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Why did U.S. intervention in the Middle East escalate?

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Step-by-step explanation:

The first proxy war started with the Iran/Iraq war (1980-1988) and Saudi Arabia started to reinforce Iraq to help build them up. In 2003 Iraq became the home of another proxy war between the two when the United States invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein.

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