This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 9

1917 1^st British assault on Baghdad turned back by Ottomans

1918 British took Hit, Anbar without a fight from Ottomans

1959 End of Mosul Revolt led Kurds to loot city and attack civilians Communists and

            Leftists also attacked pan-Arabists and rich in city as well

1974 Bakr govt told Kurds had two days to accept government’s autonomy plan

1974 Kurds objected to autonomy plan because didn't include Kirkuk Sinjar Khanaqin

            and wanted new census Bakr said no

1975 Shah announced Algiers Agreement over border with Iraq

1984 Iraqis used mustard gas against Iranians to try to turn them back in southern

            marshes

1986 Iraq made 3^rd attempt to re-capture Fao Peninsula

1991 Kurdish rebellion started in Halabja and Arbat

1991 Hussein Kamal led Iraqi forces to retake Karbala from rebels

1999 Fighting between Iraqi forces and SCIRI’s Badr Brigade in 2 southern provinces

2003 Karbala Div commander memo said main threat was not U.S. invasion but

            internal rebellions

2003 Blair told Bush he needed a 2^nd UN resolution authorizing force against Iraq to

            get parliament’s support for war Bush said he couldn't wait

2003 Blair told Bush UK would back US in Iraq

2003 Powell told CNN that European country came up with new evidence that

            aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy were for nukes not rockets

(Musings On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)

2003 Powell on Meet The Press Iraq-Niger uranium story open to investigation and

            IAEA had been wrong about Iraq’s nuke program in 1990s

(Musings On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)

2004 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate that he told Cheney trailers found in Iraq were not

            conclusive evidence of Iraq WMD

2004 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate US intel still unsure about what trailers found in Iraq

            were used for

2004 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate CIA did not agree with Pentagon paper that Iraq had

            long cooperation with Al Qaeda

2004 3 killed 20 wounded in fighting between Arabs Kurds Turkmen in Kirkuk city

2008 Basra officials said security situation worsening because of flood of weapons

            from Iran and called for commanding general to resign

2009 Turkey announced program to train Iraqi army in Turkey

2010 Kurdish Awene newspaper said electoral fraud in Irbil election and sued by KDP

2013 Babil intel arrested 12 ISI members Claimed they were backed by Sheikh

Sulaiman and Sheikh Abu Risha who were leaders in Anbar protests

2013 Free Iraq Intifada leader arrested Group issued ultimatum to release him or face

rebellion Hoping to turn protests to violence

2013 Free Iraq Intifada Naqshibandi front group organizing protests in Mosul, Hawija,

Kirkuk and Tikrit

2015 Peshmerga began offensive to take towns south of Kirkuk city

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