In March 2003 under President George W. Bush the United States along with allied forces initiated the invasion of Iraq. “After the Gulf War in 1991 Iraq was obliged by the U.N. to get rid of all its biological and toxic weapons”(popsci) failure to comply resulted in the U.S. invasion. Iraqi President al-Bakr announced his resignation on July 16 1979, Saddam Hussein immediately succeeded him as President. Under Saddam tensions between Iran and Iraq escaladed due to violations of the 1975 Algiers Accord which designated the Shatt-Et-Arab waterway as the border. As a result Saddam abolished the 1975 agreement in September 1980 and proceeded to bomb Iranian air bases and other strategic targets. Immediately the U.N. Security Counsel called
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Relations with the U.S. improved in 1984 and by 1987 the U.S. agreed to escort Kuwait tankers to Iraq and supported Iraq diplomatically at the U.N. Additionally U.S. forces attacked Iranian ships and oil platforms in attempts to assist Iraqi objectives. “In 1987 the military balance began to favor Iraq, which had raised an army of some one million and, while Iran remained largely isolated from the international community, had obtained state-of-the-art arms from France and the Soviet Union, including thousands of artillery pieces, tanks, and armored personnel carriers and hundreds of combat aircraft.”(Britannica) During this time Iraq utilized an abundant amount of resources in attempts to purchase or develop weapons of mass destruction. July 1987 the U.N. unanimously passed Resolution 598 urging a cease fire between Iran and Iraq resulting in both to immediately withdraw to internationally known boundaries. Both countries agreed but Iran wanted to amend the resolution to put Iraq at fault for the war resulting in them being liable for war reparations as well as foreign navies to leave the
Relations with the U.S. improved in 1984 and by 1987 the U.S. agreed to escort Kuwait tankers to Iraq and supported Iraq diplomatically at the U.N. Additionally U.S. forces attacked Iranian ships and oil platforms in attempts to assist Iraqi objectives. “In 1987 the military balance began to favor Iraq, which had raised an army of some one million and, while Iran remained largely isolated from the international community, had obtained state-of-the-art arms from France and the Soviet Union, including thousands of artillery pieces, tanks, and armored personnel carriers and hundreds of combat aircraft.”(Britannica) During this time Iraq utilized an abundant amount of resources in attempts to purchase or develop weapons of mass destruction. July 1987 the U.N. unanimously passed Resolution 598 urging a cease fire between Iran and Iraq resulting in both to immediately withdraw to internationally known boundaries. Both countries agreed but Iran wanted to amend the resolution to put Iraq at fault for the war resulting in them being liable for war reparations as well as foreign navies to leave the