1927 Turkish Petroleum Company struck oil at Baba Gurgur
field, Kirkuk starting Iraq's oil industry
1973 3rd day fighting between Israeli and Iraqi forces
in Syria
1980 Iraqi forces entered Khorramshahr, Iran Iranians began
phased withdrawal from
city
1990 Iran and Iraq officially restored diplomatic
relations as Saddam tried to secure his
eastern flank
as war neared with US
1997 Britain, Turkey, US asked for KDP to withdraw from PUK territory
2001 Frontline TV show interviewed Iraq defector who
claimed Iraq training
terrorists
to hijack planes at Salman Pak
2003 White House told Congress 70,000 new Iraqi forces on duty and 13,000
in training
2003 Sadrists tried to seize Karbala shrine leading to
fighting with Sistani followers
2003 Zarqawi suicide car bombing of Turkish Embassy in
Baghdad 2 dead 13 wounded
2004 Insurgents penetrated Green Zone Baghdad Suicide
bombers killed 5 wounded 18
2012 MP announced arrest warrant issued for head of
Central Bank of Iraq Shabibi
after he
refused to cooperate with Maliki over the dinar
2014 IS captured Hit, Anbar after Iraq army unit abandoned
base
2015 Baiji refinery in Salahaddin finally freed from IS
View the Iraq History Timeline
No comments:
Post a Comment