1981 Islamic Conf Organization met with Saddam Said he
wanted ceasefire in war
and wanted
to know what Khomeini wanted
1984 Iraqis used mustard gas against Iranians to try to turn
them back
in southern
marshes
1988 VP Bush told Iraq that it could buy dual use equipment
for its WMD program from
US
1991 Shiite revolt spread to Suq al-Shuyukh and Nasiriyah in
Dhi Qar after Gulf War
1991 Shiite rebels attacked military intelligence
headquarters in Basra
1991 UN Resolution 686 required Iraq to accept 12 previous
UN resolutions on Kuwait
pay
reparations end annexation of Kuwait release POWs return stolen property
1992 UN investigation found that govt had executed hundreds
of Shiites in southern
marshes in
recent months
1992 Peshmerga launched counterattack upon Iraqi army in
Kalak 60 killed
1993 After southern no fly zone created Iraqi forces began
shelling and infantry attacks
upon
southern marsh villages
1998 UN Resolution 1154 allowed weapons inspectors at Iraq’s
presidential palaces
1999 Wash Post reported that US intelligence was using UN
inspectors to spy on Iraq
something
it denied in Feb
2003 Senior admin official told NY Times UN weapons
inspectors would not lead to
anything
2003 Report US and UK increased air strikes in Iraq as part
of no fly zone Were trying
to weaken
air defenses before invasion
2004 5 Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers hit Karbala and
Khadimiya during Ashura
killing 270 wounding 570
2015 offensives to free Tikrit began
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