* 1990 – Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

* 1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

The civilian population of the city dropped to near zero during the eight-years Iran – Iraq War. As of the 1986 census due to the war the population dropped to only 6 people.

Exploded tank, remains as symbol of Iran – Iraq War ( 1980 – 1988 ).

Abadan had suffered serious damages during Iran – Iraq War ( 1980 – 88 ), including Saddam's deadly chemical weapons.

In September 1980, Abadan was almost overrun during a surprise attack on Khuzestan by Iraq, marking the beginning of the Iran – Iraq War.

The M113 armored personnel carrier | M113, one of the most common tracked APCs, on duty during the Iraq War.

During the Anglo-Iraqi War, some of the units located in the British Mandate of Palestine were sent to Iraq and drove Fordson armored cars.

Category: Iraq War guided missiles

Despite the much-vaunted capabilities, the Phoenix was rarely used in combat, with only two confirmed launches and no confirmed targets destroyed in US Navy service, though a large number of kills were claimed by Iranian F-14s during the Iran – Iraq War.

Category: Iran – Iraq War guided missiles

As its member, Bulgaria sent a total of 485 soldiers to Iraq ( 2003 – 2008 ) as a participant in the Iraq War, and currently maintains a 608-strong force in Afghanistan as part of ISAF.

The Mesopotamian collections were greatly augmented by excavations in southern Iraq after the First World War.

Thus, a number of Allied soldiers received the Bronze Star Medal in World War II, as well as U. N. soldiers in the Korean War, Vietnamese and allied forces in the Vietnam War, and coalition forces in recent military operations such as the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom and the Iraq War.

However, Canada has disagreed with American policies regarding the Vietnam War, the status of Cuba, the Iraq War, Missile Defense, and the War on Terrorism.

In collaboration with the Stop the War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain, CND has organised anti-war marches under the slogan " Don't Attack Iraq ", including protests on September 28, 2002 and February 15, 2003.

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At the outbreak of the war, Iraq had amassed an estimated 35 billion in foreign exchange reserves.

In 2002, the Persian Gulf nations of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, produced about 25 % of the world's oil, held nearly two-thirds of the world's crude oil reserves, and about 35 % of the world natural gas reserves.

Today, the remains of the city lies in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, approximately 35 km south of the city of Baghdad.

It has also had involvement in a number of other high profile construction engineering projects: numerous power projects such as refineries and nuclear power plants ; transportation projects including the Channel Tunnel, the BART system, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam ( the largest Airport in the world by land area ), Hong Kong International Airport and the Big Dig ; and other projects such as the Kingdom Centre and Tower in Saudi Arabia, Jubail Industrial City, the rebuilding of the civil infrastructure of Iraq funded by the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ), and the hauling and installing of more than 35, 000 trailers and mobile homes for Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi.

Finally, he put out a budget plan that claimed to save $ 2. 35 trillion over ten years through a repeal of the Bush tax cuts, sharing the cost of the Iraq War with other nations, and cutting government waste.

With warfare ongoing in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003, the United States Air Force used 35 bases, while in 2006 it uses 14 today, including four in Iraq.

So far 35 countries have not signed the treaty ; nonsignatories include Russia, United States, China, Somalia, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Cuba, Egypt, India, Israel and Iraq.

His approval for handling Iraq dips to 35 percent, compared with 44 percent in April.

The resolution was adopted by a majority of 35 countries from among the 58 members of the United Nations at that time ; however all six Arab countries then represented at the UN voted against it ( Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen, all were parties to the conflict in question ).

According to the president, by 31 August 2010, after nearly seven and a half years of United States military engagement in Iraq, all but a " transitional force " of 35, 000 to 50, 000 troops would be withdrawn from the Middle Eastern nation.

Seven B-52Gs from Barksdale AFB launched 35 missiles at designated launch points in the U. S. Central Command's area of responsibility to attack high-priority targets in Iraq.

*: 35 ( Most of them lost during Iran – Iraq War )

The Kucinich / Wexler impeachment resolution contained 35 articles covering the Iraq war, the Valerie Plame affair, creating a case for war with Iran, capture and treatment of prisoners of war, spying and or wiretapping inside the United States, use of signing statements, failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas, the 2004 elections, medicare, Hurricane Katrina, global warming, and 9 / 11.

Eight F-16 jet fighters and six F-15s from the Etzion Airbase at 3: 55 pm in Israel, arriving over the target in Iraq at 6: 35 pm local time.

Based in Camp Navistar ( located on the Kuwait side of the border Near Safwan, Iraq ), this company acquired 35 humvees and five M939 five-ton trucks, and modified them with improvised armor and. 50 calibre machine-guns.

Some 35, 000 Turkish troops moved into northern Iraq attempting to clean out PKK strongholds during the period March 20 – May 2, 1995.

Hassuna or Tell Hassuna is an ancient Mesopotamian site situated in what was to become ancient Assyria, and is now in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq west of the Tigris river, south of Mosul and about 35 km southwest of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh.

* " Curveball " Revelations Indicate falsified info used to start Iraq war and esp used for Powell's UN presentation on Iraq WMDs, November 5, 2007

The last Salvadoran troops left Iraq on January 2009 with 5 soldiers lost in their 5 and a half year involvement.

In mid-2004, Iraq had an estimated 5, 000 megawatts of power-generating capacity, compared with 7, 500 megawatts of demand.

Kuwait sent large sums of money to Iraq, amounting to approximately $ 5 bn.

Nonetheless, Britain, Iraq and Turkey ratified a separate treaty on 5 June 1926 that mostly followed the decision of the League Council and also assigned Mosul to Iraq.

The Treaty of Muhammarah ( Khorramshahr ) of 5 May 1922, forestalled the imminent conflict between the United Kingdom, which held the mandate for Iraq, and the Kingdom of Nejd, which later became Saudi Arabia ( when combined with the Kingdom of Hejaz ).

On 31 July 2007 following Iraq victory of the Asian Cup, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE awarded the Iraq National football team 20 million Dhs, ($ 5. 2 million ) for capturing the Asian Cup for the first time in the country ’ s history.

* March 5 – Iran accuses Iraq of using chemical weapons ; the United Nations condemns their use on March 30.

* July 5 – Iraq disarmament crisis: UN inspection teams leave Iraq.

* March 1 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to 5 sites designated for inspection.

* February 5 – Iraq disarmament crisis: U. S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council on Iraq.

As of January 2010, The top 4 ISPs in Iraq's capital city of Baghdad are: MASARAT telecom, offering speeds up to 40 megabits and it is the fastest internt in Iraq " Earthlink which provides a download speed of up to 5. 0 megabits per second ( Mb / s ) in off-peak times and a download / upload speed of 1024 / 128 kilobits per second ( Kb / s ) at peak utilization ; ( Rose Telecom ) provides speeds up to 4 / 0. 7 Mbit / s in off-peak times and 512 / 128 kbit / s at peak ; / s in off-peak times ; and ATS-Iraq, which targets the home and single user demographic.

* Completed ( and continuing work on ) thousands of infrastructure projects in Iraq at an estimated cost over $ 9 billion: school projects ( 324, 000 students ), crude oil production, potable water projects ( 3. 9 million people ( goal 5. 2 million )), fire stations, border posts, prison / courthouse improvements, transportation / communication projects, village road / expressways, railroad stations, postal facilities, and aviation projects.

On December 5, Vilsack announced that he favored withdrawing most of the U. S. forces from Iraq and leaving a small force in the Northern region for a limited period.

On May 5, 2006, she was again invited to the White House to meet with former Secretaries and Bush administration officials to discuss Iraq.

On February 5, 2004, Task Force Olympia was activated, as a sub-element of I Corps headquarters with the mission to command forward-deployed units in Iraq.

On January 5, 2007, reacting to suggestions from President Bush's confidantes that he would increase troop levels in Iraq ( which he announced in a speech a few days later ), Pelosi joined with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to condemn the plan.

Carrefour is to open 5 stores in Iraq in the city of Erbil in 2011.