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