1925 Abdul Sadoun became PM of
Iraq for 2nd time
1940 PM Gaylani asked Italy to become involved in Syria to
block Turkey occupying it
Came after
Syria joined Vichy France
1948 Muzahim al-Pachachi became premier
1988 Iraq recaptured Majnoon Islands from Iran
1989 Iraq said it was clearing all civilians from 20 mil
border area with Iran and
Turkey in
Kurdistan relocating 200,000-5000,000 Kurds
1993 Pres Clinton ordered cruise missile attack on Iraq’s
intel HQ in Baghdad for
attempted
assassination of ex-Pres Bush in Kuwait
1996 Iraqi govt rounded up 120 coup plotters and executed
most of them in failed
plot by CIA
and Iraqi National Accord
1996 Iraqi intel had captured satellite phone from Iraqi
National Accord agent in Iraq
and uncovered
CIA-INA plot
1996 Iraqi intel used captured communication equipment to
tell CIA its coup plotters
had been
rounded up and they should go home
2002 Gen Franks met with commanders in Germany and told them
to switch from
original war plan to new Running
Start Running Start would begin war before all forces in theater
2002 INC memo to Senate Approp Comm said group had led to
108 English articles
from Oct
01-May 02 and White House officials had received those products
2003 UN terrorism committee draft report found no Iraq-Al
Qaeda links
2003 Ayatollah Sistani issued fatwa saying Iraqis should
elect council to draft new
constitution
vs CPA plan
2003 Report quoted State Dept memo that too early to tell
whether captured Iraqi
trailers were
mobile WMD labs
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2005 Rumsfeld said US conducting secret talks to try to
split Iraqi from foreign
insurgents
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq robbed $7 mil from Rafidain bank
branch in Ramadi
2008 ISI suicide bomber hit tribal council meeting Killed 26
including Garma mayor
2016 Fallujah finally freed of insurgents
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