This Day In Iraqi History – Sep 1

1970 Iraq said it supported Palestinians when Jordanian govt attacked them

1986 Iran started Karbala 2 in Haj Umran Advanced deep into Kurdistan in retaliation for Iraq air

            attacks on oil facilities

1987 Iran didn’t support UN Resolution 598 calling for ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War

2001 Mullah Krekar founded Jund al-Islam that would become Ansar al-Islam in Sulaymaniya

            province

2003 Saddam tape played on 2 TV channels Said he was not responsible for Zarqawi car bomb in

            Najaf that killed Ayatollah Hakim

2004 Mass grave discovered Hatra with hundreds of Kurdish bodies killed during Anfal in 1980s

2005 Battle of Tal Afar began

2006 National Security Advisor Rubaie told Iraq Survey Group insurgency had to be destroyed

            but militias legitimate because they were political

2014 ISF recaptured Suleiman Beq, Salahaddin

2014 German cabinet voted to arm the Peshmerga

2014 Yazidi villages of Kotan, Hareko Kharag Shafrsky in Ninewa were burned by IS

2015 Hashd leader Muhandis and Badr head Ameri visited Chief Justice Medhat saying they fully

            supported him

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