Habsburg Spain , wishing to finally crush Bodily_harm the Dutch rebels in the Netherlands and the Dutch Republic ( which was de facto independent since 1581 but de jure still a part of the Holy Roman Empire ) , intervened under the pretext of helping its dynastic Habsburg ally , Austria .

Following the eruption Process_start of the Iran–Iraq War in September 1980 , an even greater effort was made by the Iranian government to crush Bodily_harm the Kurdish rebellion Violence , which was the only one of the 1979 uprisings Violence to still go on ( Arab , Baluchi , and Turkmen rebellions Violence had already been subdued Hindering by that time ) .

Initially appearing open Openness to negotiating Communication a withdrawal Escaping of Soviet forces , the Politburo changed Change its mind and moved to crush Attack the revolution Change_of_leadership .

Meanwhile , in India , some regional polities within the increasingly fragmented Mughal Empire , with the support Supporting of the French , tried to crush Destroying a British attempt to conquer Conquering Bengal .

Rafael Sotomayor Gaete , the minister of the interior , decided Deciding to crush Removing the strike , by army assault if need be .