This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 2

1918 UK War Office told commander in Mespotamia to seize as many oil

            producing areas as possible

1981 Iran bombed 4 hydroelectric power plants in Iraq

1989 US NSDD26 said U.S. would try to improve relations with Iraq

1992 UN Res 778 authorized Iraq oil revenues to be deposited in UN controlled bank

            until sanctions lifted

2002 Summary main points Natl Intel Estimate released Said Iraq rebuilding nuke &

            WMD programs

2002 Iraq called UK’s weapons dossier propaganda and lies

2002 Congress passes resolution allowing Bush to use force against Iraq

2002 Bush said that Iraq had WMD stocks rebuilding programs Working on nuclear

            programs

2002 NYT article quoted Richard Perle that CIA was anti-INC and they provided best

            intel on Iraq

2002 CIA Dep Dir told Senate British had stretched story that Iraq tried to buy

            uranium from Africa

2003 Iraq Survey Group interim report said found no Iraqi WMD but evidence of

            WMD programs

2003 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said Saddam never gave up ambitions to have

            WMD

2003 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said that Iraq’s WMD stocks looked like they were

            destroyed in 1990s

2003 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said secret WMD programs were hidden in Iraqi

            intelligence services for assassinations

2003 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said Iraq had produced banned missile types

2003 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Sanchez said insurgency had evolved and gotten more deadly

2003 NatSecAdv Rice created Iraq Stabilization Group to help run postwar Iraq

            without consulting with rest of govt

2003 Bush had given Pentagon control of postwar Iraq so NSC’s Iraq Stabilization

            Group had no authority

2004 Bush said Zarqawi travelled to Iraq before 03 invasion Killed USAID official

            Foley in Jordan

2004 Bush said Iraq was a threat because it had WMD and was connected to terrorist

            networks like Zarqawi’s

2005 Parliament ruled no vote on constitution would be based upon actual voters not

            registered ones to diminish Sunni ballots against document

2005 Sunni politicians complained that change in how votes counted would make it

            harder to reject draft constitution

2005 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid told Congress he was optimistic about Iraq war

2005 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Casey told Congress 1/3 of 119 Iraqi army battalions could

            operate with some US aid

2005 Pres Talabani asked PM Jaafari to step down Complained Shiites were

            dominating govt

2005 Pres Tabalani accued United Iraqi Alliance of not giving Kurds govt positions

            neglecting ministries run by Kurds not dealing with Kirkuk

2007 NatlSecAdv Rubaie told SecState Rice US had to tell Sunni politicians they

            couldn’t play politics & violence at same time

2007 NatlSec Adv Rubaie told SecState Rice Maliki would take care of Sadr and

            Mahdi Army

2015 Protests in Baghdad Babil Karbala Najaf Qadisiyah Muthanna Dhi Qar Wasit

            Maysan Basra Diyala demanding reform

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