This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 1

1941 PM Hashemi deposed in Golden Square officers coup after he tried to remove them

Regent escaped to Anbar with help of US Nuri al-Said and other pro-UK politicians fled Iraq

1941 US and England believed Iraq coup part of German plan in coordination with invasion of Balkans and

Libya Wasn’t

1941 Golden Square officers thought British were plotting against them

(Musings On Iraq article on 1941 coup)

(Musings On Iraq book review of Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)

(Musings On Iraq book review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq 1941, The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq And Syria 1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)

1975 Iraqi amnesty offer to Kurdish rebels and army deserters expired

1975 Iran closed border to Kurds fleeing Iraqi government offensive against them

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

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

(Musings On Iraq book review Killing Hope, U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)

(Musings On Iraq book review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)

(Musings On Iraq article on Nixon admin support for Kurdish revolt)

1980 Mustansiriya Univ in Baghdad bombed by Islamic Action Organization in attempt on life of

Deputy PM Tariq Aziz Iraq blamed Iran

1981 General uprising in Iranian Kurdistan backed by Iraq

1988 End of 2^nd Anfal campaign

(Musings On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)

1989 Saddam held elections for new parliament as part of political reform after Iran-Iraq War 160 of 250

seats went to Baathists

1990 Saddam speech said if US supported Israeli attack on Iraq he would burn Israel

(Musings On Iraq article on Saddam’s motivation for threatening Israel before the Kuwait invasion)

(Musings On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)

1991 Peshmerga repelled govt attack to retake Sulaymaniya

1991 Saddam’s forces put down Kurdish revolt in Zakho

1991 Barzani said 3 mil Kurds had fled to northern mountains along Turkish border to escape govt attacks

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

(Musings On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the Impact of the 1991 Uprising)

(Musings On Iraq article on 1^st hand accounts of 1991 Uprising)

(Musings On Iraq article on Saddam’s view of 1991 Uprising)

(Ahulbayt Video on 1991 Uprising)

(Musings On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)

2002 UK ambassador to US Meyer warned Bush thinking of war with Iraq by autumn but no postwar plans

2003 Iraqi commander in south Gen Hamdani recalled to Baghdad Saddam told him real invasion was

coming from Jordan through Anbar

2003 US attacked Najaf Kut Samawa Hindiya Headed towards Hillah

(Musings On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)

2003 3^rd Infantry Div moved through Karbala Gap and destroyed Medina Republican Guard Div

2003 ORHA head Garner made 1 day trip to Um Qasr port 1^st time in Iraq

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq and Back, Inside The War To Win The Peace)

2004 CPA adviser Larry Diamond told Bremer that there was a security vacuum in southern Iraq being

filled by militias

2004 Mahdi Army attacked CPA compound in Nasiriya

2004 Gen Kimmitt promised to pacify Fallujah after Blackwater contractors killed

(Musings On Iraq book review The Battle for Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)

2004 US intel officer told press regime change in Iraq could have been promoted as part of war on terror but

admin wanted to scare public using WMD

2005 Report White House and CIA leadership created environment where only threat of Iraq WMD reports

were acceptable

2007 PM Maliki told Integrity Commission head Radhi charges against ministers cabinet presidential staffs

had to be okayed by PM office as way to block investigations

(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen on corruption in Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq interview with anti-graft US official Vincent Foulk)

2007 Report VP Hashemi and Pres Talabani in talks with insurgents in Jordan Anbar Salahaddin Diyala

Talabani said insurgents came to govt for talks 1920 Revolution Brigades Islamic Army Jaish al-Rashideen Omar Brigades Rayat al-Sood talking about breaking with ISI

2007 Anbar Salvation Council in talks with tribes in Amiriya Fallujah to split from ISI

2007 Report Zoba tribes started fighting ISI Reports of clashes between Islamic Army and ISI in Dour

Samarra Tuz Kharmato and Dhiliya in Salahaddin 2 tribes fighting ISI in Diyala

(Musings On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)

2008 Maliki sent 1^st Quick Reaction Division from Anbar to Basra to restart Charge of Knights offensive

2008 Maliki praised Badr and Dawa militia for helping to fight Mahdi Army in Basra

(Musings On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)

2008 Maliki promised jobs and better services after Charge of Knights in Basra

2009 National Reconciliation Committee said it began talks with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq

(Musings On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)

2009 Baghdad was supposed to take control of all Sahwa in Iraq from US forces

2010 Iran said it would host Iraqi parties that wanted to talk about forming new govt

2010 Gorran head Mustafa taken to court for defamation against Pres Talabani

2010 Iraqiya announced regional tour of Egypt Qatar Turkey Syrian and Iran to drum up support for

forming new govt

2011 Protests in Baghdad against corruption and demanded release of prisoners

(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen on corruption in Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq interview with anti-graft US official Vincent Foulk)

2012 Maliki said that if Pres Assad lost power there would be problems throughout the Middle East

Condemned Gulf States arming Syrian rebels

2012 KRG halted oil exports for Baghdad over payment dispute

2012 VP Hashemi went to Qatar violating his arrest warrant

2013 ISI suicide truck bomb on Tikrit police station and govt center

2013 PUK said it would run independently of KDP in next KRG elections

2014 KRG said it would export oil for Baghdad to help with negotiations with central government over

industry but didn’t happen

2014 Kataib Hezbollah said that it was involved in Shjariya operation in Anbar

2015 Mopping up operations in Tikrit with small attacks in north

2015 UN received reports that govt forces looting Tikrit after it was liberated and burning homes

2015 Sadr complained about brazen militias and said any that broke law should be brought to justice

2015 IS video of Ninewa sheikhs giving it baya

2016 PM Abadi’s nominee for Oil Minister in new technocratic cabinet withdrew name saying no

consensus on changes

2016 Maliki faction of State of Law said it would only support partial cabinet change

2016 Kurdish Alliance said if Fin Min Zebari was replaced they would not vote on new cabinet

2016 Higher Educ Min Shahristani and For Minister Jaafari refused to step down for Abadi’s cabinet

changes

2016 Solution List complained that Abadi’s new cabinet was way to exclude some parties from power 

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