This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 6

1977 Bakr govt put down Shiite protests killing 16 and arresting around 2000 Ayatollah Mohammed

Baqir al-Hakim and others arrested

1983 Iranian Op Fajr al-Nasr began Attacked Fakkeh area heading for Maysan in central front

(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)

1991 Jordan’s King Hussein condemned Saudis for letting Arab land be used to attack Iraq during Gulf War

1999 Guardian reported that Dec 98 Iraqis met with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan Claimed Iraq offered bin

Laden asylum False story

2001 US and UK launched largest air strikes on Iraq in 2 yrs to destroy fiber optic communications system

Iraq trying to install

2002 Sec State Powell told Congress White House considering all options on Iraq but that regime change

had been US policy and would be good for region

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The aftermath of regime change)

2002 CIA officials told NY Times Iraq not taken part in any anti-U.S. terrorism since 1993 attempt on ex-

Pres Bush

2002 US intel officials told NY Times 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intel in Prague

2003 UK Foreign Sec Straw wrote Attny Gen Lord Goldsmith challenging need for 2^nd UN resolution to go

to war with Iraq

2003 Press revealed most of UK intel dossier on Iraq trying to hide WMD was plagiarized from a US college

student’s paper

2003 NYTimes Washington Post USA Today editorials all said Powell’s UN speech convinced them of Iraq

threat

2003 Khalizad met with Turkmen Front Kurds Turks to try to make deal between Ankara and Kurds to

facilitate using Turkey for invasion

2004 Bush announced Silberman-Robb commission to look into U.S. pre-war intel on Iraq’s WMD after

none found

2004 Report DIA said CURVEBALL intel on Iraq mobile WMD labs was questionable in 02 Never passed to

rest of intel community

(Musings On Iraq article on how CURVEBALL influenced US intel on Iraq’s WMD)

(Musings On Iraq articles on the CURVEBALL story)

2006 US Iraq Amb Khalizad said US talking to Iraqi insurgents in Anbar Syria Jordan Anbar Sheikh

Fahadawi assassinated for taking part in talks

2007 PM Maliki told Al Hayat that ISF penetrated and needed to be purged Claimed ISI was weak due to

            divisions and govt had penetrated group and found out its organization and leadership

2007 PM Maliki said govt had not started new security plan in Baghdad well and was hurting standing with

public ISF commanders said some units slow to deploy to Baghdad Getting army and police to cooperate a problem

2007 Iranian diplomat detained by Iraqi police commandos and accused CIA of torturing him after his

release

2007 Bremer testified to Congress 1^st time Questioned about missing $8.8 bil Bremer said money given to

Iraqi ministries but didn’t follow what happened afterward Disputed claims CPA staffed by young inexperienced Republicans Said pre-war planning bad

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