This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 11

1932 Executive Committee of the Shias in Iraq issued Manifesto saying monarchy discriminated

against Shiites Called on England to remove monarchy and empower Shiites

1958 Jordan began talks with Iraq for a federation in response to Egypt and Syria’s United Arab Republic

1979 Ayatollah Baqir al-Sadr declared 3 day holiday for Najaf hawza after Iranian Revolution

1981 Iraq offered Iran a ceasefire at Non-Aligned Movement conference Iran rejected offer

1983 Iranian Op Fajr al-Nasr officially ended Regained 100 sq mi of Iranian territory Iran 5000 dead 12000

wounded 1000 captured Iraq lost 2000 dead

1986 Iraq counterattack vs Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 8 in Fao Peninsula pushed Iranians back

1986 Iraq authorized use of chemical weapons to repel Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 8

1986 Iraq blamed US for not providing intel on Iranian offensive

(Musings On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)

1987 Ayatollah Khomeinei called war a holy crusade that had to end in victory Pres Khamenei said

that aim of war was to punish Iraq and overthrow Saddam

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

(Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper 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 Bush sent Undersecretary of State Kelly to Baghdad to discuss improving Iraq-US relations

1990 Saddam told Undersecretary of State Kelly that US could dominate Middle East with decline of Soviet

Union Saddam said that he wanted to work with US but wanted to be sure Bush was not just going to follow Israel

1991 Saddam speech said that Iraqis would be victorious in war and Bush humiliated himself by attacking

2000 Iraq announced UN weapons inspectors would not be allowed back into country

(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)

2002 UK Amb to US Meyer said Bush’s Axis of Evil speech made more in US think about war vs Iraq

2002 Fmr CIA Dir Woolsey told Pentagon about Iraqi defector with intel on Iraq’s WMD provided by INC

2003 Powell claimed bin Laden complaining about effect of sanctions on Iraqi people showed Baghdad

aligned with Al Qaeda and terrorism

2003 UK Amb to US said that Bush admin was ready for war by March with or without UN approval

2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Iraq had WMD and was hiding them from UN inspectors

(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)

2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Intel Comm Iraq tried to buy aluminum tubes for its nuke program

(Musings On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)

2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Iraq harboring Zarqawi an Al Qaeda associate Iraq trained Al Qaeda

operatives

2003 CIA senior Africa analyst said that Iraq-Niger uranium docs looked like fakes

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

2003 Bin Laden released tape saying Iraqi people had to resist U.S. invasion and called Baath infidels

2003 UnderSecState Grossman testified to Senate Foreign Relations Comm on postwar Iraq plans Didn’t

give any details Grossman told Senate US would only stay in Iraq as long as necessary Said 4 phases to postwar Iraq 1^st stability 2^nd handing authority to Iraqis 3^rd New constitution 4^th electing new Iraqi govt Told Senate US would not create a govt in exile before invasion Said committees would be formed to create new Iraq Iraqi institutions would still be running to help govern country Claimed White House authorized Future of Iraq Project as roadmap for Iraq Had been discarded by Pentagon

2003 UnderSecDef Feith told Senate Iraqi oil would pay for all reconstruction and running govt Said US

would not impose any leaders or govt on Iraq

2003 Former CENTCOM commander Gen Zinni testified to Senate Foreign Relations Committee on

postwar Iraq Said U.S. had to maintain law and order peacekeeping civil unrest had to be stopped and prevent revenge develop local police

2004 Suicide bombing on army recruitment center in Baghdad killed 36

2006 Former head of US training mission for Iraqi army Gen Eaton said effort set back by initial poor

planning that didn't prioritize creating new Iraqi forces

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

2006 Sadr threatened to withdraw from United Iraqi Alliance if list didn’t support Jaafari as premier

2007 US military report said Iranian Rev Guard Quds Force providing EFPs money training weapons to

Iraqi militias Used Mehran and Mandali border crossings to deliver equipment Claimed 170 US dead and 620 wounded by Iranian supplied EFPs

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

2009 Iran’s Foreign Minister came to Baghdad to mediate between Dawa and SIIC

2010 Iraqi Special Forces with US advisers raided Kataib Hezbollah in Maysan killing 8 Iraqi politicians

condemned raid After raid Maliki ordered all raids be authorized by him personally Led several ISF commands to suspend ops with US

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