This Day In Iraqi History – Oct 7

1959 Baathists made failed assassination attempt on Pres. Qasim wounding him Saddam

            fled to Syria & Egypt as a result

1973 Iraq nationalized shares of US oil company & Shell in retaliation for west support

            for Israel in 1973 Arab-Israeli War

1982 During Op Muslim ibn Aqil Iranian forces reached Mandali, Diyala but stopped

            from further advances

1983 US report Iran was turning tide in Iran-Iraq War and US already starting to tilt

            towards Iraq

1991 Peshmerga executed 60 Iraqi soldiers captured in Sulaymaniya

1998 Congress passed Iraq Liberation Act saying policy was to remove Saddam

            Opened up money to Iraq opposition

2001 bin Laden video said he was fighting for Iraqis who had suffered under sanctions

2002 Bush speech said Iraq great threat because of WMD and its history of aggression

2002 Bush said if Iraq got enriched uranium it could have a nuclear bomb in less than a

            year

2002 Bush speech claimed Al Qaeda and Iraq united in hatred for U.S. Had

            high level contacts for a decade

2002 Bush claimed Iraq had trained Al Qaeda in bomb making and poisons and Saddam celebrated
            9/11

2002 CIA blocked Bush talking about Iraq trying to buy uranium from Africa in

            speech

2002 Italian contacted journalist about providing her with Iraq-Niger uranium deal

            papers that turned out to be fakes

2002 CIA Dir Tenet letter to Congress said Iraq wouldn’t conduct terrorist or WMD

            attacks upon US unless regime threatened

2002 CIA Dir Tenet letter to Congress said high level contacts between Iraq & Al

            Qaeda & Al Qaeda agents were in Iraq

2002 Intel officials complained to press saying White House claims of Iraq-Al Qaeda ties

            exaggerated

2003 Rumsfeld said he knew nothing of NatSecAdv Rice creating Iraq Stabilization

            Group at NSC

2003 Rumsfeld was told about NSC group but wanted to personally be in control of all

            Iraq decisions so opposed Rice’s move

2003 Australian Senate censured PM Howard for not proving his claims Iraq had

            WMD to justify sending troops to Iraq

2003 Turkish parliament okayed PM Erdogan sending Turkish troops to Iraq

            Governing Council opposed idea

2004 Powell said Iraq Survey Group initial report proved Iraq wanted WMD and that

            it was a threat

2004 Blair claimed Iraq Survey Group report proved that Saddam wanted WMD

2004 Sadr offered to disarm Mahdi Army as part of peace deal Wasn’t serious

2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq beheaded British civilian Kenneth Bigley

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