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| 1978 | Assassination Hussein, Saddam |  |
| London Nayif is shot dead on Saddam's orders in London |
| 1978 | Coup d'Etat Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 16th July Saddam, Adnan, a cousin, & Tulfah, an uncle, threaten Bakr in the Presidential Palace |
| 1978 | Coup d'Etat Hussein, Saddam | |
| 16th July Adnan, a cousin, & Tulfah, an uncle, threaten Bakr in the Presidential Palace |
| 1978 | Diplomacy Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| Attempts to create a united Arab front with Syria to oppose Egypt's peace with Israel |
| 1978 | Diplomacy Hussein, Saddam | |
| Damascus Agrees to unite Syria & Iraq's ministries of foreign affairs, defense & information |
| Nov Signs a deal with France for the development of aNuclear reactor |
| 1978 | Invasion of Kuwait Hussein, Saddam | |
| Nov Baghdad Threatens to invade Kuwait at the Arab Summit in Kuwait |
| 1978 | Rebellion Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| Shiites, the majority of Iraq, oppose the secular policy of the Ba'athists |
| 1978 | Reform Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| The Baath Party of Iraq announces it wishes to unite with the Baath Party of Syria |
| 1978 | Reform Hussein, Saddam | |
| Architect of the policy to unite the Syrian & Iraqi Baath Parties |
| The Baath Party of Iraq announces it wishes to unite with the Baath Party of Syria |
| 1978 | Summit Hussein, Saddam | |
| Nov Baghdad Threatens to invade Kuwait at the Arab Summit in Kuwait |
