This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 8

1948 Export-import licenses for Jewish businesses forbidden after creation of

            Israel

1983 France secretly began delivering 5 Super Entendard fighter bombers to Iraq

1984 Iraq broke 3 week ceasefire in Tanker War with attack upon ship leaving Iran’s

            Kharg Island main oil facility

1986 U.N. Res 588 said Iran and Iraq should follow Res 582 to resolve Iran-Iraq

            War

1986 Iran rejected UN Res 588 because didn’t blame Iraq for starting Iran-Iraq War

1994 US France UK deployed troops to Persian Gulf in response to Saddam putting

            troops on Kuwait border

1994 President of UN Security Council demanded that Iraq withdraw its troops from

            Kuwait border

1994 SCIRI asked international community to give it control of sections of

            southern Iraq

1997 IAEA Iraq started centrifuge program in 1987 but was way behind schedule Iraq

            might have had a bomb by 96

1997 UK said that Iraq smuggling oil through Iran violating UN sanctions

2002 White House posted pictures claiming to be Iraq working on three facilities for

            nuclear weapons program

2003 Bush US went to war with Iraq to deal with future threats with WMD and ties

            to terrorism Said found Iraq’s WMD programs

2004 Rice said Iraq Survey Group proved Iraq wanted WMD and therefore was a threat

2004 Family of British hostage Ken Bigley said he had been killed by insurgents

2004 Iraq Survey Group report said Iraq issued 1300 oil vouchers under Oil For Food

            Program that netted $11 bil in illegal funds 1990-03

2004 Iraq Survey Group report said Russian oil companies Lukoil Gazprom

            Zarbuezhneft Sibneft Rosneft Tatneft got 30 % of oil vouchers

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How Iraq Provinces Got Their Names During Baathist Cultural Campaign

Map of Iraq in 1990 after territorial and name changes to provinces (MR Izady)

After the Baath Party took power in 1968 it launched a cultural campaign to reshape the history, image and identity of Iraq. The focus of the campaign was on the uniqueness of Iraq based upon its ancient history. Some of its goals were to unite the country’s diverse population under a common mythology, instill pride in Iraqis based upon their uniqueness, and that this great past meant that Iraq should lead the rest of the Arab world. This led to changing the names of more than half of Iraq’s governorates.

This Day In Iraqi History – Oct 7

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

            fled to Syria & Egypt as a result

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

            for Israel in 1973 Arab-Israeli War

1982 During Op Muslim ibn Aqil Iranian forces reached Mandali, Diyala but stopped

            from further advances

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

            towards Iraq

1991 Peshmerga executed 60 Iraqi soldiers captured in Sulaymaniya

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

            Opened up money to Iraq opposition

2001 bin Laden video said he was fighting for Iraqis who had suffered under sanctions

2002 Bush speech said Iraq great threat because of WMD and its history of aggression

2002 Bush said if Iraq got enriched uranium it could have a nuclear bomb in less than a

            year

2002 Bush speech claimed Al Qaeda and Iraq united in hatred for U.S. Had

            high level contacts for a decade

2002 Bush claimed Iraq had trained Al Qaeda in bomb making and poisons and Saddam celebrated
            9/11

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

2002 CIA Dir Tenet letter to Congress said Iraq wouldn’t conduct terrorist or WMD

            attacks upon US unless regime threatened

2002 CIA Dir Tenet letter to Congress said high level contacts between Iraq & Al

            Qaeda & Al Qaeda agents were in Iraq

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

            exaggerated

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

            Group at NSC

2003 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

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

            it was a threat

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

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

2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq beheaded British civilian Kenneth Bigley

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Town of Hawija Liberated From The Islamic State

The Iraqi forces freed two important places in their Hawija operation. Those were the town of Hawija itself and Riyad to the south. That leaves just the northeast section of the Hawija district to be freed from the Islamic State.

This Day In Iraqi History – Oct 6

1958 Mustafa Barzani returned to Iraq from exile in Soviet Union for talks with

            new Qasim govt

1980 Iraqi army surrounded Khorramshahr, Iran and street fighting began

1986 Heavy Iraq air strikes on Kharg Island Iran oil terminal

1994 Iraq puts troops on Kuwait border & threatened to stop working with UN

            weapons inspectors

1997 inspectors told UN that progress made on Iraq’s missile and chemical programs

            but still missing info

1997 IAEA provided last report on inspections Said if any info was left was a political

            decision

2002 Bush said Iraq could have a nuclear weapon in a year if got enriched uranium

2002 Dep Nat Sec Adv Hadley asked CIA Dir Tenet if story of Iraq trying to buy

            uranium from Niger could be put back in Bush speech Tenet said no

2003 1^st battalion of Mahdi Army graduated in Basra

2003 Iraq produced 4,518 megawatts of electricity exceeding CPA target by 118

            megawatts

2004 Iraq Study Group report said Iraq’s WMD destroyed in 1991

2006 Bush told Maliki had to ignore news coming out of US because domestic

            politics

2006 Maliki told Bush he couldn’t ignore US news like talk about dividing Iraq or

            immediate withdrawal

2006 Maliki told Bush he was going to push reconciliation fighting terrorism and

            militias

2010 Obama adm review of Iraq policy VP Biden said wanted Maliki to stay as PM &

            Obama agreed

2015 Badr’s Amiri criticized Abadi’s reforms as full of mistakes and disorganized

2015 Teachers in Sulaymaniya and Halabja struck over unpaid wages

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Center of Hawija Taken As Operation Reaches Final Phase

 

Over the last two days the joint forces have continued their advance and reached the town of Hawija itself. They are also attacking the Riyad sub-district, while continuing to plow through the Hamrin and Makhoul Mountain ranges.

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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