Neighbors, Not Friends : Iraq and Iran After the Gulf Wars

Part I : Iraq -- Saddam center-stage, exit Bush ; Enter Clinton, Saddam's new nemesis ; Shattering betrayal, then lucky breaks for Saddam ; Mother of all failed coups ; Saddam and re-elected Clinton ; Desert Thunder that didn't thunder ; Operation Desert Fox ; Iraq, a return to normalcy -- Part II : Iran -- Rafsanjani's reconstruction and economic liberalization ; Khatami, a moderate with a mission ; Political reform and reaction ; Reform restrained -- Conclusions and future prospects -- Epilog -- Appendix I : Algiers Accord -- Appendix II : United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 -- Appendix III : United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 -- Appendix IV : United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 -- Appendix V : United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 -- Appendix VI : United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284. This highly controversial and topical book provides the first full, balanced account of how Iraq cheated the UN inspectors on disarmament and how the US manipulated and infiltrated the UN inspection teams and other staff to gather intelligence on Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Aimed at the general reader, it follows and assesses the role of Saddam Hussein who became president of Iraq in 1979. Dilip Hiro, an experienced journalist who has written extensively on the region, provides a historical and accessible perspective to the relationship between Iraq and Iran and examines the consequences of internationally significant events such as the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran a year after the end of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein. Providing a full account and analysis of events in Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War, he contrasts the long totalitarianism under Hussein with the evolution of the political-religious system in Iran and the development of its internal politics. This is an essential overview to the conflicts in the Gulf, and should be read by anyone with an interest in the region, its politics and its interactions with the US and UN. This highly controversial and topical book provides the first full, balanced account of how Iraq cheated the UN inspectors on disarmament and how the US manipulated and infiltrated the UN inspection teams and other staff to gather intelligence on Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Aimed at the general reader, it follows and assesses the role of Saddam Hussein who became president of Iraq in 1979. Dilip Hiro, an experienced journalist who has written extensively on the region, provides a historical and accessible perspective to the relationship between Iraq and Iran and examines the consequences of internationally significant events such as the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran a year after the end of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein. Providing a full account and analysis of events in Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War, he contrasts the long totalitarianism under Hussein with the evolution of the political-religious system in Iran and the development of its internal politics. This is an essential overview to the conflicts in the Gulf, and should be read by anyone with an interest in the region, its politics and its interactions with the US and UN Social Sciences Book Cover 1 Title 4 Contents 5 List of plates 12 Abbreviations 14 Glossary of Arabic, Kurdish and Persian words 17 Maps and diagrams 21 Preface 32 Introduction 36 Saddam center-stage, exit Bush 80 Enter Clinton, Saddam's new nemesis 104 A shattering betrayal, then lucky breaks for Saddam 125 The mother of all failed coups 137 Saddam and re-elected Clinton 155 ~Desert Thunder~ that didn't thunder 170 Operation ~Desert Fox~ 189 Iraq, a return to normalcy 214 Rafsanjani's reconstruction and economic liberalization 238 Khatami, a moderate with a mission 268 Political reform and reaction 284 Reform restrained 308 Conclusions and future prospects 324 Epilog 344 Appendix I The Algiers Accord 354 Appendix II United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 356 Appendix III United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 358 Appendix IV United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 367 Appendix V United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 369 Appendix VI United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284 374 Notes 384 Select bibliography 408 News agencies, newspapers and periodicals 410 Index 412