Iraq is a Middle-Eastern country of diversity and turmoil. The people of Iraq, coming from ethic groups such as Kurdish, Arab, Turkoman, and Assyrian, and holding a nearly 97% Muslim population (CIA World Fact Book), remain a lost peoples fighting to create their new country without the tyranny of the past quarter century.

The beginning of the reformation of Iraq started in 1979 with the Iranian revolution, during which major changes were made in the U.S.'s policies concerning Iraq, and the beginning of Saddam Hussein's over two decade long presidency. Also in this year began the Iranian hostage crisis when Americans were held in the U.S. embassy in Tehran for over a year. Iraq was then listed on the State Departments list of countries that were known to be sponsoring "terrorist" groups.

By 1980, the eight-year long Iran-Iraq war has begun and throughout the rest of the 1980's...