Chronology Of Iraq

’s Violations Of International Resolutions Essay, Research Paper

FOLLOWING IS A CHRONOLOGY OF THE MAIN IRAQI VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTIONS SINCE THE LIBERATION OF KUWAIT IN 1991.

SEP 6-13 1991 – IRAQ FORBIDS THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION (UNSCOM) IN CHARGE OF ELIMATING IRAQ’S MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS FROM USING CHOPPERS IN THEIR SEARCH EFFORTS AND SURROUNDS A 44-STRONG TEAM OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) AFTER THEIR SEARCH OF A SUSPECTED IRAQI NUCLEAR SITE.

JULY 1992 – INTENATIONAL INSPECTORS WERE FORBIDDEN FROM ENTERING THE IRAQI AGRICULTURE MINISTRY. DURING THEIR 18-DAY MONITORING OPERATION AT THE MINISTRY, THE INSPECTORS WERE ATTCKED BY IRAQI CROWDS AND THEYR WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE SITE.

DEC 27, 1992 – U.S. F-16 FIGHTER SHOOTS DOWN IRAQI MIG IN THE NO-FLY ZONE IN SOUTHERN IRAQ.

JANUARY 1993 – U.S. AND ALLIED PLANES BLAST IRAQI MILITARY TARGETS OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN RETALIATION FOR VIOLATIONS OF CEASEFIRE TERMS.

JUNE 1993 – U.S. WARSHIPS FIRE 23 CRUISE MISSILES AT BAGHDAD, DESTROYING IRAQI INTELLIGENCE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WING. ATTACK ORDERED TO AVENGE IRAQI PLOT TO KILL FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH DURING HIS VISIT TO KUWAIT EARLIER.

JULY AND AUGUST 1993 – U.S. PLANES STRIKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE SITES IN SERIES OF MISSILE ATTACKS IN NO-FLY ZONES OVER SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN IRAQ.

OCTOBER 1994 – IRAQI REPUBLICAN GUARDS MOVE INTO SOUTHERN IRAQ NEAR BORDER WITH KUWAIT. UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN SEND FORCES TOWARDS KUWAIT. THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL ISSUES RESOLUTION 949 CONDEMNING THE IRAQI MASSING OF THE TROOPS AND CALLS FOR THEIR IMMIDIATE WITHDRAWAL.

APRIL 1995 – A UNSCOM CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS DECALRES THAT IRAQ STILL POSSES A COPREHENSIVE UNDERGROUND BIOLOGICAL PROGRAM.

MAY 1995 – A UNSCOM CONFERENCE OF CHEMICHAL WEAPONS STRESS THAT IRAQ FAILED TO DATE TO DELIVER INFORMATION ABOUT IS CHEMICHAL WEAPONS PROGRAM.

JULY 1995 – FOR THE FIRST TIME, IRAQ RECOGNIZE THAT IT OWNS A BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM.

NOVEMBER 1995 – UNSCOM INVESTIGATIONS PROVES THAT THE IRAQI REGIME PURCHASED ADVANCED MISSILES CONTROL PANELS. THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT SEIZE A LARGE SHIPMENT OF MISSILES PARTS IN THEIR ROUTE TO BAGHDADA. UNSOM SEIZE SIMILAR EQUIPMENTS NEAR THE TIGRIS RIVER.

MARCH 1996 – INSPECTIONS TEAMS ARE FORBIDDEN FROM ENTERING FIVE SITES AND THEY WERE FORCED TO WAIT OUTSIDE FOR PERIODS OVER 17 HOURS. U.N SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS THE IRAQI ACTIONS AND SAYS THAT THEY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATIONS OF U.N. RESOLUTIONS.

JUNE 1996 – IRAQI AUTHORITIES FORBID INSPECTORS FROM ENTERING FOUR IRAQI SITES. U.N SECURITY COUNCIL ISSUES RESOLUTION 1060 URGING IRAQ TO ALLOW THE IMMIDIATE, UNCODITIONAL AND UNRESTRICTED ACCESS OF THE INSPECTION TEAMS TO IRAQI SITES.

JULY 1996 – IRAQI AUTHORITIES FORBID INSPECTORS FROM ENTERING SUSPECTED SITES.

AUGUST 1996 – U.N SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS THAT THE IRAQI ACTIONS ARE A BLUNT VIOLATIONS OF U.N. RESOLUTIONS 687, 707 AND 715.

SEPT 3 1996- U.S. FORCES FIRE 27 SEA- AND AIR-LAUNCHED MISSILES AT TARGETS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. WASHINGTON SAYS STRIKES ARE A WARNING TO IRAQ TO COMPLY WITH GULF WAR CEASEFIRE RESOLUTIONS. SADDAM HUSSEIN ORDERS HIS FORCES TO IGNORE THE NO-FLY ZONES AND SHOOT DOWN INTRUDERS.

SEPT 4 1996 – U.S. LAUNCHES SECOND WAVE OF CRUISE MISSILES AT IRAQI MILITARY TARGETS IN WHAT AMERICA SAYS IS EFFORT TO DESTROY IRAQ’S ABILITY TO ATTACK AIRCRAFT ENFORCING EXPANDED NO-FLY ZONE IN SOUTHERN IRAQ.

SEPT 11 1996 – IRAQ FIRES ONE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE AT TWO U.S. F-16 JETS POLICING NO-FLY ZONE OVER NORTHERN IRAQ.

SEPT 13 – IRAQ ANNOUNCES THAT IT WOULD SUSPEND ALL ATTACKS AGAINST ALLIED WARPLANES PATROLLING TWO NO-FLYZONES. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS U.S. MILITARY BUILD-UP IN GULF GATHERS PACE.

MARCH 1997 – IRAQI FORBIDS INSPECTORS FROM ENTERING SITES IN BAGHDAD AND TIKRIT.

APRIL 1997 – UNSCOM CHIEF ROLF EKEUS ACCUSES IRAQ OF DELAYING UNSCOM WORK.

JUNE 1997 – IRAQ FORBIDS UNSCOM FROM ENTERING THREE SITES. EKEUS INFORMS THE SECURITY COUNCIL THAT IRAQIS WERE DESTROYING EVIDANCE ABOUT THEIR WEAPONS PROGRAMS AND SAYS THAT IRAQ CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE THE INSPECTORS AND FORBID THEIR FROM COMPLETING THEIR MISSION.

JUNE 21 1997 – U.N SECURITY COUNCIL ISSUES RESOLUTION 1134 CONDEMNING IRAQ FOR CONTINUING TO BLOCK INSPECTORS FROM ENTERING SITES AND THREATEN IRAQ TO ADOPT NEW SANCTIONS INCLUDING BANNING IRAQI OFFICIALS FROM TRAVELING ABROAD.

OCT 29, 1997 – IRAQ, ACTING IN RESPONSE TO SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION THREATENING BAN ON TRAVEL ABROAD BY IRAQI OFFICIALS WHO INTERFERE WITH WEAPONS INSPECTIONS, BARS AMERICANS FROM WEAPONS TEAMS ON ITS TERRITORY AND GIVES THEM WEEK TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS DECISION AND THE U.N. SPECIAL COMMISSION (UNSCOM) SET UP AFTER GULF WAR TO ELIMINATE IRAQ’SWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SUSPENDS ALL FIELD OPERATIONS. THREE-WEEK-LONG CRISIS ENSUES DURING WHICH U.S. ASSEMBLES FORCE OF 30 WARSHIPS, 250 PLANES AND BOMBERS IN THE REGION.

NOV 3, 1997 – IRAQ WARNS WILL SHOOT DOWN U-2 SPY PLANES IF U.N. DOES NOT CANCEL THEM. BAGHDAD BLOCKS U.S. MEMBERS OF U.N. TEAM FROM WEAPONS SITE. U.N. HALTS THREE INSPECTIONS.

NOV 12, 1997 – SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BAN ON IRAQI OFFICIALS IMPEDING U.N. WEAPONS TEAMS, CONDEMNS IRAQ FOR BLOCKIN

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