This Day In Iraqi History – Dec 11

1922 UK Colonial Office wrote only reason King Faisal accepted in Iraq was because

            he was backed by British

1961 Gen Qasim took 99.5% of Iraq Petroleum Company’s concessions and

            created Iraq National Oil Company

2002 Pentagon started another post-war planning group just 3 months before invasion

2005 Report French intel told CIA several times in 2002 that no evidence to support Iraq-

            Niger uranium story

2005 National Dialogue Council’s Salah al-Mutlaq called for US to bring back Saddam

            era police and soldiers as long as didn’t have blood on their hands

2006 Outside experts told Bush status quo and withdrawal plan not working in Iraq

2006 Ret Gen Keane told Bush US needed troop surge that would protect civilians using

            counterinsurgency

2011 Human Rights Min found mass grave in Basra from Saddam era

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