This Day In Iraqi History – Aug 11

1918 UK For Sec Balfour British war in Mespotamia should be

            justified by securing water that would also give it control of oil

1933 Assyrians in Zakho and Sumail were attacked by Iraqi army led by Gen

            Sidqi 300 killed

1933 Another 40 Assyrian villages attacked and 600 more killed mostly by Kurds

1937 Gen Bakr Sidqi head of 1936 coup was assassinated in Mosul after pan-Arab

            officers withdrew their support for him

1992 U.N. Iraq Rapporteur went to Security Council about Iraq draining southern

            marshes and new counterinsurgency campaign against rebels in south
1992 UK France US condemned Iraq campaign to clear southern marshes and warned of

            possible consequences

1995 Saddam gave speech denouncing son-in-law Hussein Kamal for defecting to

            Jordan

1995 Ali Hassan al-Majid issued statement saying Hussein Kamal was a traitor for

            defecting to Jordan

2005 SCIRI’s Hakim announced idea for southern federal region in Iraq

2005 Allawi govt announced ceasefire with Mahdi Army to hold talks with Sadr

            to end 2^nd Battle for Najaf

2007 ISCI governor of Qadisiya killed by an EFP in Baghdad laid by Mahdi Army

            Sadr vs Hakim rivalry

2014 IS attacked Jalawla, Diyala with suicide truck bomb and 12 suicide bombers

            dressed in Peshmerga uniforms

2015 Parliament approved PM Abadi’s reform program that included ending

            3 vice presidents

2015 Abadi said he wanted to cut cabinet to just 15 ministers and reduce local

            councils

2015 Protesters stormed Babil council building demanding better services

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