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Iraq
Index
In maintaining internal security, the Baath regime focused on
three main sources of opposition--the Kurds, living primarily
near the borders of Iran and Turkey, the ICP and its splinter
factions, and Shia revival movements not in sympathy with Baath
socialism. In dealing with these groups, the government tended
either to provide them with benefits so as to coopt them into the
regime, or to take repressive measures against them.
Data as of May 1988
Iraqi soldiers at Qasr-e Shirin, Iran, June 1981
Courtesy Photri/Lehtikuva
Internal Developments and Security
In maintaining internal security, the Baath regime focused on
three main sources of opposition--the Kurds, living primarily
near the borders of Iran and Turkey, the ICP and its splinter
factions, and Shia revival movements not in sympathy with Baath
socialism. In dealing with these groups, the government tended
either to provide them with benefits so as to coopt them into the
regime, or to take repressive measures against them.
Data as of May 1988
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