Editing Tariq Aziz (section)

=== Assassination attempt ===
In April 1980, Aziz was subjected to an assassination attempt at the main gate of [[Al-Mustansiriya University]] while university students were gathered on both sides of the entrance to welcome him. A graduate of Al-Sadr Camp and a member of the Dawa Party threw a hand grenade at his motorcade. His bodyguards quickly surrounded him, but he sustained a hand injury from grenade shrapnel. Many university students near the gate were also injured, with red blood clearly visible on their white shirts, as the university’s uniform for the hot days of April consisted of a white shirt and gray pants.<ref name="gsick03">{{cite journal |last=Sick |first=Gary |year=2003 |title=Iran: Confronting terrorism |journal=The Washington Quarterly |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=83–98 |doi=10.1162/016366003322387127 |s2cid=153688389}}</ref>

After the incident, Saddam Hussein arrived at Al-Mustansiriya University and delivered a speech to the students, during which he said, ''"We are dancing on the shoulders of death."<ref name=":6">{{cite news |last=Whitaker |first=Brian |date=25 April 2003 |title=Christian outsider in Saddam's inner circle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/Iraq/Story/0,2763,943280,00.html |access-date=24 December 2007 |work=The Guardian |location=London, UK}}</ref>'' At the time, the Iraqi government claimed that Iran backed the attack, and Saddam’s government immediately accused the Dawa Party of orchestrating the attempt.<ref name=":6" /> It was an Iranian-backed assassination attempt.<ref name=":6" /> The attack killed several people.<ref name=":6" /> This incident formed part of the ''[[casus belli]]'' of the [[Iran–Iraq War]].<ref name=":6" />