The Relations Between The USA and Iraq
The United States has supported Iraq in war and I am
going to find out why and how. At some stage their relations got really bad and it led to the invasion
of Iraq by the U.S. During the writing I am also going to find out how are the diplomatic relations
between them nowadays.
History
Pre-1980s
In 1963, the United States backed a coup against the government of Iraq headed by General
Abdul Karim Qassim, who five years earlier had deposed the Western-allied Iraqi monarchy. The
US was concerned about the growing influence of Communist Iraqi government officials under his
administration, as well as his threats to invade Kuwait, which almost caused a war between Iraq and
England. Former CIA Near East Division Chief James Chritchfield maintains that the CIA played
no direct role in the 1963 coup, but that it viewed the Ba'ath Party favorably and offered support
after they had taken over
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