512 Chapter 5
Narrative: An Iraqi warplane hit a Panamanian tanker headed for Iran and set it
ablaze on April 29, 1987. Iraq then hit another Panamanian tanker on May 13.
Coding changes: End Date changed from April 29, 1987.
MID#2769
Dispute Number: 2769
Date(s): January 30, 1988
Participants: 645 Iraq/95 Panama
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: An Iraqi airstrike hit the Mare, a Panamanian-flagged freighter. The ship
was en route to the Iranian port of Beshehr. When the ship was discovered by the US
navy, the crew had disappeared.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from January 31, 1988. End Date changed from
January 31, 1988.
160 ARGENTINA/645 IRAQ
MID#3957
Started in May 1990. See the narrative in the 645 Iraq/690 Kuwait dyad dispute list.
200 UNITED KINGDOM/600 MOROCCO
MID#164
Started in May 1904. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/600 Morocco
dyad dispute list.
200 UNITED KINGDOM/630 IRAN
MID#8
Dispute Number: 8
Date(s): July 11, 1856 to March 4, 1857
Participants: 200 United Kingdom/630 Iran
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Imposed)
Fatalities: >999 deaths
Narrative: This is the Anglo-Persian War of 1857, over the territory of Herat (in
Afghanistan) and occurred in the context of the struggle for influence in Asia between
the British and the Russians. Afghanistan was an important buffer zone for the Brit-
ish, as it was the roadblock for Russian expansion into British-held India during this
period of rivalry. The British desired to keep the status quo in Afghanistan. The Shah,