1973 Samita border skirmish
Iraq-Kuwait border clash / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Following the deterring effect of Operation Vantage (1961),[1] Kuwait gained its recognition by Iraq in 1963.[2] Both countries had ongoing border disputes throughout most of the 1960s, although often resolved and restrained within the history of Arab solidarity.
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1973 Samita Border Skirmish | |||||||
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Part of Iraq–Kuwait relations | |||||||
Map of Kuwait showing Warbah Island and Bubiyan Island | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kuwait | Iraq | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | ||||||
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Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4 killed | 2 killed |
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Since 1967 and during 1973, despite the unstable history between the Kuwaiti and the leadership of Iraq back then, the Kuwaiti military acted in alliance with the Iraqi military during the Six-Day War and participated with a token force during the 1973 October War of the same year.