I thought of this one morning and thought I was all cool. I declared to my coworkers that I'd coined a new term. Well now, a couple of months later, I decided to Google it, and I'm not as cool as I thought I was. Apparently the word has been in use since Gulf War I. From the wordspy:
Iraqnophobia
(i.RAK.nuh.foh.bee.uh) n. An unusually strong fear of Iraq, especially its ability to manufacture and use biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. Also: Iraqnaphobia, Iraqniphobia.
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