This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 27

1915 British forces began campaign to capture Nasiriya from Ottomans

1923 Persian mujtahids and businesses in Najaf protested deportation of cleric

            Khalisi for his opposition activities

1923 2 mujtahids led protest in Karbala trying to get clerics and religious students to

            leave for Persia to protest Khalisi’s deportation

1954 Parliament dismissed as part of Nuri al-Said’s demands before he returned as

            premier  

1983 France agreed to lend Iraq 5 Super Entendard fighter bombers that Baghdad

            wanted to use to attack Iranian oil fields and installations

1990 Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council meeting gave Saddam okay to use force

            against Kuwait

2003 Cheney Chief of Staff Libby told Bob Woodward 2002 Natl Intel Estimate on Iraq

            included Iraq trying to buy uranium from Africa

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

2004 Bremer got OK from Bush to close CPA Jun 28 to try to fool insurgency

2006 Under pressure Maliki revised amnesty offer made 2 days before to include just

            those that had not killed anyone

2008 Senior judge assassinated in east Baghdad during spate of attacks upon judiciary in

            capital

(Musings On Iraq article on attacks on judges)

2008 Suicide bomber attacked meeting of Anbar Awakening killing 20 including several

            sheikhs

(Musings On Iraq article on Awakeing bombing)

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