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The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Iraq.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Saddam Hussein
- Prime Minister:
- Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (until September 5)
- Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai (starting September 5)
- Vice President:
Events
[edit]- 13 January – A series of airstrikes on Iraq are carried out by the US lead coalition forces.[1]
- 27 May – United Nations Security Council Resolution 833 is passed formalizing the Iraqi-Kuwaiti borders, Iraq protested the decision due to the way it divided the Khawr Abd Allah channel.[2]
- 26 June – Cruise missile airstrikes on Iraq is ordered by U.S. President Bill Clinton as retaliation for Iraq alleged involvement in an assassination attempt on former President George H. W. Bush.[3][4]
Births
[edit]- 10 March – Nadia Murad, Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist.
- 14 July – Frans Dhia Jirjis, Iraqi-Danish footballer.[5]
- 28 June – Safaa Al Sarai, Iraqi political activist, known for being an icon of the 2019 Iraqi protests in which he was killed by security forces.(d.2019) [6]
- 9 August – Ali Yaseen Yas, footballer.[7]
- 23 September – Mustafa Nadhim Jari, footballer.[5]
- 24 September – Hawbir Mustafa, Iraqi-Dutch footballer.
- 9 November– Amjad Walid, footballer.
Deaths
[edit]- 20 April – Khairallah Talfah, Iraqi military officer and politician.(b.c.1910)
- 27June – Layla Al-Attar, Iraqi artist and painter. (b.1944)
References
[edit]- ^ Jr, R. W. Apple (1993-01-14). "RAID ON IRAQ; U.S. AND ALLIED PLANES HIT IRAQ, BOMBING MISSILE SITES IN SOUTH IN REPLY TO HUSSEIN'S DEFIANCE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
- ^ Marr, Phebe Ann (2018). The modern history of Iraq. Taylor and Francis (4th ed.). Boca Raton, FL: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-0-8133-5006-6.
- ^ "Military Action in Iraq: 1990-2002". ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
- ^ Von Drehle, David; Smith, R. Jeffrey (27 July 1993). "U.S. Strikes Iraq for Plot to Kill Bush".
- ^ a b "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021" (PDF). Fifa.org.
- ^ "University of Technology - Baghdad [Acceptance Rate + Statistics]". EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location. 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021" (PDF). Fifa.org.
