This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 20

1914 Arab tribes told British forces Ottomans had abandoned Basra British

            forces set out to take city

1920 US complained 3^rd time to UK about San Remo agreement that divided up Iraqi oil

            between France and England

1922 Abd Sadoun became Iraq’s 2^nd PM His orders were to organize elections for an

            assembly to write constitution

1963 Tahir Yahya became premier, held office 2 times

1982 Tariq Aziz accused US and Soviet Union of allowing weapons to be sent to

            Iran during Iran-Iraq War

1997 Russia brokered deal to allow US members of UN inspectors back into Iraq

2001 US Embassy in Niger said that Niger official said no way it could produce

            enough uranium reports claimed Iraq bought from it

2003 Suicide truck bomb hit PUK office in Kirkuk killing 5

2005 Report on how US relied upon Iraqi defector CURVEBALL for intel on Iraq’s

            WMD when they were warned he was unreliable

2006 Joint Chiefs told to prepare plan for surge in troops in Iraq 

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