1973 Raid On The Iraqi Embassy In Pakistan
The 1973 raid on the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan was an armed infiltration carried out by Pakistan in February 1973 at the embassy of Ba'athist Iraq in Islamabad. The raid, carried out by the Pakistan Rangers and the Capital Territory Police, Islamabad Police, was launched after the interception of information by Pakistani intelligence community, Pakistani intelligence that uncovered large-scale covert Iraqi involvement in the supplication of weapons and funds to militants waging Insurgency in Balochistan, an insurgency against Iran (then the Pahlavi Iran, Imperial State of Iran) and Pakistan in the Balochistan, Balochistan region situated between the two countries. Following the embassy raid, an abundance of funds and Soviet Union, Soviet armaments from Iraq that were meant for Baloch insurgents were seized by Pakistani forces, and the Iraqi ambassador to Pakistan as well as the embassy's staff were immediately expelled from Pakistan and declared Persona non grata, ''personae non gra ...
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