This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 21

1965 Abdul al-Bazzaz became premier

1968 Provisional constitution drafted by three jurists and presented to Pres. Bakr

            Included return of parliament

1980 Iraq letter to UN outlined steps it took to try to work out outstanding issues with

            new revolutionary govt in Iran

1990 Revolutionary Command Council said it would not retreat from Kuwait and was

            ready for mother of all battles

2001 1^st CIA report on Iraq and 9/11 found no connection but two had contacts in 1990s

Bush was briefed on findings Said didn’t think 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraq intel officer in Prague in 2001

2001 DIA analyst Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans on CIA report Said info good but

findings of no Iraq-Al Qaeda ties should be ignored

2001 Under Sec of Def Feith sent DIA analysis of CIA report to Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld

2001 CIA Dir Tenet told Bush CIA Czech office questioned whether 9/11 hijacker Atta

            met Iraqi intel officer in Prague

2001 Admin officials told Wash Times Saddam talked with bin Laden just before 9/11

(Musings On Iraq article on how Bush admin went from 9/11 to Iraq invasion)

2001 INC provided Iraqi defector claimed Iraq was training terrorists to take over

            airplanes at Salman Pak, Baghdad

2002 NY Times article said Bush received detailed Iraq war plan

2003 French Pres Chirac called for US to immediately hand over sovereignty to Iraqis

2003 Report mid to low level Baathists being assassinated in Baghdad

2003 Iraqi Governing Council said they were under increasing attack after 1 number

            ambushed and shot in Baghdad

2004 Head of Fallujah Shura Council Janabi said that city didn’t need Zarqawi to defend

it Differentiated between resistance that was against occupation and Zarqawi who led terrorists Janabi said that resistance wasn’t about killing innocent Iraqis and Zarqawi had harmed the insurgency and cost it support

2005 Anti-occupation demonstration by police in Basra City

2005 Basra council voted for non-cooperation with British forces in province until

            compensation paid for casualties in Sep 10 shootout

2006 US military turned over 2^nd province to the Iraqi forces, Dhi Qar

2008 Kurds made another deal with Maliki to evacuate govt buildings in Khanaqin dist

            Maliki was attempting to pressure Kurds and assert control of dispuated areas

(Musings On Iraq article on Maliki’s pressuring Kurds in Diyala)

2013 Elections for Kurdish parliament held

2014 IS captured Saqlawiya and Sjar, Anbar

2017 Ana in west Anbar freed while Shirqat in northern Salahaddin and Hawija in

            south Kirkuk attacked by Iraqi forces

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