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Iraq under Saddam Hussein

   

The Iran-Iraq war (1980-88)

Iran-Iraq War
by Joseph A Kechichian and Houman Sadri. From the US Library of Congress country study of Iran. Includes:

The Original Iraqi Offensive  
Iranian Mobilisation and Resistance
 
The Iranian Counteroffensive
 
The War of Attrition
 
Internationalisation of the War
 
Gradual Superpower Involvement  
The Tanker War
 
Role of the Air Force
 
Role of the Navy

The Iran-Iraq Wars  
by Joseph A Kechichian. From the US Library of Congress country study of Iraq. Includes:

Iraqi Offensives, 1980-82  
Iraqi Retreats, 1982-84
 
The War of Attrition, 1984-87
 
The Tanker War, 1984-87

Iran-Iraq war 
Wikipedia

Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) 
GlobalSecurity.org

First Gulf War 
Map and brief discussion of the border issues

Iran-Iraq war map 
US Military Academy

Iran-Iraq war and waterway claims
ICE Case Studies (May, 1998)

United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war 
Wikipedia

Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein 
The US Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984. US National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No 82. Edited by Joyce Battle. February 25, 2003

US Diplomatic and Commercial Relationships with Iraq, 1980-1990 
by Nathaniel Hurd, CASI website


Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm (1990-91)

What happened in the Gulf war
A simple interactive guide from The Guardian

Gulf War 
Wikipedia

Fog of War
Military success ... political failure? A detailed look at the war by Washington Post writers.

The Gulf War  
Story of the war, based on a 1996 Frontline television special.

Operation Desert Storm: Ten Years After 
US National Security Archive electronic briefing book. Edited by 
Jeffrey T Richelson. January 17, 2001 

The 1991 Gulf War 
CBC Digital Archives


Weapons inspections

UNMOVIC website 
The commission for monitoring weapons of mass destruction set up in 1999 under Security Council Resolution 1284 to replace UNSCOM. 

UNSCOM  
The UN special commission that carried out on-site inspections in Iraq until 1998.

UNSCOM weapons inspection reports
(UN website)

Report by Hans Blix (1)
"An update on inspection"- delivered by the executive chairman of Unmovic to the UN Security Council, 27 January 2003

Report by Hans Blix (2)
Delivered by the executive chairman of Unmovic to the UN Security Council, 14 February 2003

Report by Hans Blix (3)
Delivered by the executive chairman of Unmovic to the UN Security Council, 7 March 2003

IAEA and Iraq
Despite the problems with UNSCOM, the International Atomic Energy Authority continues to carry out limited inspections in Iraq. See also the IAEA website

Iraq's special weapons programmes
Technical information from the Federation of American Scientists. Includes sections on nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

Iraq's non-conventional arsenal
The types and amounts of chemical and bioogical weapons that Iraq says it possessed. (Washington Post, 1998)

Iraq's weapons of mass destruction  
US Government White Paper detailing Iraq's suspected biological, chemical, nuclear and ballistic weapons programmes. 13 February, 1998.

The search for nuclear technology
Israeli attack on the Osiraq plant, 1981


Operation Desert Fox

Operation Desert Fox 
GlobalSecurity.org

Operation Desert Fox
(US Department of Defense)

Bombing of Iraq (December 1998) 
Wikipedia

Desert Fox
Multimedia coverage by the Washington Post

Operation Desert Fox 
BBC website

President Clinton's speech announcing the attack 
CNN, 16 December 1998

     

Iraq under Saddam Hussein

The fall of Saddam Hussein

 

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