| 1980 | Oct 26, 1980 - The taking of Khurramshahr by Iraq could prove to be a military success that reinforces Iran's will to continue the war. Despite Teheran's reports that the city has not fallen, American and NATO analysts believe that Iranian resistance is dwindling rapidly. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C16F8395C17728DDDAF0A94D8415B8084F1D3
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| 1988 | Apr 1988 - In what was later seen as a turning point in the gulf war, Iraq recaptured Faw in April 1988, after a 36-hour attack that was the beginning of a major offensive. Three months later, Iran agreed to a UN-brokered cease fire. Iraq President Saddam Hussein ...In what was later seen as a turning point in the gulf war, Iraq recaptured Faw in April 1988, after a 36-hour attack that was the beginning of a major offensive. Three months later, Iran agreed to a UN-brokered cease fire. Iraq President Saddam Hussein considered its reconstruction important to his country's security because of the access it provided to the Persian Gulf. Without it, Iraq is vulnerable to an embargo of the kind imposed by the United Nations, in which the ...  Show more  Show lesspqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72607538.html?dids=72607538:72607538&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+10%2C+1990...Iraqi...
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| 1990 | 1990 - As part of the strategy, Iraq continued to woo its Arab neighbors today by making another gesture to Kuwait, the tiny neighboring emirate it invaded in 1990, setting off the Persian Gulf War. Iraq returned a load of stolen paintings, carpets and other items owned ...As part of the strategy, Iraq continued to woo its Arab neighbors today by making another gesture to Kuwait, the tiny neighboring emirate it invaded in 1990, setting off the Persian Gulf War. Iraq returned a load of stolen paintings, carpets and other items owned by the Kuwaiti royal family during a meeting at a border post. Hussein last month apologized to Kuwait for the invasion and has agreed to renew long-frozen talks next month on the fate of Kuwaitis who went missing during ... Show more Show lesswww.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-390175.html?refid=gnews_209
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| 1991 | Mar 29, 1991 - By YOUSSEF M. IBRAHIM, Special to The New York Times. Iraqi troops loyal to President Saddam Hussein began a major attack today on Kurdish rebels who have occupied a vital oil city in northern Iraq for about a week, diplomats in Cairo said. Late tonight, the official Iraqi press said ... www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/world/after-the-war-iraq-hitting-hard-reports-big-gains-against-the-kurds. html
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| 2002 | Sep 17, 2002 - Biological At the time of the Gulf War, Iraq had filled munitions with biological...shells and rockets. ... Before the earlier Gulf War, officials here...billion in trade with Iraq over the past decade. Before the Gulf War, Iraq was Turkey's second-large...sanctions against Iraq after ... www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91571419.html?refid=gnews_209
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| 2003 | Apr 8, 2003 - By Steven Savides | Staff writer of csmonitor.com. The Bush administration is expected to appoint a temporary authority to govern Iraq even before Baghdad falls and Saddam Hussein's regime is routed. Administration officials say they are considering installing a government that ... www.csmonitor.com/2003/0408/p25s01-woiq.html
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| 2004 | Apr 29, 2004 - PHILADELPHIA _ When he triumphantly flew onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Lincoln a year ago in a moment made for TV, President Bush surely could not have anticipated the downward spiral still to come in Iraq. As he congratulated the troops that sun-dappled day off the coast of ... www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-7614252.html
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| 2005 | Nov 13, 2005 - By Colin Freeman. Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, said yesterday that Iraq faced further "brutal" terrorism as he visited the country for the first time since the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime. Mr Annan, whose visit was aimed at healing rifts between Iraq's ... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/1502886/Annan-warns-of-further-insurgency-on- first-visit-to-post-war-Iraq.html
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| 2006 | Aug 31, 2006 - By Andrea Stone. ALBUQUERQUE — Silent auction bidding was brisk for The Bush Family Cookbook as Heather Wilson strode in to applause at the Federated Republican Women's luncheon here last week. The Republican congresswoman told 100 supporters that there were “profound differences” ... www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060831/a_gopiraq31.art.htm
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| 2007 | May 25, 2007 - The documents also predicted that Iranian leaders would try to intervene in post-war Iraq, and warned that dismantling the Iraqi army, ... Fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims has destabilized much of post-war Iraq, and the United States has sent about 28000 extra troops there as ... www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-25-senate-report_N.htm
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