British Influence On Iraq

independence. By this time, Britain wanted to keep the Kurdish right where they were. Britain compelled the administration to keep the Kurd in their place, continually quelling any attempts the Kurdish had with their revolts. Even though there were demands from the ethnic groups of the region, the new mindset of the British became the Territorial honesty of the new state. A mindset of British rule as to creating an insincere idea of an Iraqi nation. In 1933 King Faisal had died, but before his death, he had brought Iraq to its independence as well as securing a membership within the League of Nations. Even though Iraq was independent, they were still under control of Britain. The Anglo-Iraqi treaty gave the British military control and …show more content…
In the hands of the monarchy it was still business as usual as far as oil production went. It was still mostly in the control of Western companies. On July 14th, 1958, Iraqi troops, led by Brigadier Abdul Karim Qassim, took over control of Baghdad. They killed the royal family as well as the political elite. What was the veil of a foundation of the state was toppled. The military took over control and would remain in control for many years to come. Because of this, Democratic politics was a hopeless cause. Throughout the late 50s and early 60s one revolution after another followed, oil was now state owned and Iraq’s social and financial expansion was quickly improved all in order to buy widespread …show more content…
A new President was put into power. The new president was Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, but the real person who was in power was a man who would pull the strings, that man was Saddam Hussein. From 1968 to 1979 Hussein molded the Ba'ath party into what he felt they needed to be, all in preparation for his ensuing takeover of Iraq. By 1979 it was evident that Saddam Hussein was in every aspect of Iraqi life. There were no longer any signs of democratic politics at all. Either the people were bribed or they were intimidated by fear. In a time spanning over twenty years, Hussein managed to bring Iraq into two conflicts and put him at odds with the rest of the world. Saddam Hussein ruled by turning his people against each other and on their neighbors. Hussein continued to rule through fear and by being a tyrant. Under Hussein’s rule of tyranny, his country lost hundreds of thousands of people in battle and in chemical attacks. The UN who had to put sanctions on Iraq, saw the country become even more impoverished and