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1971 November
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Relations between Iraq and Iran severed
| 1972 April
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Iraq and USSR sign fifteen-year Iraq-USSR Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation
| 1972 June
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IPC nationalised
| 1972 November
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November-December: fighting in northern Kurdistan
| 1973 July
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Failed coup attempt by Kazzar; al-Bakr and Saddam Hussein reinforce their hold on the state
| 1973 October
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Limited Iraqi participation in war with Israel
| 1974 March
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Autonomy Law for Kurdish areas announced despite continuing disagreement between government and KDP; widespread fighting throughout Kurdistan
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Chronology from Dr Charles Tripp, A History of Iraq, Cambridge University Press, 2000 ©
Cambridge University Press 2000. Reproduced with permission of Dr Charles Tripp and Cambridge University Press.
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