This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 2

1915 Suleiman Bey took over Iraq Command for Ottomans Called on Arab

            sheikhs to join war against British and planned on retaking Basra

2003 UN inspector told Irish Times no active WMD or nuclear programs found in

            Iraq

2004 Bremer met with Barzani and Talabani in Irbil to discuss Kurdish demands in

            new constitution

2004 Bremer asked Kurds to disband Peshmerga abandon claims to Kirkuk oil accept

            authority of central govt Kurds said no

2006 Iraq’s Dec 2005 export average of 1.1 million barrels a day was lowest since

            2003 invasion

2006 USAID report on development projects outlined civil war Iraq Said tribes were

            turning in rivals as insurgents to govt

2006 USAID report said south Iraq controlled by militias and religious groups

            curtailing people’s freedoms imposing dress codes bombing liquor stores etc

2006 USAID report said Iraqi govt had no real control of country police ineffective

            criminals had free reign and working with militias and insurgents

2014 ISIS fighters attacked Ramadi and helped take Fallujah with other insurgents

2014 Meeting of sheikhs clerics and notables to work out plan to retake Fallujah

2014 Mutihadun said wanted govt to release PM Alwani and police to restore

            security in Anbar

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