This Day In Iraqi History – Sep 18

1916 British leaders told troops to continue advance in Mesopotamia vs

            Ottomans after huge loss at Kut

1950 PM Said threatened to expel Jews from Iraq

1990 Iraq Army Chief of Staff Gen Khazraji told Saddam Iraq would lose any war

            with US

2001 Richard Clarke’s counterterrorism office sent Rice memo saying no Iraq-9/11

            links found

2001 DepDefSec Wolfowitz wrote Rumsfeld that Iraq backed terrorists and might

            have been behind 1993 World Trade Center bombing

2001 Reuters reported 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intelligence in Europe Story

            was false

2002 Rumsfeld told House committee Iraq was close to acquiring materials to build a

            nuclear bomb

2003 Head weapons inspector Blix said he believed Iraq destroyed its WMD in 90s

2003 Report wave of kidnappings for ransom across Baghdad

2005 Iraq draft constitution presented to UN

2012 Cabinet approved new oil export-revenue sharing deal with KRG

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

            Maysan Basra Diyala over reforms

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