This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 15

1920 UK PM George wrote that French objected to Faisal becoming king

            of Iraq George and French both thought he was weak leader

1921 Feisal said he wouldn’t accept restrictions on sovereignty included in UK’s

            Iraq mandate Wanted an Anglo-Iraq treaty that would give him full power

1921 Churchill wrote Iraq Commissioner Cox that Feisal needed to stop making

            demands of UK and do what London told him

(Musings On Iraq article on Churchill’s policy towards Iraq)

1982 Iraqi planes started attacking shipping at Khor Musa channel leading to Bandar

            Khomeini port in Iran Sank 2 ships

1982 Iraqi plans started bombing campaign against Kharg Island Iran’s major oil port

(Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)

1990 Iraqi opposition in Iran claimed they could field 50,000 to fight Saddam

1990 Iraq offered to fully implement UN Res 598 and Algiers Agreement to try to win

            favor with Iran after Kuwait invasion

1991 UN Resolution 706 proposed Iraq import petroleum products to alleviate

humanitarian situation caused by sanctions Iraq rejected plan

1991 UN Resolution 707 Said Iraq was in flagrant violation of weapons inspectors

            Allowed inspectors to use planes and helicopters for flights inside Iraq

1991 Baghdad objected to Res 707 saying US had flown U2 spy plane over Iraq

            claiming it was for inspectors

1995 Supreme Council denounced Jordan taking in Saddam’s son-in-law Hussein

Kamal calling him a murderer  

2001 Foreign Office legal adv Sir Wood said that British forces could be sued if not

            given legal basis for going to war with Iraq

2002 NatlSecAdv Rice said US needed to launch pre-emptive strike against Iraq

            before it got too strong

2002 Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Feith’s office briefed CIA officials on its

            findings that Iraq and Al Qaeda had cooperated for years

2002 1st Bush NatlSecAdv Scowcroft wrote Wall St Journal OpEd saying Saddam not

            threat to US and not connected to 9/11

2002 Powell called Scowcroft thanking him for OpEd saying it would help for

            arguments within administration over Iraq

2003 White House objected to CPA’s request for $20.3 bil after administration said it

            would not ask Congress for any more money for Iraq

2003 Oil pipeline to Turkey bombed in Baiji Salahaddin shutting down exports for 2^nd

            time in a week

2004 Peace talks between Allawi govt and Sadr broke down over ending 2^nd Battle of

            Najaf

2005 One week extension given to Constitutional committee to finish work

2008 Report US intel officer said that Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah had 4

training camps in Iran for Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and Kataib Hezbollah in Tehran Qom Ahaz Mashhad

(Musings On Iraq article on Iran training Iraqi militias)

2011 ISI attacked Sahwa in mosque in Yusifiya during Ramadan and bombed St

            Ephraim Syriac Orthodox church in Kirkuk

2012 Maliki said he wanted better relations with Turkey but also complained about

            Ankara’s ties to Kurdistan

2015 Chief Justice Medhat said that judiciary supported Abadi’s reforms but made no

            changes

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