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League of Nations awarded British a mandate to govern areas of the Middle East
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Growth of OPEC
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Iranian revolution
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Military aid during the Iran-Iraq war
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Iraq could not sell oil to generate income
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Industry declined and food became scarce of food for half the population
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Months after the war their was a sudden growth in deaths, specifically 111,000 .. 70,000 of them being children under 15
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CIA bankrolled Chalabi
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War against Saddam was destructive
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Raw sewage flooded into the Tigris River at Baghdad
