Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Iraq
- 1900
- 1918
- 1920
- 1921
- 1948
- 1952
- 1958
- 1968
- 1972
- The government nationalised.
- It took complete control over the Iraqi oil
industry, despite British opposition.
- Saddam used the wealth to build up
education, health and welfare services.
- He was recognised with an award from de UN for creating
the most modern public helth system in the Middle East.
- 1973
- The Iraqis joined other Arab oil-producing
states in reducing production and sales to
western countries.
- It was done to punish the West for
supporting Israel against Egypt and Syria.
- One of the concequences was an increasing of the oil price 400%.
- Electricity was extended to the countryside.
- Agriculture was mechanised.
- Roads, bridges, hospitals,
schools and dams were built.
- 1976
- Saddam became general of the army.
- The secret police, also under Saddam's control,
got to dominate the army and the Baath Party.
- 1979
- Sadam Hussein forced the President to resign
and formally became the Iraqi President
himself.
- Lasted 25 years on power.
- He carried out a brutal purge of anyone
who might be a threaten to him.
- He was highly keen on Stalin's use of terror to enforce
submission. And threatened his enemies and his own party.
- 1980
- Iran and iraq went to war.
- 1988
- Saddam used chemical weapons in
his planes to bombard Kurdish.
- This was one of the apisodes for which Saddam Hussein
was later put on trial, found guilty and executed.
- Iran-Iraq's war ended.
- Kurdish was mostly depopulated.
Chemical weapons were used to carry
mass executions and bulldozering villages.
- 1981
- 200.000 Shiites were deported to Iran as their "loyalty was not proven".
- 1974-75
- Saddam tryed to extend his control over the
Kurdish North. His forces attacked the Kurds.
- Iran helped the Kurds and this lead to a future war in 1980.
- The republic was ruled by the Baath party.
- Most of the Baathist were Sunni
Muslims, and although the presence of
difference, Shiites were brought into
the new government in a show of unity.
- Saddam Hussein played a key role during this period.
- The monarchy was overthrown.
Iraq became a Republic.
- The Iraqi government agreed with the Iraqi
Petroleum Company that profits would be
delivered equally to the Iraqi government
and the British-dominated company.
- Bitain supported the jewish
state of israel against the
opposition of the arab states
- In order to "run the country with
collaboration", Britain invited
Faisal, a member of a leading
Arab family in the middle east
to become king of Iraq.
- However, the British:
- Kept control of
Iraq's foreign policy.
- Kept control of
two airbases.
- Still owned the Iraqi
Petroleum to drill
and sell Iraq's oil.
- It lasted 35 years, a Period within
Iraq developed greatly its economy and education.
- Although, there was some improvement, the
country was dominated by a small number of
landowners. Most of the population was poor
- Iraqi nationalists rebelled.
- Britain tried to crush de
100.000 troops but just gained
more opposition doing so.
- After the First World War the
empire was broken up.
- The three provinces were combined as a
League of Nations mandate run by
Britain thanks to the Treaty of Sevres.
- The area we now know as Iraq
were three provinces of the
turkish empire.