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The following lists events that happened during 2001 in the Iraqi Republic.
Incumbents
- President: Saddam Hussein
- Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein
- Vice President: Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf
- Vice President: Taha Yassin Ramadan
Events
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February
- February 16 - British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids, attempting to disable Iraq's air defense network.
- February 17 - Baghdad is bombed by US and UK war planes, killing three people.
- February 19 - The Arab world and the UN Security Council criticise the attacks by the US and UK two days ago. [1]
- February 20 - The critics of the raids by the UK and US claim that foreign ministers are planning to refine the sanctions against Iraq. [2]
August
- August 27 - A U.S. Military RQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle failed to return from a routine reconnaissance mission, Iraq claims to have shot it down. [3]
September
- September 11 - 2,996 killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Saddam Hussein immediately declares that his government played no part in the attacks. Also that day a U.S. military RQ-1B Predator drone crashed near Basra, Iraq claims to have shot it down. [4]
External links
References
- ^ "February 2001". 20 March 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Iraq sanctions to be eased". 20 February 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "U.S. pilotless spy plane lost over Iraq, Pentagon sources say". CNN. 27 August 2001.
- ^ "U.S. spy drone missing over Iraq". CNN. 11 September 2001.
| This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2018) |
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: |
Other events of 2001 List of years in Iraq | ||||
The following lists events that happened during 2001 in the Iraqi Republic.
Incumbents
- President: Saddam Hussein
- Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein
- Vice President: Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf
- Vice President: Taha Yassin Ramadan
Events
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| This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (October 2010) |
February
- February 16 - British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids, attempting to disable Iraq's air defense network.
- February 17 - Baghdad is bombed by US and UK war planes, killing three people.
- February 19 - The Arab world and the UN Security Council criticise the attacks by the US and UK two days ago. [1]
- February 20 - The critics of the raids by the UK and US claim that foreign ministers are planning to refine the sanctions against Iraq. [2]
August
- August 27 - A U.S. Military RQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle failed to return from a routine reconnaissance mission, Iraq claims to have shot it down. [3]
September
- September 11 - 2,996 killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Saddam Hussein immediately declares that his government played no part in the attacks. Also that day a U.S. military RQ-1B Predator drone crashed near Basra, Iraq claims to have shot it down. [4]
External links
References
- ^ "February 2001". 20 March 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Iraq sanctions to be eased". 20 February 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "U.S. pilotless spy plane lost over Iraq, Pentagon sources say". CNN. 27 August 2001.
- ^ "U.S. spy drone missing over Iraq". CNN. 11 September 2001.