This Day in Iraqi History - Sep 7

1980 Saddam claimed full sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab waterway Precursor

            to Iran-Iraq War

1980 Iraq officially protested Iran shelling border towns Seized Zain al-Qas in

            retaliation

1980 5 Iraqi helicopters crossed over into Iran and 1 got shot down

1983 US-Iraq began high level diplomatic talks to restore full relations Iraq asked US for

            help to end 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 Emir of Kuwait agreed to pay $15 bil to help pay for military operations in Saudi

            Arabia to protect it from Iraq

1994 CIA estimated that over 100,000 driven out of marshes in Maysan by military

            campaign

1995 UN inspectors said Iraq admitted to producing 8,500 liters of anthrax, 19,000 liters

of botulinum more than they had declared before Iraq also started a crash program in August 1990 to make a nuclear bomb within a year but didn't have triggers

(Musings On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)

(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)

1996 Iraq submitted declaration on nuclear program Inspectors thought Iraq was hiding

            information

1996 PUK said that Iraqi Republican Guard were about to attack Sulaymaniya

2002 NSC meeting debated whether US should go to UN and ask for return of weapons

inspectors Powell for Cheney against Powell brought up his concerns about size of Iraq invasion force at NSC

2002 Blair and Bush met and decided on new UN resolution demanding new inspections

in Iraq Blair told Bush they should seek 2 UN resolutions 1 for inspectors 2^nd for if Iraq didn’t comply Blair said that UK would take part in any military action against Iraq

2002 Bush and Blair press conference Both said IAEA found Iraq had nuclear program

and was 6 months away from getting a bomb Were referring to 1996 IAEA report during UN inspections not new one

2003 Bush press conference said Iraq central front in the war on terror Said invasion of Iraq

was to spread democracy and transform Middle East Announced $18.4 bil for reconstructing Iraq Admitted that hundreds to thousands of foreign fighters had entered Iraq to carry out attacks

2004 Number of US troops killed in Iraq reached 1,000 647 of those were after

            invasion ended

2005 Report Al Qaeda in Iraq controlled Qaim in Anbar Made alliance with local tribe to

            run town

2006 New Al AQaeda in Iraq leader Abu Hamzah al-Muhajir released 1^st statement

Called for each member to kill an American and every Sunni to kill a Shiite in next 15 days to see who was with the group and who was not

2006 Iraqi govt took control of first division 8^th Division based in Qadisiya

2014 Anbar’s Governor Dulaimi seriously wounded by mortar fire in Barwana

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