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350 GREECE/645 IRAQMID#3079
Dispute Number: 3079
Date(s): August 9, 1982
Participants: 645 Iraq/350 Greece
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Iraqi forces destroyed two vessels, including a Greek freighter. A spokes-
man for Iraq said they had trouble telling if the ships were hostile.
MID#3057
Dispute Number: 3057
Date(s): October 31, 1983 to February 4, 1985
Participants: 645 Iraq/350 Greece
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: This dispute concerns a series of Iraqi attacks on Greek ships in the Per-
sian Gulf. The last attack was on January 28, during which the Greek tanker Serifos
was sunk as it traveled from Kuwait to Saudi Arabia.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 4, 1983. End Date changed
from January 29, 1985.
MID#2819
Dispute Number: 2819
Date(s): July 7, 1987 to November 12, 1987
Participants: 645 Iraq/350 Greece
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: An air launched Iraqi missile hit a Greek vessel on July 7, 1987. Iraqi
gunboats hit a Greek tanker with machine gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades on
October 1. Iraqi warplanes raided a Greek ship on October 12. On November 12, Iraq
attacked and damaged a Greek supertanker. Then, finally, on December 15, Iraqi jets
attacked a tanker.
MID#3957
Started in May 1990. See the narrative in the 645 Iraq/690 Kuwait dyad dispute list.
MID#4273
Started in October 1997. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/645 Iraq dyad
dispute list.