IRAQ

BACKGROUND

• Located in the Middle East
• Population 32,585,692
• Capital is bagdad

ETHNIC GROUPS

• Muslim shia(80%)
• Kurdish(15%)
• Other(5%)

WHY TENSION AND CONFLICT

• Muslims trying to convert people
• "Holding the kurdish at gun point"

WAS BECUASE OF

• Saddam hussein
• Repressed human rights

HISTORY/MAJOR EVENTS

• Iraq invades Kuwait
• The UN sanctions iraq

IRAQ-IRANIAN WAR

• Iraq invades Iran
• Start of eight year war
• 1.5 million people killed
• Sept.20 1980

HISTORY/CONFLICTS

• Iraq war
• 2003

GENOCIDE/CLEANSING

• Mulsims attacked kurdish
• Forceful methods

SITUATION TODAY

• Internal conflicts
• Fighting decreased with other countries
• Terror

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