12/20/1998

“Iraq has refused to admit inspectors since 1998, when the Clinton administration and British forces responded with four nights of air and missile strikes against more than 100 targets, including military headquarters and air defenses [which ended December 20, 1998].”

 – Elisabeth Bumiller, “Readmit Inspectors, President Tells Iraq; ‘Or Else’ is Unstated,” The New York Times, Nov. 27, 2001