This Day In Iraqi History – Aug 10

1920 Treaty of Sevres started the break-up of the Ottoman Empire after

            World War I Included ceding Mesopotamia to the British

1920 Treaty of Sevres included call for a Kurdish state

1933 Kurds and Arabs loot Assyrian farms south of Dohuk

1943 Mustafa Barzani started revolt against Iraqi govt lasting until 1945 when he and

            3,000 followers fled to Iran

1987 Iraq began bombing campaign against Iran’s Tabriz oil field Iran said it would

            make Persian Gulf a killing field in retaliation

1990 Arab League split over Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait

1992 Govt curfew in Najaf to try to stop march after death of Ayatollah Khoei

2003 Report British govt said it had independent intel to support Iraq-Africa uranium

            deal after US said story weak Story was false

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