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1948
Apr 20 Operation Hametz began with Jewish forces attacking Arab villages held by Iraqi
volunteers in 1st Arab-Israeli War
Apr 29 Battle of Katamon begins between Jewish forces attacking Iraqi volunteers and
Arab Legion
Apr 30 Jewish forces took Jaffa, and 7 other towns held by Iraqi volunteers in 1st Arab
Israeli War
May 1 Iraqi volunteers defeated by Jewish forces in Battle of Katamon Iraq would send
3,000 fighters for war in May
May 1 Chiefs of Staffs of Arab countries met and came up with general plan for war with
Israel Each country had own objectives however meaning each fought separately
May 8 Gen Mahmoud cmdr Iraqi 1st Div met with King Hussein of Jordan to be informed of
situation in Palestine and make war preparations
May 12 Iraqi air force deployed to Transjordan for Arab-Israeli War
May 14 Arab-Israeli War broke out Iraq sent forces to Palestine Iraqi forced moved towards
Jordan River Took Rothenberg hydroelectric plant Captured 40 Israelis
May 14 Iraqi forces crossed Jordan River Shelled Kibbutz Gesher and bombed surrounding
area
May 14 Communists organized community protection groups to defend Jewish neighborhood
as Arab-Israeli War started
May 15 2nd Iraqi unit crossed Jordan River Joined attack on Kibbutz Gesher
May 16 Iraqi attack upon Kibbutz Gesher failed
May 17 3rd Iraqi unit crossed Jordan River and moved towards Qawqab al-Hawa Forced to
retreat by Israelis then ordered out of area
May 18 Iraqi air force bombed Israeli airfield
May 22 Iraqi army defeated in Battle of Gesher and retreated
May 22 Iraqi forces moved to Shechem area to make up for lack of Jordanian advances
May 23 Iraqi brigade attacked Kfar Yona-Netanya to try to split Palestine in 2 Cancelled due
to Iraqis being sent to block Jewish advance on Jenin
May 25 Iraqi forces took Geulim and reached Kfar Yona and Ein Vered Attacked Netanya
but failed Jordanians asked Iraqis to move to Tulkarm-Netanya sector
May 29 Battle of Jenin between Jewish and Iraqi forces started
Jun 1 Iraqi reinforcements arrived in Jenin Iraq sent another 15,000 volunteers to war
making it largest Arab force in conflict
Jun 2 Israelis attacked Jenin held by Iraqi forces
Jun 3 Another Iraqi unit arrived in Jenin Immediately sent into battle with Israelis Forced
Israelis to retreat from Jenin hills
Jun 4 Israelis counterattacked vs Iraqi forces in Jenin Iraqis held position Only victory in
war
Jun 5 Iraqi forces counterattacked in Qaqun which had just been taken by Israelis Failed
Jun 11 Iraqis in Kafr Qassim attacked by Israelis
Jun 11 UN negotiated armistice in Arab-Israeli War
Jun 12 Iraqis forced to retreat from Kafr Qassim by Israelis after armistice
Jul 6 Iraqi air force attacked Israeli military base During armistice
Jul 9 1st Arab-Israeli War restarted Iraqis took 7 Palestinian villages in Jenin area
Jul 15 Iraqi air force bombed Haifa and Israeli airfield
Jul 18 Iraqi air force ordered to find and destroy 3 Israeli B-17 bombers Couldn’t find them
but bombed Israeli airfield
Aug 28 Jews forbidden to work in banking or foreign currency transactions after creation
of Israel
Oct 8 Export-import licenses for Jewish businesses forbidden after creation of Israel
Oct 19 All Jewish govt workers fired after creation of Israel
Dec 2 Baghdad told oil companies they should not employ Jews after creation of Israel
1967
Feb 24 Arif govt put military on alert for possible war vs Israel
Mar 24 Pres Arif ordered some units of the Iraqi military to be put on alert as tensions grew
between Israel and Egypt
May 17 Commander Iraqi air force put two squadrons on alert for deployment to Jordan in
anticipation of Arab-Israeli War
(Musings On Iraq Review Hawker Hunters At War, Iraq and Jordan , 1958-1967)
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May 27 Pres Arif addressed Iraqi troops Said they were token force to aid Egypt in Arab-
Israeli War
May 30 Egypt’s Nasser and Jordan’s King Hussein called Pres Arif asking him to deploy
Iraqi forces to Jordan for war with Israel Arif agreed to send 1 armored div and 3 squadrons of jets
May 31 Jordan invited Iraqi army to deploy troops in its territory for war with Israel
Jun 1 Iraq Foreign Minister Pachachi met with US officials about growing tension with
Israel before 1967 Arab-Israel War
Jun 1 Jordan allowed 2 Iraqi squadrons of jets to deploy to its territory before Arab-Israeli
War
(Musings On Iraq Review Hawker Hunters At War, Iraq and Jordan , 1958-1967)
Jun 4 Iraqi pilots briefed on 2 Israeli airfields they were to attack Intel was poor mostly from
before 1948 Were told Egyptian-led war plan was to allow Israelis to attack first
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Jun 4 Iraqi army division set off to deploy to Jordan for Six Day War
Jun 4 Egypt told Iraq Arab forces would not attack first but wait for Israel to act
Jun 5 Israel attacked Egypt starting Six Day War
Jun 5 Israel bombed Iraqi army brigade in Jordan Became combat ineffective
Jun 5 Iraqi airplanes attacked Jezreel Valley and Afula Israel to little effect Hit Kfar Sirkin
air base destroying transports and breaking up Israeli paratrooper op Israelis and Jordanians claimed Jordanian planes carried out raid but its air force was not in war yet
(Musings On Iraq Review Hawker Hunters At War, Iraq and Jordan , 1958-1967)
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Jun 5 Israeli airplanes attacked H-3 airbase in Anbar Were intercepted by Iraqi planes
Israelis claimed they destroyed 12 Iraqi planes Iraq actually lost 6
Jun 5 Iraqi delegation met with Kurds Asked them not to carry out any attacks during 6 Day
War Asked Kurds to contribute a military unit Barzani refused
Jun 6 Iraqi jets set off for Jenin and raid on Israeli air base Couldn’t find targets in Jenin and
attacked Israeli tank column instead Bombed Iraqi military installation by mistake because couldn’t find air base Another plane bombed a town because couldn’t find Israeli base 1 Iraqi bomber destroyed on way home crashing into Israeli base 2nd Iraqi wave bombed 2 towns because couldn’t find Israeli base
(Musings On Iraq Review Hawker Hunters At War, Iraq and Jordan , 1958-1967)
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Jun 6 Israel hit H-3 air base twice in Anbar Led to dog fight Israel claimed it destroyed 16-24
Iraqi planes Later said destroyed almost entire Iraqi air force Actually only 1 Iraqi plane destroyed when crashed
Jun 6 8th Iraqi Brigade tried to cross Damiya Bridge destroyed by Israeli air strike
Jun 7 Iraqi air force turned back Israeli attack upon H-3 air base in western Anbar Israelis
shot down 2 Iraqi planes Iraqis shot down 3 Israeli jets
(Musings On Iraq Review Hawker Hunters At War, Iraq and Jordan , 1958-1967)
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Jun 7 Iraq broke diplomatic relations with U.S. after defeat in Arab-Israeli War
Sep 6 Baath demonstration called for renewing war with Israel after Khartoum
resolution called for continued confrontation
1973
Apr 6 Iraqi Hawker Hunter jets flown to Egypt Would be used in 1973 Arab-Israeli War
(Musings On Iraq Review Hawker Hunters At War, Iraq and Jordan , 1958-1967)
Oct 6 Yom Kippur Arab-Israeli War began Iraq decided to send forces
Oct 6 Iraqi Hawker Hunter jets attacked Israeli anti-missile sites in Sinai Peninsula
Oct 7 Iraq nationalized shares of US oil company and Shell in retaliation for West’s
Support for Israel in 1973 Arab-Israeli War
Oct 7 Iraqi MiG-21s flew to Syria Started air patrols and immediately fought Israeli planes
Oct 8 8 Saddam met with Syrians Said Iraq would send as much as it could as fast as possible
to Yom Kippur War
Oct 8 Iraqi Hawker Hunter jets attacked and destroyed Israeli column in Sinai 2 planes shot
down 1 accidentally by Egyptians
Oct 9 Iraqi Su-7 jets bombed 2 Israeli columns in Syria’s Golan Heights Lost 2 planes
Oct 11 Iraqi 12th Armored Bgd of 3rd Armored Div was 1st Iraqi unit to arrive in Syria’s Golan
Heights Put under command of Syrian 9th Armored Div
Oct 11 Syria lost Golan Heights Started retreating Stopped giving clear orders Told Iraqi
pilots to attack whatever they could find
Oct 12 Iraqi 12th Armored Bgd sent to Kfar Shams-Tel al-Mashara area of Golan Heights to
counter Israeli attack there by 210th Div Destroyed 20 Iraqi tanks Stopped Israeli advance on Damascus
Oct 12 Israel sent in paratroops 250km into Syria to disrupt Iraqi reinforcements
moving to front and stopped their advance
Oct 13 Iraqi 12th Armored Bgd took Tel al-Bazak in Golan Heights Forced Israelis to retreat
Iraqis had no contact with other units nor Syrians because no liaison officer Brigade was supposed to attack another town but lack of coordination led it to Tel al-Bazak
Oct 13 Iraqi 12th Armored Bgd withdrew from Tel al-Bazak and attacked Tel al-Shaar in
Golan Heights
Oct 13 Iraqi Hawker Hunter jets from Egypt destroyed Israeli 329th Reserve Artillery
Battalion
Oct 14 3rd day fighting between Israeli and Iraqi forces in Syria
Oct 15 Israelis attacked Tel Antar in Golan Heights and forced Iraqi brigade to retreat losing
half its tanks
Oct 16 Iraqi 6th Brigade which just arrived in Syria attacked Tel Antar and Kfar Nasej in
Golan Heights Took Tel Antar and moved towards Tel Alaqiya but stopped by Israelis
Oct 16 Israelis counterattacked and withdrawal of neighboring Jordanian unit forced Iraqi 6th
Brigade to retreat
Oct 16 Iraqi artillery supported a Syrian attack toward Tel Hara and Tel Mashara in Golan
Heights
Oct 16 Battalion of Iraqi 20th Brgd sent to Deir al-Adas in Golan Heights Immediately
attacked by Israelis who were attempting to outflank Iraqi 6th Brigade Was able to stop Israeli attack
Oct 16 Iraqi Special Forces brigade carried out raids on Israelis in Tel al-Mal Golan Heights
Oct 17 Syrians ordered Iraqis 3rd Armored Div to attack Tel Antar again in Golan Heights
Oct 17 Iraqi Special Forces brigade carried out raids against Israelis in Tel Antar in Golan
Heights
Oct 18 Iraqi 3rd Armored Div started its attack on Tel Antar in Golan Heights
Oct 19 Iraqi 3rd Armored Div forced to give up attack on Tel Antar in Golan Heights
Retreated with heavy losses
Oct 19 Iraqi Special Forces brigade carried out raids on Israelis in Tel Alaqiya Golan Heights
Oct 20 Iraqi 5th Inf Brigade arrived in Syria Deployed to Qatana sector in northern Golan
Heights Attacked by Israeli heliborne force
Oct 24 Egypt accepted UN ceasefire in Yom Kippur War Iraq ordered forces to withdraw
from Syria Iraq lost 278 killed 898 wounded
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