September
September 2002International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Saddam Hussein
Warfare / United Nations
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
September 2002Invasion of IraqSaddam Hussein
Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
September 2002Invasion of IraqSaddam Hussein
Warfare / United Nations
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
September 2002UN Resolution 1441Saddam Hussein
Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
September 2002UN Resolution 1441Saddam Hussein
Warfare / United Nations
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Other Events
2002UN Security CouncilSaddam Hussein
Warfare / Military
The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq
2002UN Security CouncilSaddam Hussein
Warfare / United Nations
The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq
2002Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)Saddam Hussein
Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party
In late 2002 Saddam Hussein, in a letter to Hans Blix, invites United Nations weapons inspectors back into the country
2002Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)Saddam Hussein
Warfare / Military
In late 2002 Saddam Hussein, in a letter to Hans Blix, invites United Nations weapons inspectors back into the country
2002Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)Saddam Hussein
Warfare / Military
The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq
2002Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)Saddam Hussein
Warfare / United Nations
The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq. The carefully worded United Nations resolution put the burden on Iraq, not U.N. inspectors, to prove that they no longer had weapons of mass destruction