1981 Saddam accused Iran of getting US spare parts despite
US embargo
1981 UN Envoy Palme warned that superpowers may get
involved in Iran-Iraq War
1987 Iran ended Op Karbla 6 seized western bank of Shatt
al-Arab Iran-Iraq War
1991 Iraq launched missiles at Israel and Saudi Arabia at start of Gulf War
1991 Iraqi terrorist tried to blow up US ambassador’s
house in Indonesia in retaliation for Gulf War
1993 US UK and France carried out air and missile strikes
on Iraq for not cooperating
with UN
inspectors
1996 Iraq agreed to talk about UN Resolution 986 that
would create Oil For Food
program
2003 UN inspectors said sites named by US as WMD
facilities had been looked at
and nothing
found
2003 Report Saudis attempted to get Saddam to go into
exile to avert war
2004 Truck bomb hit US headquarters at Republican Palace
Baghdad Killed 20
wounded
more than 100
2008 Fighting broke out between Soldiers of Heaven and Iraqi forces in Nasiriya and Basra
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