MUSINGS ON IRAQ: This Day In Iraqi History

Sunday, October 28, 2018

1913 Secret Ahd Association of Ottoman officers formed Included many Iraqis that would

become leaders and prime ministers under monarchy such as Nuri al-Said Yasin Hashemi Jamil Midfai and others Called for Arab autonomy

1980 Fighting ended in Khorrmahshahr with Iraqis in control Iraq lost 2,000 dead 6,000 wounded

Iran lost 1,500 dead Iraq lost so many troops gave up assault on Abadan and decided to surround city instead

1980 Iranian navy made raids on Fao oil facilities in Basra

1987 Soviet diplomat Vorontsov made another trip to Iran and Iraq to try to negotiate end to war

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

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

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

2003 Bush speech said Iraq frontline of war on terror and would take time to win

2003 Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Gen Pace said US had to return sovereignty as soon

as possible and get Iraqis to run things

2003 Powell said security number one priority in postwar Iraq otherwise nothing else would matter

2005 Bush speech said Iraq central front in war on terror against Al Qaeda and US would have

complete victory

(Musings On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)

2005 Cheney chief of staff Libby indicted on obstruction perjury false statements for retaliating vs

FmrAmb Wilson over Iraq-Niger deal

(Musings On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)

2006 ISI launched first chlorine bomb

2006 Spec Insp Gen for Iraq Recon report US hadn’t trained enough Def and Interior Min personnel

to handle logistics Didn’t think ISF would be ready to handle own logistics by Jan 08 deadline it set

2008 Report Maliki tried to set up Tribal Support Council in Khanaqin Diyala Maliki tried to assert

federal control over district run by Kurds for months

(Musings On Iraq article on PM Maliki and Khanaqin District)

2016 KRG PM Barzani replaced 4 Gorran ministers with 4 KDP politicians in dispute over Pres

Barzani’s term

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