Chronology: Iraq, January 16, 1998-April 15, 1998
See also, Regoinal Affairs, Palestinian Affairs, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey
1998
Jan. 16: American William Scott Ritter, Jr. and his 16-member UN Security Council Special Commission (UNSCOM) weapons inspection team left Baghdad, departing a day earlier than scheduled after having been barred from inspection sites earlier in the week. Iraq had accused Ritter of espionage. [1/17 NYT, FT]
Britain sent an aircraft carrier, the HMS Invincible, to the Persian Gulf. [1/17 WP] Jan. 17: In Baghdad, during a speech to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the start of the 1991 Gulf War, President Saddam Husayn threatened to expel all UNSCOM inspectors from …
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Publication information:
Article title: Chronology: Iraq, January 16, 1998-April 15, 1998.
Contributors: Not available.
Journal title: The Middle East Journal.
Volume: 52.
Issue: 3
Publication date: Summer 1998.
Page number: 430+.
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