Iraqs Joint Defense Environment Palestinian Affairs
... These influences have affected how the country handles it’s internal and foreign affairs. Three of the areas that have been affected by Iraq’s turbulent history are the environment and how the Iraqi government has operated with it, Iraq’s Palestinian affairs and how that has affected their Jewish population, and the armed forces of Iraq. ... In fact, their attitudes and practices, like draining the marshlands, toward the environment only hurt it more. ... Not only the fact that a real government is not yet in place and the people are having trouble adjusting to a society were Sunnis and Shias are considered equal in the eyes of the government, the country must also deal with its many problems with the Israel affairs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ... Before the overthrow of Saddam, the Iraqi defense consisted of about twenty-five thousand men. It included an Army, Republican Guard, Navy, Air Defense Force, Border Guard Defense, and the Fedayeen Saddam (which was the most loyal to Saddam.