1914 British troops took Ottoman
fort at Sahil in the city of Basra
1991 UN report said Iraqi forces used torture and mass
killings to put down Shiite uprising after
Gulf War
1999 UN Res 1275 extended Oil for Food program for Iraq
during sanctions
2002 UK Def Min official warned Blair’s office that without
proper postwar planning Iraq war
could fail
2003 Car bomb at Sheikh Suleiman’s home after he made deal
with US for police to take over
security in Ramadi
security in Ramadi
2004 Assoc of Muslim Scholars announced Sunni boycott of Jan
05 elections claiming results
would be
fake and non-representative
2004 US Gen Smith dep cmdr CENTCOM said insurgents were
carrying out effective intimidation
campaign
before Jan 05 elections
2005 Marines killed 24 civilians in revenge for Marine being
killed by IED in Haditha
2006 Dep Health Min Saffar kidnapped by policeman Mahdi Army
suspected of killing him under
orders of
Dep Health Min Zamili
2008 PUK politburo created committees to discuss its
internal divisions
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