This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 15

1927 1^st successful oil well started at Baba Gargur field in Kirkuk

1960 Islamic Party complained to Gen Qasim that his govt neglected religion while

            accepted Communists

1960 Islamic Party asked Qasim to ban Communists and their media while releasing

            any cleric arrested since 1958 coup

1973 Syrian-Jordanian-Iraqi offensive in southern Syria failed to achieve results

1980 Iraq Foreign Minister Hamadi presented Iraq’s case to UN claiming it acted in

            self-defense in Iran-Iraq War

1994 Iraq withdrew troops from Kuwait border after Russian diplomacy and UN

            Resolution 949 that demanded withdrawal

1994 UN Res 949 demanded Iraq’s full cooperation with UN inspectors

1995 Saddam won referendum with 99.9% of vote for him to be president for 7 more

years

1997 Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr gave sermon saying No! Yes is just for

            God mocking Yes to Saddam slogan

1997 Turkey’s Op Dawn ended against PKK in Kurdistan

2001 CIA report from Rome said that Italian intel said Iraq tried to buy uranium from

            Niger but didn’t see much merit in it

2001 Under Sec of Def Feith briefed NSC on plan for governing postwar Iraq with

             3-star general in charge of military and civilian administrator

2001 White House spokesman said no connection between Iraq and anthrax letters

            sent to Wash DC

2002 Rumsfeld wrote list of 29 things that could go wrong with Iraq War One was

            finding no WMD

2002 Rumsfeld's list was to point out possible problems so war could be successful 

2003 Powell said that his claims about Iraq’s WMD program had been proven

2003 Rice said CPA’s schedule for Iraq wouldn’t work and new one had to be created

2003 Sadr followers failed to take over Karbala shrine

2004 US put Zarqawi on its terrorist list

2004 Cheney said Iraq could have given WMD to terrorists

2005 Referendum on new Iraqi constitution held

2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council again announced ISI and Islamic State in Baghdad

            Anbar Diyala Kirkuk Salahaddin Ninewa Babil

2006 Islamic State in Iraq said its goal was to govern

2015 Immediately after Baiji refinery liberated Hashd began looting facility and selling

            off equipment to Iraqi and Iranian businesses

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