire was negotiated in this war in 1988 because us/ussr relations changed in 1985 | 2 sets |
| 64 | this conflict added tension to us/ussr relations circa 1980 | 2 sets |
| 65 | this began when iraq tried to take the shatt al arab from iran. the river is rightfully theirs (it empties into the gulf in iran), so there was a big fight over it. | 2 sets |
| 66 | a war between the armed forces of iraq and iran that following border disputes and religous disagrements | 2 sets |
| 67 | war between two oil-producing muslim nations on the persian gulf | 2 sets |
| 68 | after iran called for an iraqi revolution, iraq invaded iran. it became a total war, with each side losing tons of people. the us supported iraq, while also continuing talks with iran. basically, we wanted them both to lose. in 1988, an uneasy armistice was created. after the war, other middle eastern countries demanded their money from iraq, who basically said that the war should count as their money. saddam hussein was mad about a lot of things and tried to get more support by being aggressive towards the us and israel. | 2 sets |
| 69 | 1980-1988 conflict between the two countries started by iraq | 2 sets |
| 70 | o 1980-1988 o saddam invades iran because ayatollah khomeini (who had just come to power) disregarded the algiers agreement by protecting the kurds and also rejected saddam's ba'athist secularist government o most of saddam's arms came from the ussr and also usa because we were really scared of an islamic government o most countries support iraq o called off in 1988 and both countries agree to respect the boundaries of the algiers agreement | 2 sets |
| 71 | iraqis seized a disputed border area then pushed into iran. iranians hoped spread their rev into iraq responded w/ fierce counterattack. iraqis had superior weapons +used poison gas, iranians relied on larger # of troops. both sides targeted commercial vessels in gulf, us sent naval forces to protect vital shipping lanes in strait of hormuz. '88 agreed to end fighting. us supported iran openly, and iraq secretly. significance: us helped both sides, war left iraq in debt to small, oil rich neighbor. | 2 sets |
| 72 | from 1979 to 1988 these two countries were involved in a war that ended in a cease fire. both countries suffered massive economic and human losses | 2 sets |
| 73 | the war began when iraq invaded iran in 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of influence on iran's islamic revolution | 2 sets |
| 74 | 1980-1988: saddam hussein attempted to gain more land in order to help establish a platform for leadership in the arab world. the us backed iran. | 2 sets |
| 75 | the conflict attacked the other in 1980 and continued until 1988. during this time, both sides received funds from the us, although the us primarily supported hussein's country. | 2 sets |
| 76 | 1980-1988 saddam invaded iran in order to help establish a platform for leadership in the arab world (invaded areas that were rich in resources) afraid of the spillover effects of the iranian revolution (khomeini encouraging revolution, especially in shiite iraq) helped to mobilize and unite the iranian people in the aftermath of the revolution | 2 sets |
| 77 | this war began on september 22 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority and influenced by iran's islamic revolution. iran started islamic revolutions and in trying to stop these revolutions, saddam hussein attacked in the year 1980. [middle east] (war) | 2 sets |
| 78 | -8 years long, tiring, bloody, ravagining, and mutally destructive -the cold war context invited the two superpowers to take part in it one way or the other by backing militarily, logistically, tactically, and intelligence gather -iraq was declared the winner but proved very exhausted as a result -impacts were apparent on both sides, it changed both countries forever (their rapport, level of mistrust, mutual interference) | 2 sets |
| 79 | iraq attacts iran to prevent peudalism | 1 set |
| 80 | (1980-1988) war of attrition between iran and iraq launched by saddam hussein. killed as many as one million soldiers. hussein defeated. | 1 set |
| 81 | iranian revolution--known as one of the longest conventional ground wars in the 20th century, the war spanned the decade of the 1980s and continues to influence the geopoilical and social realities of the middle east. more at wikipedia.com | 1 set |
| 82 | 1980-1988 a.d. | 1 set |
| 83 | a war stared in 1980 where iraq invaded iran | 1 set |
| 84 | happened in 1980 | 1 set |
| 85 | after iran revolution iraq declares war on iran hoping to take their oil fields | 1 set |
| 86 | 1980-1988, saddam hussein kills shi'as and starts a war | 1 set |
| 87 | 1980-1988; saddam hussein uses oil, us support to build huge military machine; attacks iran, massive destruction, ends in stalemate; (see saddam hussein) | 1 set |
| 88 | an islamic revolution in iran, started a border dispute continued untill 1988 | 1 set |
| 89 | iraq thought iran was trying to convert them to shia so they fought | 1 set |
| 90 | 1980; saddam hussein and iraq attacked iran | 1 set |
| 91 | america backed saddam hussein in this war, future enemy | 1 set |
| 92 | began in september of 1980 and ended in august 1988. a result of poor diplomacy on iran's part and aggression on saddam hussein's part. | 1 set |
| 93 | war in 1980-1988 between iran and iraq that was very bloody | 1 set |
| 94 | an example of a current situation in the middle east that is contributing to rising oil prices. | 1 set |
| 95 | the war began when iraq invaded iran on 22 september 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of shia insurgency among iraq's long suppressed shia majority influenced by iran's islamic revolution. | 1 set |
| 96 | lasted from 1980-1988, began after long border disputes between the countries, and a fear of an iraqi shia revolution. iraqis invaded iran and 1/2 million peeps died | 1 set |
| 97 | u.s supplied both sides with weapons. saddam bombs our oil tanker by accident | 1 set |
| 98 | saddam hussein attacked iran due to border disputes, the us shot down a iranian civilian aircraft, both iraq and iran's economy suffered | 1 set |
| 99 | war between the armed forces of iraq and iran lasting from september 1980 to august 1988. | 1 set |