Crisis – armed conflict with Egypt over its seizure of the Suez Canal Zone, and dispute with most of international community 1958 – First Cod War – fishing dispute with Iceland 1962–1966 – Konfrontasi – war with Indonesia 1972–1973 – Second Cod War – fishing dispute with Iceland 1975–1976 – Third Cod War – fishing dispute with Iceland 1982 – Falklands War – war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands and other British South Atlantic territory. 1983 – Condemnation of the United States over its invasion of Grenada. 1984 – dispute with Libya after a policewoman is shot dead in London by a gunman from within the Libyan embassy and considerable Libyan support for the IRA in Northern Ireland. 1988 – further dispute with Libya over the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over the Scottish town of Lockerbie 1991 – Gulf War with Iraq 1995 – under UN mandate, military involvement in former Yugoslavia (specifically Bosnia) 1997 – Hong Kong handover to Chinese rule. Britain secures guarantees for a "special status" that would continue capitalism and protect existing British property. 1999 – involvement in NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia over Kosovo 2000 – British action in saving the UN peacekeeping force from collapse and defeating the anti-government rebellion during the Sierra Leone Civil War 2001 – UN-sponsored war against, and subsequent occupation of, Afghanistan 2003 – Collaborate with US and others in war and occupation of, Iraq Over 46,000 British troops subsequently occupy Basra and Southern Iraq 2007 – (ongoing) diplomatic dispute with Russia over the death of Alexander Litvinenko Additional matters have strained British-Russian relations; continued espionage, Russian human rights violations and support of regimes hostile to the west (Syria, Iran) 2009 – (ongoing) Dispute with Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons programme, including sanctions and Iranian condemnation of the British government culminating in a 2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran. 2011 – under UN mandate, UK Armed Forces participated in enforcing the Libyan No-Fly Zone as part of Operation Ellamy 2013 – support to French forces in the Malian civil war, including training and equipment to African peacekeeping and Malian government forces. 2015 – support to US-led coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. 2016 – P5+1 and EU implement a deal with Iran intended to prevent the country gaining access to nuclear weapons. 2018 – Sanctions on Russia following the