This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 20

1980 Iraq held first parliamentary elections since end of monarchy in 1958 Baath won 187

seats Independents 63

1982 Saddam ordered Iraqi troops to withdraw to border Ayatollah Khomeini said war would end

when Saddam was out

1982 Ayatollah Khomeini agreed to Iran going on offensive and invading Iraq Said that heavy Shiite

casualties had to be avoided

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

1985 Iran Op Fatah in Basra started

1987 UN Res 598 called for new peace plan to end Iran-Iraq War Tehran did not reject idea for first

time

1987 Iran Op Nasr 4 Took Mawat Kurdistan

(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)

(Musings On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)

1987 Ali Hassan al-Majid issued order for random attacks on Kurdish areas to kill as many people as

possible Also said that any Kurd captured between 15-70 should be interrogated then executed

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

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

2004 Interim PM Allawi said special commando units would be created Interior Min Naqib used units to

bring in relatives and ex-military into ministry Allawi thought units would be critical to defeating insurgency

2004 Head of 9/11 Commission said Al Qaeda was closer to Iran and Pakistan than Iraq

2004 9/11 Comm member said captured Iraqi docs showed 1 Fedayeen Saddam was an Al Qaeda member

Attacked press for claiming Comm report contradicted Bush admin claims on Iraq-Al Qaeda connections

2004 White House claimed 9/11 Comm proved its argument of Al Qaeda-Iraq ties when Commission said

no cooperation

2005 UK UN diplomat Ross said he saw 4 ½ yrs of intel on Iraq WMD and it didn’t support Blair’s

argument for war

(Musings On Iraq Book Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)

2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism Group said Al Qaeda’s Libi and INC

reported Iraq provided training to Al Qaeda Feb 04 Libi recanted his story which was given under torture

2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism Group said in 1990 Ansar al-Islam

was working on WMD in Kurdistan Ansar not created until 2002

2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism Group said Iraq supported Ansar al-

Islam Was not true

2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism Group said Iraq ran terrorist training

camp in Salman Pak with a plane fuselage next to a WMD facility raising fears Iraq giving terrorists WMD Was no active WMD facility in Salman Pak but was a terrorist training camp Stories were spread by INC

2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism Group said he believed 9/11 hijacker

Atta met with Iraqi intel in Prague in 2001 and never disproven Czech intel said story untrue CIA FBI 9/11 Commission never found evidence of meeting

2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism Group claimed 2002 NIE was

attempt by CIA to win back debate on Iraq to WMD instead of terrorism

2006 Fmr head State Dept Intel Bureau Carl Ford said pre-Iraq war intel showed failure of tradecraft and

analysis of US intel

2006 Carl Ford said US got reports of things like Iraq-Niger uranium story and aluminum tubes and failed

to analyze and question them thoroughly

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

(Musings On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)

2006 Fmr Dep Dir CIA McLaughlin said that Feith’s Counter Terror Group found lots of articles of Al

Qaeda-Iraq meetings but no control or operational connections

2006 Fmr Dep Dir CIA McLaughlin thought Feith’s Pentagon group was put together to counter CIA’s

intel on Iraq-Al Qaeda

2006 Fmr CIA bin Laden desk chief Scheuer said Iraq war devastated CIA’s counterterrorism office by

draining resources

2006 CIA’s Scheuer said CIA didn’t see any threat from Iraq compared to Al Qaeda Said Dep Sec Def

Feith’s office was set up to counter the CIA’s reporting no ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda

2006 Scheuer headed CIA’s report on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties and found no relationship

2006 Gen DeLong Gen Frank’s deputy commader at CENTCOM said he believed Iraq working with Ansar

al-Islam and Al Qaeda in Kurdistan pre-invasion

2008 Report several insurgent groups reaching out to parties to try to get involved in politics

2008 ISF arrested Sadrist deputy governor and 2 councilmen in Maysan during security op there vs Sadrists

(Musings On Iraq article on Op Promise of Peace)

2008 20 police accused of kidnapping and running death squads arrested Were members of Mahdi Army

2008 Report 4 political parties formed from 2 Anbar Awakening groups and 2 from insurgent Islamic Army

2009 Head of Kurdish list in Ninewa told Bashiqa teachers they should stop teaching in Arabic and switch

to Kurdish Dispute with Hadbaa List

(Musings On Iraq article on Kurd-Al Hadbaa dispute in Ninewa)

(Musings On Iraq article on Al-Hadbaa taking over Ninewa council)

(Musings On Iraq article on continued Kurd-Al Hadbaa dispute in Ninewa)

2009 ISI bombed Shiite mosque killing 73 in Taza Kirkuk

2010 2 car bombs in front of Trade Bank of Iraq in Baghdad 27 killed 55 wounded

2010 Funeral for protester killed in Basra led to march calling for PM Maliki to step down

2010 Ayatollah Najafi issued statement condemning electricity shortages and supported right of people to

protest problem

2011 Sadr statement called for arrest and punishment of ex-Mahdi Army Abu Dura and his followers

Known as Shiite Zarqawi

2011 PM Maliki and other political leaders met at Pres Talabani’s house in Baghdad to discuss power

sharing

2012 Sadr MP said 3^rd term for PM Maliki would lead to dictatorship

2012 Sadrist protest in Baghdad claimed govt cracking down on independent press

2013 Chevron signed new exploration deal with KRG for work in Irbil

2013 Gazprom met with Pres Barzani to discuss oil deals in KRG

2013 Shahristani claimed Iraq’s electricity problems would be solved by end of year

2013 Election Comm said voter turnout only 35% in Ninewa and 37% in Anbar in delayed provincial

elections

2014 Tanker sold Kurdish oil to Israel exported through KRG’s independent pipeline to Turkey

2014 Fighting between Naqshibandi and ISIS in Hawija killed 17 as IS tried to assert control over area

(Musings On Iraq Precarious Relationship Between The Islamic State of Iraq And The Baathist Naqshibandi)

2014 45 bodies found executed by insurgents in Tigris River in Salahaddin

2014 Turkman leaders in Tuz Kharmato said happy Peshmerga moved into city but wanted power sharing

2014 Sistani spokesman called for new govt that “avoids past mistakes” Most took that as criticism of PM

Maliki

2015 Hashd killed a Kurdish civilian in a car leading to gunfight between Hashd and Peshmerga in Tuz

Kharmato

2015 Civil group claimed Peshmerga killing civilians and displacing people in Diyala’s Khanaqin Dist

2018 Up to 300 protested in Basra demanding jobs from oil companies and Industry Ministry Was broken

up by police

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