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The Iraqi Republic under Abd al-Karim Qasim held an irredentist claim to Khuzestan. [98] It also held irredentist claims to Kuwait. [99] Saddam Hussein's government sought to annex several territories. In the Iran–Iraq War, Ba'athist Iraq claimed it had the right to hold sovereignty to the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab river held by Iran. [96]
Pages in category "German irredentism" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A closely related explanation argues that national identities based primarily on ethnicity, culture, and history increase irredentist tendencies. Another approach is to explain irredentism as an attempt to increase power and wealth. In this regard, it is argued that irredentist claims are more likely if the neighboring territory is relatively rich.
In 1951, the first Minister of All-German Affairs Jakob Kaiser openly raised claim to even greater territories including Austria, parts of Switzerland, the Saar area and Alsace-Lorraine. [1] The ministry was renamed in 1969 because "All-German" might have evoked irredentist associations.
Germany is denying an assertion made by former President Donald Trump during the presidential debate Tuesday about the country's renewable energy industry. "You believe in things like we're not ...
The Argentine claim is cited as a colonial inheritance from Spain, when in fact there is no mechanism in Intl Law for such an inheritance, and in any case sovereignty was disputed with Spain and the UK. The wording doesn't convey why the Argentine claim is irredentist. W C M email 08:00, 29 June 2023 (UTC) I apologize for breaking up your comment.
Supporters of Catalan independence in Barcelona in October 2019 Scottish independence supporters in Glasgow.Scotland held an independence referendum on 18 September 2014. This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe.
A map claiming to show the areas of the US that may be targeted in a nuclear war that originally circulated in 2015 is making the rounds again, amid the Russian war in Ukraine.. The map indicates ...