The following lists events that happened during 1999 in Iraq.
Incumbents President: Saddam Hussein Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein Vice President: Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf Taha Yassin Ramadan Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Events 8 January – United States officials admit to using UNSCOM to collect intelligence against the Iraqi government. 19 February – The Second Sadr uprising breaks out in majority Shia cities and neighborhoods in Iraq after a Shia cleric, Muhammad al-Sadr is assassinated in Najaf. 6 November – A delegation in support of listing the sanctions on Iraq led by British MP George Galloway arrives in Baghdad. The delegation, which left London using a double-decker bus on September 2, 1999, passed through few countries on its route, raising funds for cancer treatment for Iraqi children and highlighting the humanitarian cost of the sanctions. 17 December – United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284 is adopted, replacing UNSCOM with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC).
Date Unknown Eighteen Thousand Iraqis are turned down at the Iraqi-Saudi border and not allowed to perform Hajj, due to the UN not releasing Iraqi funds designated for their travel expenses.
Births
1 January –Hasan Abdulkareem Jabbar, footballer 1 January – Ahmed Farhan Mushref, footballer 18 August – Hussein Ammar Ameen, footballer
Deaths
19 February – Muhammad al-Sadr, Shia cleric (b.1943) 3 August – Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati, poet (b.1926) 3 August – Mohammed Hadid, politician. (b.1907) 11 October – Rafi Daham al-Tikriti, former director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.(b.1937)
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