This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 28

1941 Mufti of Jerusalem Golden Square officers Rashid al-Gaylani had secret

meeting Decided to remove PM Hashemi if he insisted on ending relations with Italy

1941 Golden Square officers decided to replace PM Hashemi with Gaylani if he would

            not change policy on Italy

1963 Mulla Mustafa Barzani said Kurds would go back to fighting government if didn’t

            commit to Kurdish autonomy

1972 Iraq Petroleum Company came to terms with Baghdad over nationalization

            including compensation

1981 Iran told Islamic Conference Org that it wanted Iraq found aggressor and punished

            for Iran-Iraq War and withdrawal from territory

1981 Speaker Rafsanjani later told Islamic Conf Org Iran sure it would win war so

            didn’t want to negotiate

1987 Iraq ended one stage of war of cities after Soviet appealled and new arms deal

1987 During war of cities 1984-87 35 Iranian cities hit 3,000 dead 9,000 injured

            Baghdad and Basra hit 300 dead 1,000 wounded

1987 Ali Hassan al-Majid made governor of northern Iraq provinces and told to end

            Kurdish insurgency Would start Anfal Campaign

(Musings On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)

1990 Saddam warned of Israeli aggression backed by US at Arab Cooperation Council

            meeting

(Musings On Iraq article on Saddam’s motivation for threatening Israel before the Kuwait invasion)

1990 At Arab Cooperation Council Saddam demanded moratorium on loans from

            Gulf States and $30 bil investment by them to help Iraq rebuild

1990 Saddam said that if Gulf States did not provide money and help with debt he knew

            how to get it

1991 Bush announced that Kuwait was liberated and Iraq defeated in Gulf War Started

            ceasefire in war

1991 Saddam said that Iraq had succeeded in defeating the United States

1991 Jalal Talabani tried to tell State Dept of impending Kurdish revolt but was turned

            away

1992 Iraqi army attacked Peshmerga in Kalak

1999 General uprising in southern Iraq planned following Saddam’s killing of

            Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr

2002 Blair told Australian TV Iraq was a threat because it had WMD

2002 Gen Franks delivered target list for air strikes in Iraq to Rumsfeld

2003 Iraq agreed to destroy Samud II ballistic missiles that violated UN restrictions

2003 US attacked Iraq agreement to destroy Samud II missiles claiming it was just

            propaganda not real disarmament

2003 Rumsfeld said Iraq never cooperated with UN inspectors

2003 UN said found no evidence of active WMD programs in Iraq

2003 UN inspectors went to site CURVEBALL claimed was secret WMD facility

            for second time for samples Found nothing

2003 UN inspectors found small stock of mustard gas and some old WMD

            warheads and Iraq built 2 banned missiles

2003 UN inspectors said Iraq had not provided any new information to answer

            questions from 90s inspections

2003 State Dept said Iraq tried to buy aluminum tubes for its nuke program

(Musings On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)

2003 UK Def Min report said Coalition had to prevent security vacuum after invasion

            of Iraq and stop Al Qaeda from expanding into country

2003 UK Def Min note to Blair office said UK failed to influence US postwar Iraq

            planning & UK would have to deal with US decisions made for it

2003 ORHA head Garner made 1^st brief of postwar Iraq plans to Bush 1 month before

            war

2003 Defense Policy Board warned by peacekeeping expert Perito could be breakdown

            in law order right after invasion if Iraqi police didn’t go back to work

2003 Defense Policy Board told that US troops could not take over police duties after

            invasion because not trained

2004 Iraqi Governing Council said it would draft and approve an interim constitution

            Couldn’t agree on role of Islam

2004 Women’s delegation visited Iraqi Governing Council demanding interim

            constitution protect women’s rights

2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide truck bomb on police and National Guard recruits in

            Hillah killed 127

2005 Annual State Department human rights report accused Iraqi security forces of

            rape torture and illegal arrests

2006 Prosecution presented Saddam’s order to executed 148 people in Dujail in 1982

            at his trial

2006 Report US warned about growing insurgency mid-03 and was largely Iraqi not

            foreigners Largely ignored by Bush admin

2006 DIA Dir Gen Maples told Senate Armed Services Comm as long as Sunnis were

            disenfranchised insurgency would continue

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