This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 28

1948 Jews forbidden to work in banking or foreign currency transactions after

            creation of Israel

1984 Senate Foreign Relations report said US and Soviet Union both backing Iraq

            in Iran-Iraq War

(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 Kuwait formally annexed as 19^th province of Iraq

1990 Egypt’s Pres Mubarak attempted to mediate between Iraq and Kuwait

1990 Saddam allowed western women and children hostages captured during Kuwait

            invasion to go home

1996 US provided info to UN that Iraq smuggling oil in violation of sanctions

1996 PUK and KDP restarted US brokered peace talks to try to end civil war

2002 Def Policy Board’s Ken Adelman WallStJournal OpEd Said Saddam worse threat

            than Al Qaeda

2004 Iraqi insurgents kidnapped 2 French reporters Gave Paris 48 hrs to end ban on

            schoolgirls wearing headscarves

2005 Draft Iraq constitution presented to parliament but more changes made to it

            afterward

(Musings On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s constitution)

2006 Dep PM Salah said Iraqi parties agreed on oil revenue sharing with money being

distributed to provinces based upon population and needs Still no agreement over signing oil contracts or making major decisions

2006 ISF raid in Diwaniya led to major gun battle with Mahdi Army and other militias

Captured Iraqi soldiers were executed in a public square More than 40 killed and 90 wounded US military said Diwaniya battle was a major victory for the ISF but was actually ended by political deal with Sadr

2006 Report around 100 Iraqi soldiers from 10^th Division in Maysan refused to deploy to

Baghdad for Operation Together Forward II Not 1^st time ISF units had refused to leave their home base

2007 PM Maliki headed forces to arrest Sadrists in Karbala after fire fight with Badr

Brigade

2008 In dispute with PM Maliki over disputed area of Khanaqin Diyala Peshmerga

            Minister said his forces were better than the ISF who couldn’t challenge them

(Musings On Iraq article on PM Maliki dispute with Kurds over disputed areas)

2011 Suicide bombing on Um al-Qura mosque Baghdad during Ramadan killed 28

2011 Iraq’s cabinet submitted draft of new oil law Never passed

2015 Protests in Salahaddin Basra, Najaf Karbala Babil Dhi Qar Wasit Diyala Maysan

            for reform

2017 Court upheld dismissal of Anbar Gov Rawi on corruption after escaping charges

            2 other times

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