This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 7 Baathist assassination attempt on Gen Qasim failed

 

1920 UK forces defeated insurgents in Hindiya south of Hillah during 1920 Revolt

(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)

(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)

 

1941 Regent accepted resignation of PM Midfai Got into argument with his Finance Min Kamal

1944 Protocol of Alexandria signed that would lead to formation of Arab League Iraq was one of the

architects

1947 Arab League agreed to create a military committee Was led by Iraqi Gen Ismail Said

1959 Baathists made failed assassination attempt on Pres Qasim wounding him Saddam fled to

Syria and Egypt as a result

(Musings On Iraq review Socialist Iraq, A Study in Iraqi Politics Since 1968)

1959 Free Officers asked chief of staff and Baghdad military governor Gen Abdi to join coup and

            overthrow Qasim he said no Made broadcast saying Qasim alive and called for calm

1968 7^th Baath Party Congress said Pres Arif had used military rule for his personal power and was

reactionary and tribal That was why Baath overthrew him

1973 Iraq nationalized shares of US oil company and Shell in retaliation for west support for Israel in

1973 Arab-Israeli War

1973 Iraqi MiG-21s flew to Syria Started air patrols and immediately fought Israeli planes Yom-Kippur

War

1980 2^nd day Iranian air force sunk ships to block Shatt al-Arab waterway to Persian Gulf

1983 France secretly flew 6 Super Etendard jets to Iraq Iran threatened France about the planes

1983 US report Iran turning tide in Iran-Iraq War and US already starting to tilt towards Iraq

(Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)

(Musings On Iraq Review The Twilight War, The Secret History Of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict With Iran)

(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 review The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)

(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)

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

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)

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

1991 Peshmerga executed 60 Iraqi soldiers captured in Sulaymaniya 50 people killed in fighting in

Kurdistan

1991 Kurdish Front consisting of main Kurdish parties said it would combat the PKK

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

1998 Congress passed Iraq Liberation Act saying policy was to remove Saddam Opened up money to Iraq

opposition

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq In The Eye of the Storm)

(Musings On Iraq The Passing Of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim)

(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The

Sectarian War of 2006)

1998 Ex-Gen Downing and ex-CIA officer Clarridge drew up plan for Iraqi opposition trained by Special

Forces to seize territory in western and southern Iraq When Saddam attacked Iraqi opposition would lead to U.S. intervention and overthrow of govt

2001 Saddam condemned US invasion of Afghanistan saying it would only lead to more instability in

world

2001 Bin Laden video said he was fighting for Iraqis who had suffered under sanctions White House

would claim this was evidence of Iraq-Al Qaeda connection

2001 Weekly Standard’s William Kristol told Meet The Press biggest mistake of US was not

deposing Saddam during Gulf War

2002 Bush speech in Cincinnati outlined Iraq’s WMD and nuke threat to lobby for passage of

Congressional use of force resolution Said US tried containment sanctions inspections and Iraq still had WMD If Iraq didn't disarm US would do it Said Iraq great threat because of WMD and its history of aggression Said if Iraq got enriched uranium it could have a nuclear bomb in less than a year Said Iraq tried to buy aluminum tubes for nuke program Claimed Al Qaeda and Iraq united in hatred for U.S. Had high level contacts for a decade Claimed Iraq had trained Al Qaeda in bomb making and poisons and Saddam celebrated 9/11

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

(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy

Tragedy)

(Musings On Iraq review The Regime Change Consensus, Iraq In American Politics 1990-2003)

(Musings On Iraq review Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception)

(Musings On Iraq review The WMD Mirage, Iraq’s Decade of Deception and America’s False Premise for War)

(Musings On Iraq How A Contested Aluminum Tubes Story Became The Basis For War With Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Created An Iraqi Nuclear Threat In 2002)

(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)

2002 CIA blocked Bush talking about Iraq trying to buy uranium from Africa in speech

2002 Italian contacted journalist about providing her with Iraq-Niger uranium deal papers that turned out

to be fakes

(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Failed The Iraq-Niger Uranium Story)

(Musings On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The Selling Of The Iraq War)

2002 CIA Director Tenet sent letter to Senate Intelligence Committee Said Iraq wouldn’t conduct terrorist

or WMD attacks upon US unless regime was threatened Wrote that there were high level Iraq-Al Qaeda ties going back a decade Iraq offered safe haven and non-aggression Iraq provided poison gas training to Al Qaeda Said Al Qaeda operatives in Iraq

2002 Intel officials complained to press saying White House claims of Iraq-Al Qaeda ties exaggerated

2002 Pentagon drafted 2 memos on postwar Iraq 1^st said military would assume control of Iraqi govt

maintain security so rebuilding could begin and govt could restart 2^nd memo said a military governor would run Iraq and appoint US specialists to run each ministry Didn’t say who would do this as invasion plan was to withdraw quickly Gen Franks said he would not run Iraq after invasion

(Musings On Iraq review Hard Lessons, The Iraq Reconstruction Experience)

(Musings On Iraq review State of Denial, Bush At War, Part III)

2003 Sec Def Rumsfeld said he knew nothing of NatSecAdv Rice creating Iraq Stabilization Group

at NSC Rumsfeld was told about NSC group but wanted to personally be in control of all Iraq decisions so opposed Rice’s move

2003 Australian Senate censured PM Howard for not proving his claims Iraq had WMD to

            justify sending troops to Iraq

2003 Turkish parliament okayed PM Erdogan sending Turkish troops to Iraq Governing Council opposed

idea

2003 Major demonstration in Basra city when rumor spread not enough money to pay former soldiers

Protesters burned records to make payments British troops shot and killed a man

2004 Sec State Powell said Iraq Survey Group initial report proved Iraq wanted WMD and that

            it was a threat

2004 PM Blair claimed Iraq Survey Group report proved that Saddam wanted WMD

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

2004 Sadr offered to disarm Mahdi Army as part of peace deal with Allawi govt Wasn’t serious

2007 Gen Petraeus said Iran causing violence in Iraq by arming militias Said Iranian ambassador to Iraq

member of Iranian Revolutionary Guard

(Musings On Iraq A History Of Iranian Weapons Shipments To Iraq Interview With Arkenstone Blog’s Galen Wright)

(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)

(Musings On Iraq review Vanguard of the Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)

2008 Armenia announced it was withdrawing its 46 soldiers Were deployed in Diwaniya Sent troops in Jan

05

2008 ISF arrested women in Baquba Diyala said to be recruiter for women suicide bombers

(Musings On Iraq The Rise of Female Suicide Bombers0

(Musings On Iraq Motivations Behind Female Suicide Bombers)

(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)

2011 Obama talked with PM Maliki Told him all US forces would be out of Iraq at end of 2011

2012 Report When Iraq held auctions for oil fields in 2009-10 wanted max possible oil production Led to

12 mil/bar/day by 2017 Was impossible Intl Energy Agency predicted Iraq would produce 4 mil/bar/day by 2017 Iraq needed 6000 wells seismic surveys pipelines storage water injection to increase production Iraq revised down prediction to 9 mil/bar/day by 2020 Still may not be possible Signed deal for pipeline through Syria but ended with Syrian civil war

2012 Report Head of Kurdistan Islamic League said KRG opposition was rudderless Nothing came of 2011

protests in Sulaymaniya Joint committee did nothing Gorran now meeting with PUK and KDP

2013 March in Adhamiya against Sunni historical figures Sunni mufti threatened general strike if there was

another march Sistani issued fatwa condemning abuse of Sunni figures Sadr criticized march

2013 Anbar Gov Diab met with PM Maliki in Baghdad to deliver Sunni protest demands

(Musings On Iraq Political Support For Sunni Protests Waning As Mutahidun Tries To Negotiate Their End)

2014 IS attack on Haditha Anbar turned back

2015 Report Oil traders stopped giving advances to KRG for its oil exports KRG exports up

because of new deal with Baghdad Jun-Sep traders advanced KRG $272 mil Aug KRG paid oil traders $188 mil more than 30% of its oil revenue KRG started getting advances from traders in 2014 KRG cut govt payrolls 1/3 Fell behind paying oil companies

(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)

2017 Clash between Hashd and Peshmerga in Kharabaroot Kirkuk as a result of independence referendum

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

2018 Report Hashd created economic base because Iran cut financing due to sanctions Iraqi intel said Asaib

Ahl Al-Haq got $1.5-$2  mil/mo from Iran Asaib Ahl Al-Haq took over alcohol smuggling in Baghdad Kidnapped and killed liquor dealers that didn’t cooperate

2019 Protests in Sadr City and Diwaniya 15 killed night before in Sadr City as ISF used heavy weapons and

RPGs against crowds ISF claimed they were shot at in neighborhood Army admitted to using excessive force in Sadr City and were ordered out Organizers in Diwaniya said they would stop and see how govt dealt with their demands Activists in Dhi Qar said mass arrest campaign underway including journalists

(Musings On Iraq Are Iraq’s Protests Coming To An End?)

(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)

(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)

2019 Army admitted to using excessive force against protesters ISF raided TV stations for

covering protests Govt shut down Internet to try to stop organizing Activist kidnapped in Baghdad

2019 Pres Salah gave speech criticizing shooting protesters and promised investigation Also promised

reforms and fighting corruption Nothing happened

2019 Natl Sec Adv Fayad claimed demonstrations plot to overthrow govt that failed and perpetrators

would be punished

2020 Govt workers at Sulaymaniya Education Dir went on strike for KRG not paying salaries

2020 Sadr threatened to have his followers go after protesters after clash with ISF in Karbala

Claimed protesters with IS and Baathists and anti-religious

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