This Day In Iraqi History – Feb 9

1922 UK cabinet adopted Colonial Sec Churchill’s proposal to put Royal Air

            Force in charge of security in Iraq replacing army

(Musings On Iraq article on Churchill’s words on Mesopotamia)

1963 Gen Qasim asked for safe passage out of Iraq Was refused by coup leaders Qasim

            captured shot and body shown on TV

1963 Baathist Gen Ahmed al-Bakr became premier Col Abd Salam Arif president

1981 Iran and Iraq agreed to visits by Islamic leaders who wanted to try to negotiate

            a ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War

1986 Iran Op Wa al-Fajr 8 Largest so far 50% of army 2/3 of Revolutionary Guard

            attacked Fao Peninsula Basra

2003 France and Germany proposed tripling number of UN inspectors in Iraq US

            attacked plan

2003 Report UK intel didn’t think there was an Iraq-al Qaeda connection

2003 Observer article disputed Iraqi defector Mohammed Shahab who claimed Iraq

            connected to Al Qaeda via Ansar al-Islam

2004 US released Zarqawi letter to Al Qaeda Said goal to start sectarian war

            by attacking Shiites to rally Sunnis to its cause

2004 Report White House 03 paper on Iraq WMD dropped qualifications and doubts

            from 02 Natl Intel Est on Iraq

2016 PM Abadi called for technocratic and non-partisan cabinet

2016 Ramadi finally freed from IS by Iraqi forces

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