This Day In Iraqi History – Oct 5

1915 6^th Army created by Ottomans under command of German Gen von der Goltz

            to defend Mesopotamia from British

1974 Kurdish parliament appointed by Baghdad took office

1975 Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz went to Damascus to discuss uniting Iraq and Syria

1980 Iraq ended unilateral ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War after Iran didn’t follow suite and

            went back to fighting

1982 UN called for ceasefire Iraq accepted Iran rejected

1985 Iraq ended air strikes on Kharg Island Iran’s main oil terminal Hit 21 times but

            no lasting damage

2000 During VP debate Cheney said US might have to take military action to remove

            Saddam in future

2002 CIA Dir Tenet told White House to remove Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger

            from Bush speech Said intel was weak

2002 Knight Ridder article quoted several intelligence officers that Bush admin

            ignoring dissenting opinions on aluminum tubes

2004 Bremer said US never had enough troops in Iraq while he was running the CPA

            Said military thought troop levels fine

2005 Parliament changed decision from actual voters back to registered ones for no

            vote on constitution

2005 Suicide bomber hit mosque in Hilla, Babil killing 27 wounding 87

2005 UK official claimed Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah providing EFPs

            to Shiite militias in Basra to attack British troops

2006 US disbanded 8^th Natl Police Bgd Arrested commanders for kidnapping 26

            Sunnis killing 7 of them in Baghdad

2006 Sunni leaders told Sec State Rice Iraq breaking apart They were victims of

            sectarian violence & no one protecting them

2006 SCIR head Hakim told Sec State Rice Shiites tried to work with Sunnis but they were

            obstructionists

2006 Sec State Rice told Maliki if there was no reconciliation US would leave and

            Maliki would end up being hung

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728 Dead And 549 Wounded In September 2017 In Iraq

Iraq saw another low in violence in September 2017. There were the fewest security incidents, deaths, and wounded recorded this year.

This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 4

1980 Iraq announced unilateral ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War but Iran didn’t comply

1982 Sec of State Shultz and Soviet For Min Gromyko met and agreed Iran-Iraq

            War should end as soon as possible

1999 UN Res 1266 allowed Iraq to export $3.04 bil in oil under Oil for Food Program

2002 Unclassified version of CIA’s report on Iraq’s WMD released Dropped most

            of the reservations in original

2002 CIA told NSC to remove reference to Iraq trying to buy uranium from Niger

            from Bush speech

2002 UK Foreign Office legal adv Sir Wood said that U.N. needed to act on Iraq to give

legal justification for war otherwise British forces could be sued

2002 Intel officials complained to press that White House pressuring them on reports

            on Iraq

2002 Report some intel analysts and scientists disagreed that aluminum tubes Iraq

            tried to buy were for nuke program

2003 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Sanchez  said insurgency had evolved and gotten deadlier

2003 Last day CPA paid ex-Iraqi soldiers turned into violent demonstrations in

            Baghdad and other cities 3 killed by US & British troops

2004 Car Bombs in Baghdad’s Green Zone and Mosul killed 21 Wounded 90

2004 CIA review found no connection between Saddam and Zarqawi as White House

            claimed

2007 NatlSecAdv Rubaie told Pentagon officials Maliki opposed to Sahwa plan

            and wanted to control them

2014 IS threatened to kill US aid worker Peter Kassig because of US air strikes

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Two-Thirds of Hawija Area Freed By Iraqi Forces

The Hawija operation is heading towards its final phase. Roughly one-third of the Hawija district remained under Islamic State control, and at the current pace that could be freed in just a few days.

This Day In Iraqi History – Oct 3

1932 Iraq gained independence from Britain

1968 Soviet Union called for negotiations between Baghdad and KDP rebels

1978 Ayatollah Khomeini left Najaf for Paris after Baghdad demanded he reject politics

            in deal made with Shah of Iran

1980 Iraq Foreign Minister Hamadi presented Iraq’s case to UN claiming it acted in

            self-defense in Iran-Iraq War

1980 Khomeini speech said goal of war was to punish the Baath and rejected

            negotiations to end it

1982 Sudan said it would send troops to help Iraq in Iran-Iraq War

1996 Iraq admitted to UN inspectors that it hid part of its missile program and then

            secretly destroyed them in March 92

2002 Bush signed executive order to train 5,000 Iraqi exiles to help with invasion

2002 US planes dropped flyers over Iraq telling them not to fight Americans

2003 Bush said interim report by Iraq Survey Group justified invasion because found

            WMD programs

2003 Rice US went to war with Iraq because most likely place terrorists could get WMD

2014 Australia authorized air strikes against IS and Special Forces to be sent to Iraq

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This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 2

1918 UK War Office told commander in Mespotamia to seize as many oil

            producing areas as possible

1981 Iran bombed 4 hydroelectric power plants in Iraq

1989 US NSDD26 said U.S. would try to improve relations with Iraq

1992 UN Res 778 authorized Iraq oil revenues to be deposited in UN controlled bank

            until sanctions lifted

2002 Summary main points Natl Intel Estimate released Said Iraq rebuilding nuke &

            WMD programs

2002 Iraq called UK’s weapons dossier propaganda and lies

2002 Congress passes resolution allowing Bush to use force against Iraq

2002 Bush said that Iraq had WMD stocks rebuilding programs Working on nuclear

            programs

2002 NYT article quoted Richard Perle that CIA was anti-INC and they provided best

            intel on Iraq

2002 CIA Dep Dir told Senate British had stretched story that Iraq tried to buy

            uranium from Africa

2003 Iraq Survey Group interim report said found no Iraqi WMD but evidence of

            WMD programs

2003 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said Saddam never gave up ambitions to have

            WMD

2003 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said that Iraq’s WMD stocks looked like they were

            destroyed in 1990s

2003 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said secret WMD programs were hidden in Iraqi

            intelligence services for assassinations

2003 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said Iraq had produced banned missile types

2003 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Sanchez said insurgency had evolved and gotten more deadly

2003 NatSecAdv Rice created Iraq Stabilization Group to help run postwar Iraq

            without consulting with rest of govt

2003 Bush had given Pentagon control of postwar Iraq so NSC’s Iraq Stabilization

            Group had no authority

2004 Bush said Zarqawi travelled to Iraq before 03 invasion Killed USAID official

            Foley in Jordan

2004 Bush said Iraq was a threat because it had WMD and was connected to terrorist

            networks like Zarqawi’s

2005 Parliament ruled no vote on constitution would be based upon actual voters not

            registered ones to diminish Sunni ballots against document

2005 Sunni politicians complained that change in how votes counted would make it

            harder to reject draft constitution

2005 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid told Congress he was optimistic about Iraq war

2005 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Casey told Congress 1/3 of 119 Iraqi army battalions could

            operate with some US aid

2005 Pres Talabani asked PM Jaafari to step down Complained Shiites were

            dominating govt

2005 Pres Tabalani accued United Iraqi Alliance of not giving Kurds govt positions

            neglecting ministries run by Kurds not dealing with Kirkuk

2007 NatlSecAdv Rubaie told SecState Rice US had to tell Sunni politicians they

            couldn’t play politics & violence at same time

2007 NatlSec Adv Rubaie told SecState Rice Maliki would take care of Sadr and

            Mahdi Army

2015 Protests in Baghdad Babil Karbala Najaf Qadisiyah Muthanna Dhi Qar Wasit

            Maysan Basra Diyala demanding reform

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This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 1

1920 Sir Percy Cox landed in Baghdad as new British high commissioner of Iraq

            Was told to prepare for Iraqi independence

1967 Law No. 123 gave Iraqi National Oil Company more power and right to develop

            north Rumaila oil field

1968 Govt and KDP started fighting once again

1972 U.S. opened Interests Section in Baghdad after diplomatic relations were ended in

            1967

1978 Iraq Revolutionary Command Council said it would get Arab League to reject

            Egypt-Israeli peace deal

1980 Iran letter to UN blamed Iraq for war claiming it violated Algiers Treaty

            Supported anti-revolutionary groups Conducted sabotage

1980 Iran letter finished by saying Tehran not willing to follow UN calls for ceasefire

1982 Iran launched Op Muslim ibn Aqil in Diyala Aim was to take Baghdad Recovered

            150 sq km of Iranian territory

1983 After international pressure France said it would delay shipping 5 Super Enendard

fighter bombers to Iraq but went ahead secretly

1997 Iraq blocked UN inspectors at three sites over last week

2001 Weekly Standard article argued Iraq connected to 9/11 and Saddam had to be

            removed

2001 William Safire article in New York Times claimed Al Qaeda operative was

armed by Iraq

2002 Declassified Natl Intel Estimate on Iraq’s WMD released Said that Iraq had active

            programs Deleted qualifications

2003 CPA Governor of Anbar Mines told Bremer CPA and military should work

            together to create a new Iraqi security force

2004 Start of Battle of Samara to clear city before Jan 2005 elections

2005 Marines launched Op Iron Fist aimed at Qaim border region of Anbar

2006 Natl Sec Adv Hadley ordered drafting of new strategy for Iraq

2010 National Alliance picked Maliki as its candidate for premier Was due to Sadr

            switching to back Maliki under Iran pressure

2014 US sent Apache helicopters to Iraq to protect forces there and later offensive

            ops against IS

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