This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 13

1973 Continued fighting between Israeli and Iraqi forces in Syria

1996 PUK counterattacked Recaptured Sulaymaniya from KDP with Iranian support

            Baghdad made deal with Iran to allow PUK back into Kurdistan to counter KDP

1997 Heavy fighting restarted between KDP and PUK during civil war

(Musings On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A Modern History)

(Musings On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)

2000 Iran’s Foreign Minister Kharrazi visited Iraq for 3 days Highest ranking Iranian official to visit

Iraq since 1979 Revolution After Karrazi’s trip Iran announced Iran and Iraq would re-open discussion on border and POW issue largely ended

2004 Blair told parliament that Iraq Study Group proved Saddam wanted WMD and

            violated UN resolutions

2004 Mass grave with hundreds of Kurds killed by Saddam in 1987-88 discovered in

            Hatra Ninewa

2004 PM Allawi said that if Fallujah didn't turn over Zarqawi would be major operation

            to take city

2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council became ISI Announced Islamic State in Baghdad

            Anbar Diyala Kirkuk Salahaddin Ninewa Babil

2006 New ISI announced Abu Omar al-Baghdadi emir of Islamic State

(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on who was Abu

Omar al-Baghdadi)

2006 Report splits within ISI between Zarqawi’s lieutenants and followers of military chief Masri

2006 Interior Min Bolani said he had PM Maliki’s backing to purge his ministry of sectarian actors

Same time denied its forces were involved in sectarian killings Blamed Facilities Protection Service and imposters using police uniforms

2006 Report Talk of PM Maliki stepping down and 5 man council ruling Iraq and declaring martial

law

2006 Report Sadr complained about Shiite death squads using the name of Mahdi Army and backed

by Iranian Rev Guard and Hezbollah

2015 Abadi cabinet approved new pay scale for govt workers to cut costs pushed as

            reform move Led to protests by civil workers

2015 KRG PM Barzani removed four Gorran ministers from KRG cabinet

2017 PUK Peshmerga withdrew from areas of Bashir and Taza in south Kirkuk ceding

            territory to Iraqi forces

2017 PM Abadi gave Kurds 48 hours to vacate territory military bases oil fields

            occupied in 2014 by Peshmerga

2017 Fighting broke out between Peshmerga and Hashd in Tuz Kharmato again

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