1973 Samita Border Skirmish | |||||||
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Part of Iraq–Kuwait relations | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
12 killed | 2 killed |
Following the deterring effect of Operation Vantage and a coup in Iraq, Kuwait and Iraq signed a recognition draft in 1963, however the aggrement, never ratified, remained non-binding and was eventually dismissed by the revolutionary council.[1] Both countries had ongoing border disputes throughout most of the 1960s, although often restrained within the climate of Arab solidarity.
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.
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