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2006 Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging by an Iraqi court

2003 Uday Hussein, Iraqi Celebrity

1996 Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain)

1993 Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad

1992 Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies

1991 Iraqi generals and Gen Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire

1991 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated

1991 U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops

1991 U.S. bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334

1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait

1991 US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles

1990 Iraqi parliment endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages

1990 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait

1990 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West

1990 Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City

1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion

1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion

1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die

1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed

1986 Iran offensive against Iraqi islands of Shatt al-Arab

1985 Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg

1982 Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier, dies

1981 Israeli F-15's and F-16's destroys Iraqi plutonium production facility

1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran

1980 Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar

1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

1980 Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan

1980 Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins

1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz

1979 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents

1978 Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army

1978 Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead

1978 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris

1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army

1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out

1970 Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, U.S. soldier, Iraqi POW

1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission

1964 Uday Hussein, Iraqi Celebrity

1963 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)

1959 U.S.S.R. and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor

1959 Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered

1958 Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed

1958 Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed

1958 King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation

1958 Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies

1958 Saddam Hussein and Iraqi army overthrows the monarchy

1944 Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi Statesman

1925 League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied

1912 Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier

1909 Iyad Allawi, Iraqi Statesman



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