1998 in Iraq

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Iraq.

← 1997 1996 1995 1998 in Iraq → 1999 2000 2001
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1998 List of years in Iraq

Incumbents

• President: Saddam Hussein
• Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein
• Vice President:
  • Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf
  • Taha Yassin Ramadan
  • Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

Events

• 18 February – Around 2,000 protesters gather in front of the White House protesting the US threats of military strikes in Iraq.^[1]
• 22 February – UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrives at an agreement with Iraqi officials to resolve the crisis over UN inspections teams' presence in Iraq.^[2]
• 28 April – Construction starts on the Umm al-Qura Mosque, one of the largest mosques in Iraq. ^[3]
• 29 September – The Kurdish civil war officially ends with the signing of the Washington agreement.^[4]

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  University of Diyala

  November 13 – After Iraq commits to United Nations Special Commission, American President Bill Clinton cancels scheduled air raids on the country.
• November 23 – Iraq stops their UNSCOM partnership.
• 16-19 December –The United States and Britain carry out a bombing campaign targeting Iraqi sites, the operation codenamed Operation Desert Fox.^[5]

Date Unknown

• The University of Diyala is established.^[6]

Births

• 7 January – Sajjad Jasim Mousa, footballer.^[7]

Deaths

• 27 September – Hadi Alwai, intellectual and historian.(b.1932) ^[8]

Date Unknown

• Abd al-Malik Nuri, Iraqi writer. (b.1921)^[9]
• Rabab Al-Kadhimi, Iraqi poet and surgeon.(b.1918).^[10]