1981 in Iraq
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The following lists events that happened during 1981 in Iraq.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 5 January – For the first time since Iraq had invaded its territory in September, Iran launched a counterattack, concentrating its armies at Sousangerd. After 18 months, Iraqi forces had been driven out of Iran, which then began a drive toward capturing Iraqi territory. The war would continue until 1988.[1]
June
- 7 June – Israel bombs the nearly completed but not operational Iraqi nuclear reactor 18 miles south of Baghdad in an operation known as Operation Opera. It was the world's first attack on a nuclear plant.[2]
Deaths
- 25 June – Saleh Yousefi Kurdish politician.(b.1918)[3]
Date unknown
- Nureddin Mahmud – Politician and military commander.(b.1889)[4]
References
- ^ Saskia Gieling, Religion and War in Revolutionary Iran (I.B.Tauris, 1999) pp20-22
- ^ "1981: Israel bombs Baghdad nuclear reactor". 1981-06-07. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ "في ذكرى استشهاد صالح اليوسفي". www.kdp.info. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ فوزي, أحمد (1984). 12 رئيس وزراء حكايات سياسية وصحفية. مطبعة دار الجاحظ.