This Day In Iraqi History - Dec 21

1956 Communist uprising in Al-Hay put down and leaders executed

1981 Kuwait and UAE agreed to loan Iraq $2 bil to help during Iran-Iraq War

1998 Russia France Germany called for ending sanctions on Iraq

1998 Report Iraq intel officer Hijazi met with bin Laden in Afghanistan and offered him

            asylum Wasn’t true

2001 UK Def Min Hoon asked ministry for plans for military action against Iraq

2002 Dep CIA Dir McLaughlin briefed Bush on intel on Iraq WMD Said Iraq had

            precursors and biological components

2002 CIA showed rocket engine test site that passed prescribed ranges

2002 CIA showed satellite photo of suspected clean up of chemical weapons spill

2002 CIA showed UAV flown 500km past UN limit of 150km

2002 CIA went over reports of Iraq having mobile WMD labs

2002 CIA played recording of 2 Republican Guard officers talking about removing nerve

            agents

2002 CIA said Saddam met with nuclear scientists talking about resuming their work

2002 Bush wasn’t impressed by CIA presentation CIA Dir Tenet said case was a “slam

            dunk”

2003 Massoud Barzani article said Kurds would take regional autonomy and nothing

            else in new Iraqi constitution

2004 Insurgents attacked US camp in Ninewa killing 24 including 19 US soldiers

            Wounded 60 Deadliest attack on US so far

2004 Insurgents released 2 French reporters they kidnapped 4 months ago

2004 Center for Strategic and Intl Studies report Iraqi forces wouldn’t be ready to

            operate independently until late 2006 at best

2005 Iraq Election Comm reported 10.9 mil of 15.6 mil voters participated in Dec 15

            elections Anbar vote went from 1% in Jan to 32% in Oct to 55% in Dec

2005 NSC presented 10 goals for new Iraqi govt to Bush Including competent

            ministers fighting corruption

2005 Commando from 1^st Commando brigade based in Samarra said most of the unit was

            from Mahdi Army and didn’t respect their commander only Sadr

2006 US arrested Gen. Mohsen Chirazai commander of Quds Force’s Dept 600 Forced

            to release him under pressure from Maliki and Talabani

2010 Maliki finally put together new govt 9 months after elections Cabinet approved by

            parliament

2011 Maliki ordered Dep PM Mutlaq removed from office in response to Mutlaq

            calling for Maliki to be replaced

2013 7^th Div commander and leadership of division all killed by IS booby trapped

            house in Anbar

2015 Peshmerga and YPG capture Sinjar

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