Iraq’s Relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (1981-2011): A Historical Study of the Reasons that Kept Iraq from Joining it

Abstract

In the year 1981 AD, the Gulf Cooperation Council was established to include six countries and excludes the Arab Gulf Iraq, which is busy defending the six countries in front of Iran, to start a new page of relations between Iraq and the countries of the Council, which supported Iraq for fear of Iran's domination, material support that deserved repayment with the end of the war in 1988 AD from a country economically exhausted , This prompted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to invade and occupy Kuwait in 1990, so that the council’s relations with Iraq are strained and the West is used to get Iraq out and destroy it and enter the region a dark tunnel. To begin another page of relations between the Council and Iraq, during which Iraq tried to arrange what the dictator spoiled, However, he did not find the interaction of the GCC states that kept Iraq outside its system, despite the existence of many justifications for Iraq’s joining the council. However, the GCC states saw by virtue of geographical proximity, shared history, experiences and foreign interventions, that Iraq is not at its best to be a member or partner in this system.