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1973 Samita Border Skirmish
Part of Iraq–Kuwait relations
Map of Kuwait showing Warbah Island and Bubiyan Island
Date
March 20th, 1973
Location
Kuwait
Result
Status quo restored[1]
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
Strength
Unknown
Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed
2 killed
Following the deterring effect of Operation Vantage and a coup in Iraq, Kuwait gained its recognition by Iraq in 1963, however the aggerment, never ratified, remained non-binding and was eventually dismissed by the revolutionary council.[2] Both countries had ongoing border disputes throughout most of the 1960s, although often restrained within the history 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.
^Khadduri, Majid (2001). War in the Gulf, 1990-91. Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780199923861.
^Khadduri, Majid (2001). War in the Gulf, 1990-91. Oxford University Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN 9780199923861.
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