When the United States and Israel launched their illegal war on Iran on February 28, they called on the Iranian people to rise up. They then proceeded to bomb not just military targets, but civilian housing, universities, schools, hospitals, commercial buildings and historical sites.

In the sound of explosions today, many Iranians hear echoes from the past: from the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988.

In the fall of 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, I was a 20-year-old student at Tehran Polytechnic University and a member of an opposition group. The first time I saw the impact of war firsthand was in October of that year. One evening, my friend Farhad and I were standing in line to load two boxes of antigovernment pamphlets onto a bus heading to Isfahan; given the restriction of movement and the checkpoints set up by the Revolutionary Guard, this was the only safe way to transport such materials.

Suddenly, the thunderous shots of air defence systems shook the ground and lit the sky with blue, orange, yellow, and red rays of light. The sirens went off. I had never felt so fearful, helpless, and disoriented.
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What the Iran-Iraq war can tell us about the US-Israeli war on Iran

Trump and Netanyahu are harbouring the same illusions Saddam Hussein had in 1980 when he invaded Iran.

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Al cinema il vero volto della guerra

di Roberta Cospito Tra fame, miseria, stragi e devastazioni che stravolgono migliaia di vite innocenti, è impossibile trovare davvero uno spazio sicuro. Il regista iracheno Hasan Hadi è in questi …

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Non è un match: è un faccia a faccia di 50 minuti con Saddam, mentre il mondo prepara la guerra. E la frase che chiude tutto suona come una resa mascherata da trionfo: Ali non torna a casa da solo.

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And did you know that #SaddamHussein wrote a #novel too? #ZabibahAndTheKing is fucking awful and I don't blame the translator. Yes, of course I have a copy. And a copy of Mussolini's one as well.
Uday Hussein e il calcio: notti tragiche a Baghdad - Boomerissimo

La nazionale italiana è un po’ di tempo che non regala più “notti magiche”, ma la gogna mediatica è nulla in confronto a ciò che hanno subito i loro colleghi iracheni sotto Uday Hussein.

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When leaders say God put them in power, who’s allowed to question them?
Day 6 of our Shadows Unveiled series digs into the dangerous crossroads of faith, authority, and war.
Families are speaking out. History is echoing.
And the warning signs are impossible to ignore.
Find out why ⬇️
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Iran war on same disastrous path as Iraq war

The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and

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il manifesto: Hasan Hadi: «La mia infanzia con Saddam Hussein e la guerra è sempre attuale»

L’infanzia è il momento della vita che più ci segna, ma anche il primo ricordo che scompare. Eppure rimane lì, a influenzarci in modo sotterraneo, pronta a riemergere quando gliene […]
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Hasan Hadi: “My childhood with Saddam Hussein and the war is always relevant.”

Childhood is the time of life that marks us the most, but also the first memory that disappears. Yet it remains there, influencing us in a subterranean way, ready to resurface when […]

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Hasan Hadi: «La mia infanzia con Saddam Hussein e la guerra è sempre attuale» | il manifesto

(Visioni) L’infanzia è il momento della vita che più ci segna, ma anche il primo ricordo che scompare. Eppure rimane lì, a influenzarci in modo sotterraneo, pronta a riemergere quando gliene daremo l’occasione. Su queste note si muove La torta del presidente, esordio del regista iracheno Hasan Hadi che si è aggiudicato la Caméra d’or a

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The #HalabjaMassacre was #ThisDayInHistory in 1988, when #SaddamHussein ordered a #MustardGas attack on the #Kurdish town #Halabja. 5,000 #Kurds were killed & 10,000 wounded. Across the #KurdishGenocide 100,000 were killed and 80% of settlements in #IraqiKurdistan were destroyed.