| 1990
|
| Aug. 2 Iraq
invades Kuwait. |
| Aug. 11 United Nations imposes
sanctions on Iraq. They’re still in force today. |
| 1991 |
| Jan. 17 U.S.-led
coalition launches air war against Iraq. |
| Feb. 26 Allied troops take control
of Kuwait. |
| Feb. 28
Cease-fire announced. |
| March 2 Shiite Muslims in southern
Iraq and Kurds in the north rebel, and Iraqi army crushes both revolts. |
| 1992
|
| Aug. 27
“No-fly” zone is imposed over southern Iraq to stop air attacks on Shiite Muslim
rebels. United States and some allies begin air patrols. |
| 1993 |
| Jan. 7 Baghdad
refuses to remove missiles that U.S. says it has moved into southern Iraq; allied
warplanes and warships attack missile sites and a nuclear facility near Baghdad. |
| June 27 U.S. warships fire 24
cruise missiles at intelligence headquarters in Baghdad in retaliation for plot to
assassinate former President Bush. By Iraqi count, eight die. |
| 1994
|
| Oct. 7 Iraqi
troops move toward Kuwait, then pull back when U.S. dispatches carrier group, 54,000
troops and warplanes. |
| 1996 |
| Aug. 31 Saddam
sends Iraqi forces into northern Iraq, capturing a key city inside the Kurdish “safe
haven” protected by U.S.-led forces. |
| Sept. 3-4 U.S. ships and airplanes
fire scores of cruise missiles at military targets in a move to punish the Iraq military
and discourage it from following Saddam. Clinton extends the southern no-fly zone to the
suburbs of Baghdad. |
| Nov. 25 Iraq
announces “full agreement” with the U.N. on implementing the oil-for-food deal. |
| Dec. 9 U.N. Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali gives final OK allowing Iraq to make limited oil sales. |
| 1997
|
| June 21
President Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin agree to consider tougher sanctions
against Iraq unless U.N. weapons inspectors certify in October that Baghdad is fully
cooperating. |
| Oct. 7 U.N. weapons inspectors
report Iraq still refuses to disclose full details of its banned weapons program and is
imposing new restrictions on inspections. |
| Oct. 23 The U.N.
Security Council threatens Iraq with trade ban unless it cooperates with inspectors.
Russia, China, France, Kenya, Egypt abstain in the voting. |
| Oct. 29 Baghdad bars Americans
from participating in U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq. The U.N. Security Council says ban
is “unacceptable” and warns of “serious consequences” unless Baghdad
backs down. |