First Report Autumn term

FIRST REPORT

Hiroyuki Murakami



Q, Conflict over oil and other natural resources has been a feature of many African countries since Independence. Which other countries have fought such wars?





A, It's Iran–Iraq. Iran-Iraq War was a war of Iraq and Iran lasting from 22 September 1980 to 20 August 1988. There is the one of the direct causes for "Algiers agreement" concluded between the two countries in 1975. It was contents to "assume the border of the two countries the center of the shuttle Arab River" by this agreement, but when Iran did not protect this for many years, and Iraq declared war.

In 1979 Iraq there was the Islam Revolution. Pro-American soft-headed Levy Administration fell and spread guidance bottom of Khomeini, the political system "Islam republican form of government" that were different from the neighboring Arabic countries and strengthened the fear of the outskirts Arab countries of the monarchism center, but confusion of Iran increased, and disorder was considered to be it to military affairs system for the purge of the conservatives, and this was a good opportunity for neighbor countries which fought.

But In Iraq, Saddam Hussein controled government and purges the opposition. He established strong dictature and strengthened armaments.

In August, 1988, they ceased fire by the mediation of the United Nations Security Council.
In addition, Iraq invaded and attacked in the Kuwait on 2nd in August, 1990 and became the Gulf War in the next year.

The victim of the two countries is estimated to be around 1,000,000.

In addition, this war was the in history first warfighting that both belligerent nation shot a missile.



First Report
Hiroyuki Murakami