This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 18

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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