Iraq



Iraq is no great power. It is part of the conflict thanks to its geographical location. Both the USA as well as Iraq's former ally, Russia, would like to turn Iraq into a pawn and use her to further their own interests.

The Iraqi army is large, but suffers a shortage of modern equipment, and, in many cases, any equipment at all. What little it possesses dates back to an earlier epoch. Only in very isolated instances can it compare to what the Russians and Americans are using. Up until Desert Storm Iraq was one of the largest weapon buyers in the world. Back then, Iraq had a number of contacts to leading arms producers from Russia, Germany, France, Great Britain and the USA. After the war, there were still enough foreign companies willing to break the embargo for the right price.

The strength of the Iraqi army lies in its incomparable fanaticism and pure hatred for the enemy (best example - the kamikaze units). Furthermore, the Iraqis know the terrain better than anybody, have implemented their camouflage perfectly, know how to locate oil reserves and quickly exploit them. A powerful nation built from the profits of the oil industry, Iraq mobilized her forces against Kuwait, sparking the involvement of the USA, and sets the stage for the first campaign in the game.