Did the United States encourage Saddam Hussein to invade Iran?
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Possibly. However, it seems they started to actively help Iraq only after Iraq had attacked Iran: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/ This is a quote from the site linked above: Initially, Iraq advanced far into Iranian territory, but was driven back within months. By mid-1982, Iraq was on the defensive against Iranian human-wave attacks. The U.S., having decided that an Iranian victory would not serve its interests, began supporting Iraq: measures already underway to upgrade U.S.-Iraq relations were accelerated, high-level officials exchanged visits, and in February 1982 the State Department removed Iraq from its list of states supporting international terrorism.
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