Saudi Arabia / Kuwait / Japan / United States / Afghanistan / United Kingdom / Iraq / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Diplomatic Relations / Person Communication and Meetings / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
The Library of Congress IB94049 / The Library of Congress CONTENTS SUMMARY MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS Events / /
IndustryTerm
aircraft carrier / fiber optic cable network / media reports / nuclear warfare systems / air defense systems / Web Iraq / software defects / missile systems / fiber optic communications / chemical and biological weapons programs / communications facilities / oil refinery / air defense site / /
MedicalCondition
anthrax / /
NaturalFeature
Persian Gulf / Indian Ocean island / /
Organization
B. Prados Foreign Affairs / Defense / and Trade Division Congressional Research Service / Pentagon / U.S. Air Force / U.N. Human Rights Commission / U.S. European Command / House of Representatives / Iraq’s elite military / Iraqi military / International Atomic Energy Agency / Iraqi intelligence / Central Intelligence / United States Marine Corps / Senate Armed Services Committee / Senate / U.S. Department of Defense / U.N. General Assembly / Congress / U.N. Security Council / al-Qaeda / Iraqi government / United Nations / Clinton Administration / Congressional Research Service / Security Council / U.S. Defense Department / U.N. Special Commission on Iraq / /
Person
Osama bin Laden / George Tenet / Rear Admiral Quigley / Clinton / Condoleeza Rice / Alfred B. Prados / Bush / Diego Garcia / Saddam Hussein / /
Position
Republican Guard / spokesman / President / spokesperson / Butler / National Security Advisor / the U.S. Ambassador / Chief Butler / Secretary General / Secretary / air defense spokesman / official / U.S. theater commander / Staff General / Chairman / Director / Deputy Prime Minister / /
Product
B-52 / B-1 / U-2 / B-52s / /
Region
Indian Ocean / northern Kuwait / Middle East / Persian Gulf / southern Iraq / northern Iraq / /
Order Code IB94049 Issue Brief for Congress Received through the CRS Web Iraq: Former and Recent Military Confrontations