السياسة الأمريكية تجاه العراق للمدة 1988-2003 : في الوثائق الأمريكية

Abstract EN

Iraq became part of the American strategy after the United States of America exited World War II, and it is the most powerful military, economic and political power in the world because of its important geopolitical location, and the great natural resources it contains, foremost of which is oil, and being the center of convergence of strategies.

world, and its quest to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a foothold in this country.

The outbreak of the Arab-Zionist war in 1967 led to the severing of IraqiAmerican relations, and it continued until 1984.

The absence of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Iraq did not prevent the existence of unofficial channels of communication that were open between the two countries, especially at the beginning of the Iraq-Iran war that occurred in 1980, then relations developed to return to their previous era after a period of four years, and that becomes A strategic turning point in the course of those relations in all fields.

The entry of Iraq into Kuwait on August 2, 1990 led to a decline in Iraqi-American relations, and at the same time the United States of America had a historic opportunity to embody its strategy in the region, and Iraq in particular.

And as a prelude to its occupation later, Iraq became, for the period from 1991-2003, a main focus of the American strategy, which later led to the overthrow of the political regime in it and the occupation of its lands on the ninth of April of the same year.