This Day In Iraqi History - Dec 31

1981 End of 1^st yr of Iran-Iraq War 22,000 Iraqi 38,000 Iranian dead

2002 UN inspector told press they were finding no evidence of Iraq’s WMD and

            Western intel providing nothing substantive

2003 Bush said couldn’t tell whether Iraq had a nuclear weapon or not

2003 Car bomb at Baghdad restaurant killed 8 wounded 30

2007 Deadline to hold referendum on future of disputed territories under Constitution’s

            Article 140 passed

2007 Deadline for committee to revise Iraqi constitution missed Was 4^th time delayed

            Never finished job

2011 US withdrew forces from Iraq

2011 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and Sadrists get into gunfight in Sadr City and Kadhimiya,

            Baghdad

2013 Anbar council negotiated withdrawal of 2 ISF units from Ramadi to try to

            control protests and fighting

2013 Maliki said he would withdraw ISF from cities in Anbar after closed protest

            sites leading to fighting

2013 Speaker Nujafi announced Mutahidun withdrawing from govt to protest

            Maliki shutting down Ramadi protest site

2013 10 houses in Babil’s Jurf al-Sakhr blown up by ISI forcing 84 families to flee

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