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The article analyzes Iran-Iraq relations in the context of regional security. It has been studied that eight-year war became most bloody and destructive armed conflict second half XX century. is worth noting beginning caused rivalry: ethnic religious, political economic, ideological personal. Also, struggle for leadership region played a special role. established USA intervention Iraq 2003 chan...

Regional geopolitical conditions shaped after the First World War enabled Iran to establish close relations with Iraqi Kurds. During this period, between Iran, who wanted protect its interests in region against Iraq, and Kurds rule themselves, were within framework of Iran's general Baghdad administration.After US invasion Iraq 2003, transformed. As a result fall Saddam Hussein, priorities have...

Salman Rawaf discusses the implications of the most recent estimate of excess deaths associated with the Iraq war and subsequent occupation in the context of the current situation in Iraq. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

In this section of the Iraq War Clinician Guide, we discuss treatment of veterans recently evacuated due to combat or war stress who are brought to the VA for mental health care, and Iraq War veterans seeking mental health care at VA medical centers and Vet Centers. This section complements discussion of special topics (e.g., treatment of medical casualties, identification and management of PTS...

An increased prevalence of birth defects was allegedly reported in Iraq in the post 1991 Gulf War period, which was largely attributed to exposure to depleted uranium used in the war. This has encouraged further research on this particular topic. This paper reviews the published literature and provided evidence concerning birth defects in Iraq to elucidate possible environmental exposure. In ad...

Aggressive and unsafe driving was examined in 474 male veterans receiving Veterans Affairs residential treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Specifically, the authors evaluated if PTSD was associated with aggressive and unsafe driving and if Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans were at higher risk than other war veterans. Approximately two thirds of the sample reported lifetime aggre...

in present paper, first the concept of informal economy and its place in the economic literature has been described. then the causes and factors involved in providing the informal sector was examined and the volume of informal economy was estimated. second, the effect of inflation on informal economy was surveyed. to estimate the volume of informal sector, residual discrepancy method was used a...