{ "id": "IB84016", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORT", "number": "IB84016", "active": false, "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9596/", "id": "IB84016_1987Dec14", "date": "1987-10-14", "retrieved": "2007-06-12T16:33:18", "title": "The Iran-Iraq War: Implications for U.S. Policy", "summary": "This report discusses the Iran-Iraq conflict at its present state, which has become a war of attrition with neither side capable of achieving a decisive military victory over the other in the short term. U.S. policy concerns currently are threefold: first, that Iraq, despite moves to sustain its economic and military capacities, ultimately might suffer a destabilizing defeat to the detriment of U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf region; second, that future instability in Iran could open opportunities for Soviet exploitation; and third, that the conflict might expand beyond its present confines to threaten friendly regional states and the availability of their vast petroleum resources.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORT", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "filename": "files/19871014_IB84016_a61c8ff2f1c8fa7f31e00f7d660b99925c93bc8a.pdf" }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/19871014_IB84016_a61c8ff2f1c8fa7f31e00f7d660b99925c93bc8a.html" } ], "topics": [ { "source": "LIV", "id": "History", "name": "History" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Arms sales - U.S. - Iran", "name": "Arms sales - U.S. - Iran" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Neutrality", "name": "Neutrality" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Iran-Iraq War", "name": "Iran-Iraq War" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Weapons systems", "name": "Weapons systems" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Trade", "name": "Trade" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "International affairs", "name": "International affairs" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Defense policy", "name": "Defense policy" } ] } ], "topics": [] }