646 Chapter 5
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Israeli forces went on alert at the outbreak of the American attack on Iraq.
645 IRAQ/670 SAUDI ARABIA
MID#122
Started in June 1961. See the narrative in the 645 Iraq/690 Kuwait dyad dispute list.
MID#1612
Started in December 1972. See the narrative in the 645 Iraq/690 Kuwait dyad dispute
list.
MID#3957
Started in May 1990. See the narrative in the 645 Iraq/690 Kuwait dyad dispute list.
MID#3552
Started in July 1992. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/645 Iraq
dyad dispute list.
MID#4273
Started in October 1997. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/645 Iraq
dyad dispute list.
645 IRAQ/690 KUWAIT
MID#122
Dispute Number: 122
Date(s): June 25, 1961 to December 27, 1961
Participants: 645 Iraq/200 United Kingdom, 616 Tunisia, 625 Sudan, 630 Iran, 651
Egypt, 663 Jordan, 670 Saudi Arabia, 690 Kuwait
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: The United Kingdom granted independence to Kuwait on June 19, 1961.
Six days later the prime minister of Iraq renewed a long-standing claim that Kuwait
was actually Iraqi territory and threatened action and violence to nullify Kuwait’s
independence. This created an anxiety in Kuwait that was relieved in part by the