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This 5 page paper examines the different causes of the Iran Iraq war which started in 1980 and lasted 8 years. The writer looks beyond the dispute over the Shatt al-Arab waterway, to the underlying issues and the build up of hostility which lead to the outbreak. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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al-Arab waterway, a waterway which was a part of the boarder between the two countries (Hardy, 2005, p.n/a). However, when looking at the deterioration of the relationship between the two
countries, this may be seen as one of many influences that had converged and lead to the outbreak of war. Karsh (2002,
p7) notes that there has been history of hostility and the war has been cited as being a manifestation of the well documented millenarian Arab-Persian conflicts resulting from the desire
to have the dominant position within the Gulf region. Likewise, it has been argued by some that this is another conflict that was driven by the struggle for dominance between
the Sunni and the Shiite Muslims, with Iraq and its Arab population being dominated by the Sunni population who were those in power, while the Iranian population has Shiite dominance
(Karsh, 2007. p7). However, while the historical relationship and hostility may explain how and why there were circumstances under which war may be both possible and permitted, it does not
clarify the specific causes of the 1980 war. Hinchcliffe and Milton-Adams (2007, p81) puts forward the 1979 Iranian revolution as the initial
event that would lead to the war. While there had been a great deal of hostility between Iraq and Iran in the twentieth century, there had also been longer period
of peace, with agreements reached. The 1979 revolution saw a significant regime change with the elevation of the Ayatollah Khomeini to power (Hinchcliffe and Milton-Adams, 2007, p81). This change in
regime saw changing state goals for Iran, and Saddam Hussein saw this as a direct threat to Iraqi sovereignty, a concern that had been stated public in speeches (Karsh, 2002,
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