International Conflicts, 1816-2010. Militarized Interstate Dispute Narratives - Douglas M. Gibler

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MID#4547


Dispute Number: 4547
Date(s): May 12, 2010 to December 31, 2010
Participants: 630 Iran/645 Iraq
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Iran attacked and even occupied territory in Iraqi Kurdistan during the last
half of 2010. On one occasion Iranian troops misidentified Iraqi troops as members of
the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and engaged in a brief clash of forces.


630 IRAN/651 EGYPT


MID#4073


Dispute Number: 4073
Date(s): March 11, 1993
Participants: 651 Egypt/630 Iran
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Egypt warned Iran against stationing ships in Sudan. Both Iran and Sudan
denied the charge. Tensions were high because Sudan had moved on an Egyptian
university in Khartoum just a few days before and had called for closer cooperation
with both Iran and Iraq.


630 IRAN/666 ISRAEL


MID#4548


Dispute Number: 4548
Date(s): May 30, 2010 to November 30, 2010
Participants: 666 Israel/630 Iran
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Israel moved three nuclear-powered submarines into the Persian Gulf as
a show of force.


630 IRAN/670 SAUDI ARABIA


MID#3617


Dispute Number: 3617
Date(s): April 25, 1984 to June 5, 1984
Participants: 630 Iran/690 Kuwait

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