saddam hussein's concession

The shah of Iran openly helped Iraq's Kurds. Then the Iraqi dictatorship and the Iranian monarchy made a deal. The shah sold out the Kurds, whose rebellion capsized. In return, Iraq gave up its claim to sole jurisdiction over the Shatt el Arab waterway, giving both countries unrestricted..

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'It seems like the Kurds always want an exception,' said Ezzat Shabander, a secular legislator from former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's electoral slate. . ... Some Sunni politicians, who along with Kurds were responsible for forcing interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to step aside,..

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