Flight 655 Iran–Contra affair Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Operation Staunch was created in spring 1983 by the United States State Department to stop the illicit flow of U.S. arms to Iran. Soviet support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war Italian support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war References Sources Further reading Bryan R. Gibson, Covert Relationship: American Foreign Policy, Intelligence, and the Iran–Iraq War, 1980–88. Praeger, 2010. Bruce Jentleson, With Friends Like These: Reagan, Bush, and Saddam, 1982–1990. New York, W. W. Norton, 1994. Mark Phythian, Arming Iraq: How the U.S. and Britain Secretly Built Saddam's War Machine. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1997. External links Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984 National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 82 U.S. Diplomatic and Commercial Relationships with Iraq, 1980 - 2 August 1990 Timeline 20th century in Iraq Foreign relations during the Iran–Iraq War Carter administration controversies Reagan administration controversies History of the foreign relations of the United States Investigations and hearings of the United States Congress Iraq–United States military relations Iran–United States relations Articles containing video clips