Wednesday, February 26, 2020

This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 26


1917 3 British gunboats fired upon by 4 Ottoman ships at Nahr-al-Kalek, Wasit 3 Turkish ships
sunk and 4th captured
1983 Iran’s Op Fajr al-Nasr in Maysan to seize Basra-Baghdad road ended
(Musings On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1984 Iraq counterattack pushed back Iran’s Op Kheibar in Basra marshes
(Musings On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1987 Iran officially ended Op Karbala 5 in Basra Suffered 52,000-62,000 casualties vs 40,000 Iraqis
casualties
(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 Iran-Iraq War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
(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 Saddam announced withdrawal from Kuwait Iraqi army started pulling out
1991 Saddam called on Iraqis to applaud the army for fighting 30 countries Claimed Iraq won and it was a
great victory
1991 US 3rd inf Div attacked 52nd Armored Div 17 Div Adnan and Tawakalna Divs
1991 Battle of 73 Easting US 2nd Arm Cav Rgt fought Iraq’s Tawakalna Div By end of day Tawakalna
            destroyed
(Musings On Iraq book review Bradley vs BMP, Desert Storm 1991)
(Musings On Iraq book review M1 Abrams vs T-72 Ural, Operation Desert Storm 1991)
1991 Battle of Norfolk US 1st Arm Div UK 1st Arm Div destroyed Iraq’s  25th, 31st, 48th divisions
1991 US aircraft began attacking retreating Iraqi forces from Kuwait on Highway of Death
1991 Iraq said it was willing to end annexation of Kuwait and pay reparations for a ceasefire in Gulf War
and end of sanctions
1991 Bush admin officials said they wanted to keep sanctions on Iraq to provoke a coup
(Musings On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History With Documents)
2002 Fmr Amb Wilson arrived in Niger to investigate Iraq trying to buy uranium
(Musings On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The Selling Of The Iraq War)
2002 MI6 Chief Dearlove said US would demand weapons inspectors under conditions Saddam wouldn’t
accept to justify military action
(Musings On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD and 2003 Invasion)
2003 Bush speech at American Enterprise Institute Said Iraq was direct threat to US due to WMD
and links to terrorists Said US had experience in stability operations and putting reformers in power Said other nations would help rebuild Iraq and US would stay in Iraq as long as necessary but “not a day more” Said spreading democracy to Iraq would be an inspiration to Middle East
(Musings On Iraq book review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The aftermath of regime change)
(Musings On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq book review Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
2004 Gen Taguba handed in his report on Abu Ghraib prison abuse case
2004 Ayatollah Sistnai dropped demand for elections to be held by June 04 but said they had to happen by
end of year
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq assassinated Gen Saab Manfi Mohammed al-Rawi of Albu Rawi Member of Anbar
Security Council
(Musings On Iraq book review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2007 Cabinet approved draft oil bill Unions Sunnis and Sadr all attacked bill Never passed
2007 Report EFP cache found in Hillah and another in Diyala US military said proof that Iran was
providing weapons to Iraqi militias
(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)
2008 Health Min Hasnawi blamed corrupt officials for importing expired and counterfeit medicines
2008 Fmr Defense Min Allawi said right after 03 invasion Badr Brigade sent in 10,000 fighters into Iraq
and took control of Baquba Kut and other southern cities along Iranian border
2008 Report Tehran received files on Iraqi intel officers under Saddam that worked on Iran and carried out
campaign to assassinate them
2008 Report Badr provided intel on Sadrists to Americans to eliminate their rivals
2011 Riot police broke up demonstration in Sulaymaniya city 1 protester killed
(Musings On Iraq interview with journalist Wladimir Van Wilgenburg on 2011 KRG protests)
2016 Sadrists joined Friday protests in Baghdad saying they would end support for Abadi if cabinet wasn’t
reformed Said would storm Green Zone
(Musings On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr’s protests and demands on PM Abadi)
2016 Kurdish Alliance said they would not give up their ministries to go along with Abadi’s reforms

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