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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 2000, March 27 | |
| National Assembly elections were held, but the only candidates allowed to run were members of the National Progressive Front and non-partisans supporting the Ba’th government. | 1 |
| Sept. 4 | |
| Iraq committed the first violation in 10 years of Saudi air space with its planes. It was suspected that Saddam was trying to provoke a U.S. response. Iraq was still uncooperative and continued to resist the new UN Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) inspections team of the UN, claiming that the U.S. and Britain would have to cease air attacks before inspectors would be allowed into the country. Severe economic sanctions continued, but oil-for-food trading resumed in 2000. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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