Iraq

Few countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq. Its varied peoples have had to contend with externally imposed state-building at the end of the First World War, through to the rise of authoritarian military regimes, to the all-encompassing power of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.

Putine tari pot pretinde ca au indurat o istorie atat de dificila si chinuitoare ca cea a Irakului. Popoarele sale variate au trebuit sa lupte cu construirea statului impusa extern la sfarsitul primului razboi mondial, pana la ascensiunea regimurilor militare autoritare, pana la puterea atotcuprinzatoare a dictaturii lui Saddam Hussein.