This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 5

1915 6^th Army created by Ottomans under command of German Gen von der

            Goltz to defend Mesopotamia from British

1922 King Feisal accepted Anglo-Iraq Treaty

1922 UK Sec of War Evans lobbied cabinet to withdraw from Mosul province

(Musings On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)

1974 Kurdish parliament appointed by Baghdad took office

1975 Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz went to Damascus to discuss uniting Iraq and Syria

1980 Iraq ended unilateral ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War after Iran didn’t follow suite and

            went back to fighting

1982 UN Res 522 called for ceasefire Iraq accepted Iran rejected

1982 Iranian Op Muslim ibn Aql invaded Diyala and attacked Mandali

1985 Iraq ended air strikes on Kharg Island Iran’s main oil terminal Hit 21 times but

            no lasting damage

(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)

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

1990 Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz addressed UN saying Iraq wouldn’t compromise on

            Kuwait

2000 During VP debate Cheney said US might have to take military action to remove

            Saddam in future

2002 CIA Dir Tenet told White House to remove Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger

            from Bush speech Said intel was weak

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

2002 Knight Ridder article quoted several intelligence officers that Bush admin

            ignoring dissenting opinions on aluminum tubes

(Musings On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)

2004 Bremer said US never had enough troops in Iraq while he was running the CPA

            Said military thought troop levels fine

2005 Parliament changed decision from actual voters back to registered ones for no

            vote on constitution

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

2005 Suicide bomber hit mosque in Hilla, Babil killing 27 wounding 87

2005 UK official claimed Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah providing EFPs

            to Shiite militias in Basra to attack British troops

(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias) 

(Musings On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)

2006 Sunni leaders told Sec State Rice Iraq breaking apart They were victims of

            sectarian violence and no one protecting them

2006 SCIR head Hakim told Sec State Rice Shiites tried to work with Sunnis but they

            were obstructionists

2006 Sec State Rice told Maliki if there was no reconciliation US would leave and

            Maliki would end up being hung

2006 Al Jazeera played tape by Islamic Army offering talks with US Said Iraq facing

occupation by US and Iranians and latter worse Said Zarqawi had made mistakes in Iraq

2017 Riyad and Hawija in Kirkuk liberated from Islamic State

2017 Turkey’s President Erdogan threatened to close border and air space to Kurdistan

            in retaliation for KRG independence referendum

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