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Brief Background

The Shatt-Al-Arab river, long seen as the natural border between Iraq and Iran has always been in contention. The Turks in the 1800's had claims against the Persians for control of the eastern bank of the river.​



middle east 1800's​

In the aftermath of world war 1 the middle east would be radicaly with many new states emerging for the first time in hundereds of years. One of those nations was IRAQ. The nation was largely a puppet state of the British with he Hashemite dynasty on the throne. This dynasty would remain on the throne until on July 14 1958 the dynasty was ended when the family was shot up against a palace wall. In place of the monarchy a sovergienty council would be ruling Iraq. the soveriegnty council would be composed of the 3 major ethnic groups of iraq.​


Iraq is composed of Kurds,Shia,and Sunni.​
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