Middle East 655
645 IRAQ/830 SINGAPOREMID#2785
Dispute Number: 2785
Date(s): November 18, 1987
Participants: 645 Iraq/830 Singapore
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: An Iraqi aircraft hit a Singaporean salvage tug with a missile off the coast
of Iran.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 20, 1987. End Date changed
from November 20, 1987.
645 IRAQ/900 AUSTRALIA
MID#420
Started in April 1941. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/645 Iraq dyad dispute
list.
MID#2784
Dispute Number: 2784
Date(s): October 1, 1987
Participants: 645 Iraq/900 Australia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Iraq attacked an Australian shrimp trawler, the Shenton Bluff, with a
plane-launched missile.
MID#3957
Started in May 1990. See the narrative in the 645 Iraq/690 Kuwait dyad dispute
list.
645 IRAQ/920 NEW ZEALAND
MID#420
Started in April 1941. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/645 Iraq dyad
dispute list.