Stock Photo - 1980 - Iraq - Latest Hot-Spot - Comes To The Boil.. Tension rides high in Iraq: Kassem, already seated insecurely on his dictatorial throne, threatened with revolution and assassination from the opposition groups in his own country, has sparked off a major crisis by announcing his intention of invading Kuwait and of seizing the largely British-held oil-fields. If he does he could well start a Middle Eastern War of major proportions. So the Iraq situation comes to the boil, with the rest of the world watching yet another explosive situation developing. Iraq - Iraqi and German technicians working on a tunnel for a new road between Derbendi-Khan and Sulaimaniya, which is being constructed by a West German Company. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)