War in the Persian Gulf Almanac | Inspections and Sanctions, 1992–2000

• United Nations begins weapons inspections
• A Gulf War Veteran Questions the Decision to Leave Saddam Hussein in Power
• Iraq plots to assassinate President Bush
• Economic sanctions create hardships for the Iraqi people
• International community questions sanctions
• Iraq's postwar problems continue
• Weapons inspectors leave Iraq

The United Nations (UN) agreement that officially ended the 1991 Persian Gulf War required Iraq to destroy all of its biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. In...