This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 29

1923 Mujtahids Isfahani and Nayini arrived in Karbala in protest march against

            deportation of cleric Khalisi but only two other mujtahids joined them

1947 Baghdad hung four of Barzanis lieutenants and arrested his brother Shekh Ahmed

1966 Baghdad-Kurdish deal called for recognition of Kurds in constitution and

            autonomy Never implemented but stopped war

1966 Some 10,000 killed and 80,000 displaced during fighting between Kurds and

            govt from 1961-1966

1982 Iraq claimed it had withdrawn all its troops from Iranian territory Iran-Iraq War

            Iraq still held border areas

1992 Attempted coup by 4 officers in Republican Guard put down by Saddam 150

            Republican Guard officers executed and dismissed in aftermath

2003 Report SecState Powell misrepresented recording of Republican Guard in Feb 03

            UN speech to make it seem like they were trying to hide WMD

2003 FmrAmb Wilson claimed it unlikely British intel didn’t receive CIA

            reporting that Iraq-Niger uranium papers were fake

2003 FmrAmb Wilson claimed he saw fake Iraq-Niger docs He didn’t Also had

            no knowledge of CIA-British intel sharing

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

2003 1^st UN inspector chief Ekeus OpEd said Iraq’s strategic rational for WMD was

            Iran not the US or west

2003 Ekeus OpEd said Iraq learned from Iran-Iraq War its chemical weapons quickly

            deteriorated

2003 Ekeus OpEd Iraq changed its WMD policy after Gulf War to stop producing and

            focus upon design and engineering

2003 Ekeus OpEd Iraq started just in time WMD program to work on infrastructure and

            then produce chemical weapons right before war

2003 Ekeus OpEd said Iraq’s WMD threat was in its research know how and production

            facilities

2003 1^st UN weapons inspector Ekeus OpEd said letting Saddam stay in power with

            WMD know how was a threat

2004 New PM Allawi announced Saddam and 11 others would face trial for their crimes

            under Saddam’s govt

2006 VP Cheney stood by his claim that the insurgency was in its “last throes” in 2005

Said people would look back at 2005 as a turning point in Iraq Said US underestimated the insurgency and damage Saddam’s rule did to Iraq

2006 US military said most captured foreign fighters in Iraq came from Egypt, Syria,

            Sudan, Saudi Arabia in that order

2008 Maliki promised Jabouri tribe limited autonomy in return for their support

2008 Female suicide bomber hit Sahwa council in Baquba

(Musings On Iraq article on female suicide bombers)

2014 ISIS spokesman Adnani Promise of Allah statement said would form the

caliphate under Caliph Ibrahim Said that all Muslims had to give allegiance to the caliphate

2017 Nouri Mosque Mosul liberated by Iraqi forces where IS’s Baghdadi declared the

            caliphate in 2014

2017 1^st protest of summer over services led by Sadrists Burned building Led to police

            shooting at crowd 4 dead 20 wounded

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