This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 8

1948 Export-import licenses for Jewish businesses forbidden after creation of

            Israel

1983 France secretly began delivering 5 Super Entendard fighter bombers to Iraq

1984 Iraq broke 3 week ceasefire in Tanker War with attack upon ship leaving Iran’s

            Kharg Island main oil facility

1986 U.N. Res 588 said Iran and Iraq should follow Res 582 to resolve Iran-Iraq

            War

1986 Iran rejected UN Res 588 because didn’t blame Iraq for starting Iran-Iraq War

1994 US France UK deployed troops to Persian Gulf in response to Saddam putting

            troops on Kuwait border

1994 President of UN Security Council demanded that Iraq withdraw its troops from

            Kuwait border

1994 SCIRI asked international community to give it control of sections of

            southern Iraq

1997 IAEA Iraq started centrifuge program in 1987 but was way behind schedule Iraq

            might have had a bomb by 96

1997 UK said that Iraq smuggling oil through Iran violating UN sanctions

2002 White House posted pictures claiming to be Iraq working on three facilities for

            nuclear weapons program

2003 Bush US went to war with Iraq to deal with future threats with WMD and ties

            to terrorism Said found Iraq’s WMD programs

2004 Rice said Iraq Survey Group proved Iraq wanted WMD and therefore was a threat

2004 Family of British hostage Ken Bigley said he had been killed by insurgents

2004 Iraq Survey Group report said Iraq issued 1300 oil vouchers under Oil For Food

            Program that netted $11 bil in illegal funds 1990-03

2004 Iraq Survey Group report said Russian oil companies Lukoil Gazprom

            Zarbuezhneft Sibneft Rosneft Tatneft got 30 % of oil vouchers

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