This Day In Iraqi History - May 2

1854 riot in Mosul versus Ottoman reforms Attacked Christians and Jews for

            businesses they ran and control of taxes that caused resentment

1935 Feisal II future king of Iraq born

1941 British commander at Habaniya base Anbar consulted London and got permission

            to attack Iraqis surrounding camp Bombed Iraqis starting Anglo-Iraq War/WW2

1941 Iraq launched air strike upon Habaniya base in retaliation Shelled air field

            damaging 40 planes British lost 13 dead and 20 wounded

1941 Grand Mufti in Baghdad declared jihad against British after attack on Iraqi forces

            in Habaniya

1941 Iraqi forces took British fort at Rutba, Anbar

1941 British troops broke up angry mob of Iraqis at Zubeila, Basra

1941 Iraqi govt asked Germany for diplomatic relations to be restored and military aid

            including planes

1941 UK Chiefs of Staff ordered Mid-East Commander Gen Wavell to make plans to

            destroy Iraq’s pipelines

1941 Iraq’s 1^st Inf Brigade ordered from Baghdad to Ramadi to block British troops from

Transjordan being sent to Habaniya Air Base 11^th Inf Brigade sent to Habaniya air base

1941 British took Iraq out of Sterling zone and had foreign banks close to impose

            economic sanctions on Gaylani govt

1948 Port of Basra protested against Anglo-Iraq Treaty

1953 King Faisall II became of age to directly rule Iraq replacing Regent al-Ilah

1983 Iran and Iraq exchanged 55 prisoners of war in Turkey

1991 Shiite rebels claimed to have killed 180 Iraqi soldiers in 9 different attacks in

            south

1995 Saddam held meeting to discuss whether Iraq should continue to cooperate with

            UN weapons inspectors

2003 Oil Ministry re-opened after invasion Thamir Ghabban announced as new Oil

            Minister

2003 ORHA report many ministry buildings in Baghdad had been taken over by

            different groups

2003 UK DefMin Hoon told Rumsfeld ORHA had to deliver in Iraq

2003 Sadr said Christians in Iraq had to follow Islamic Law not sell alcohol women

            had to be covered

2003 Ayatollah Jannati Sec Gen Iran’s Council of Guardians called on Iraqis to carry

            out martyrdom ops to drive US from Iraq

2007 Islamic Army Mujahedeen Army faction of Ansar al-Sunna and al-Fatihin Army

            formed Reformation and Jihad Front to fight ISI

2007 Karki and Shimour tribes signed peace deal in Diyala promised to fight ISI

2008 Insurgents beheaded 11 police officers in western Anbar

2008 Sadr refused to meet with Iraqi delegation in Iran to end Charge of Knights

2009 Sadr made first public appearance in 2 years in Turkey to meet followers Had

            fled Iraq over fear of US assassination during Surge

2010 Pres Barzani said he believed in dividing Iraq into 3 federal areas along

            ethnosectarian lines

2010 Iran Iraq announced deal to develop 5 oil fields that straddle two countries

2011 Basra and Najaf tribes joined protest in Anbar against extending US troop stay

            in Iraq past end of year

2011 Parliament investigation of Jan ISI prison break in Basra said had help from 2

intelligence officers

2011 Fallujah Waste Water plant started partially working Work started 2004 after

            1^st Battle of Fallujah

2012 Supreme Court issued decision weakening parliament’s ability to question

            ministers

2013 Fake bomb maker Jim McCormick got 10 yrs prison for fraud in making detectors

2013 Parliamentary investigation said ISF used excessive force when attacked Hawija

            protest site

2014 Zawahiri said that ISIS had always pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda

2014 Naqshibandi and ISIS fought in Diyala for 3 months Report Naqshibandi okayed

            killing ISIS members in Diyala

2015 Report IS controlled most of Baiji refinery and 200 ISF trapped inside

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