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1998 in Iraq

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1998
in
Iraq

Decades:
See also:Other events of 1998
List of years in Iraq

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Iraq.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • November 13 – After Iraq commits to United Nations Special Commission, American President Bill Clinton cancels scheduled air raids on the country.
  • November 23 – Iraq stops their UNSCOM partnership.
  • 16-19 December –The United States and Britain carry out a bombing campaign targeting Iraqi sites, the operation codenamed Operation Desert Fox.[1]

Date Unknown

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Births

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7 January – Sajjad Jasim Mousa, footballer.[3]

Deaths

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27 September – Hadi Alwai, intellectual and historian.(b.1932) [4]

  1. ^ "BBC News | Saddam's Iraq: Key events". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
  2. ^ "الجامعات الحكومية". mohesr.gov.iq. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  3. ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021" (PDF). Fifa.org.
  4. ^ Ufheil-Somers, Amanda (2014-05-06). "Hadi al-`Alawi, Scion of the Two Civilizations". MERIP. Retrieved 2025-02-21.