What the records say
- When
- 10 Feb 1973
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 33.73° N, 73.13° E
- Description
- armed raid by Pakistani forces on the Iraqi embassy in Islamabad
1973 raid on the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan
Armed raid by Pakistani forces on the Iraqi embassy in Islamabad
The 1973 raid on the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan was an armed infiltration carried out by Government of Pakistan on 10 February 1973 at the embassy of Ba'athist Iraq in Islamabad. The raid, carried out by the Civil Armed Forces, including Pakistan Rangers and the Islamabad Police, was launched after the interception of information by Pakistani intelligence that uncovered large-scale covert Iraqi involvement in the supp…
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