Thursday December 9 was the anniversary of the day when the United Nations declared the Saddam-ruled Iraq as initiator of a destructive western-backed war against its neighbor the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Eleven years after invading Iraqi forces crossed borders with Iran under the rule of the executed dictator Saddam Hussein and three years after the UN Security Council resolution 598 put an end to eight years of fierce aggression by the western-backed dicator against Iran, the then regime of Iraq was declared by the then UN chief solely responsible for causing the war.
On December 9, 1991, the then secretary general of the United Nations Javier Pérez de Cuéllar officially stated Iraq as the initiator of the war that began in September 1980.
This happened while from day first the world knew the invading country but took no heed until the arms and weapons, Iraqi regime was endowed with, were used against former allies; Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein loomed over the entire region by invading Kuwait.
Experts referred to the announcement as one of greatest victories for Iran throughout history.
The statement also meant another victory for the Islamic Revolution in particular. Saddam Hussein, encouraged by his Western and Arab allies, had intended to crush the Islamic Revolution in Iran and prevent it from being modelled by other nations. Saddam's deputy Taha Yassin Ramadan had spoke of toppling the Islamic Republic as the motive behind the war against Iran.
Iraq took advantage of the element of surprise. After occupying Khorramshahr Saddam thought victory was near and he would dine in Tehran in the next couple of days. But the advancing Iraqi forces faced fierce resistance on the side of civilians and newly established Basij and the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps.
The dictator's son-in-law Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid spoke of Saddam's mental condition after Iranian took back Khorramshahr as chaotic so as a physician was present by his bed.
Recapturing Khorramshahr by Iranians was a fatal blow to the Iraqi army and the western allies. All Saddam's allies who advocated a regime change in Iran were then desperately thinking of ways to prevent collapse of the Iraqi regime.
http://english.iribnews.ir/IranVision_body.aspx?ID=296
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