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UNSCOM

Iraq · Warfare / United Nations. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1995–1996Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1995

Rihab Rashid Taha1995

Warfare / United Nations

Rod Barton from Australia, showed Taha documents obtained by UNSCOM that showed the Iraqi Government had just purchased 10 tons of growth medium from a British company called Oxoid

1996

Rihab Rashid Taha1996

al-Hakam · Warfare / United Nations

The al-Hakam germ warfare center, headed by the British-educated Iraqi biologist Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha, was blown up by UNSCOM in 1996

Names involved

Rihab Rashid Taha

Provenance

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