Saddam Hussein13 November 1997
Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response
Iraq · Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response
Clinton sends carrier 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 weapons
Clinton welcomes Saddam Hussein's decision to back down and allow United Nations inspectors to resume search for weapons of mass destruction
Iraq still bars inspectors from palaces, military bases, and intelligence centres
In late 2002 Saddam Hussein, in a letter to Hans Blix, invites United Nations weapons inspectors back into the country
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