Although Iraq's President Saddam Hussein Attacked Iran in September 1980

Although Iraq's president Saddam Hussein attacked Iran in September 1980 primarily for its oil-rich territory, he also

A) wished to avenge the humiliation he felt Iraq had suffered as a result of the policies of Iran's pro-Western government.
B) feared his own country's Shi'ite minority and hoped to heighten their sense of solidarity with Iraq's Sunni majority through a "patriotic" war against non-Arabs.
C) hoped to wrest leadership of the Arab world from Saudi Arabia by conquering an oil-producing non-Arab state.
D) believed he was fulfilling a divine call to resurrect the ancient warrior kingdom of Assyria, which had spanned the territories of modern-day Iraq and Iran.