Original sentence: Iraq invaded Iran by attacking Mehrabad Airport of Tehran and entering the oil-rich Iranian land of Khuzestan, which also has a sizeable Arab minority, on September 22, 1980 and declared it a new province of Iraq.The United Nations and the United States supported him with artillery and medical supplies during this time due to the enmity and distrust caused by the Iran hostage crisis
Edited sentence: He declared Khuzestan a new province of Iraq.Iraq invaded Iran by attacking Mehrabad Airport of Tehran and entering the oil-rich Iranian land of Khuzestan, which also has a sizeable Arab minority, on September 22, 1980.Saddam's standing with the west was to change radically when he attacked Kuwait, a major oil supplier to the US.The United Nations and the United States supported him with Artillery and medical suppliers during this time when he was in the good books of the west because the US saw this as a way of crushing Islamic radicalism