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Clinton sends Carrier in Warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four

Iraq · Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1997

Saddam Hussein14 November 1997

Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party

Clinton sends Carrier in Warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weopons

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Saddam Hussein

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