MUSINGS ON IRAQ: This Day In Iraqi History

Sunday, September 24, 2017

1978 In Iran-Iraq deal Iraqi troops surround Imam Khomeini’s house in Najaf

Told he could only stay in Iraq if abandoned politics

1979 Iraq warned Iran to not to interfere in Bahrain after Ayatollah Rohani

called on Shiites to rise up against their Sunni rulers

1980 Iranian Navy attacked Basra and Fao Peninsula Destroyed 2 oil terminals limited

Iraq’s exports

1980 Iran started naval blockade of Shatt al-Arab, Basra

1990 Kurd, Shiite and Communist opposition parties claimed united front against

Saddam

1991 UN Inspectors found over 53,000 documents at Atheer facility but were held

for 4 days by Iraqis until could leave

2001 William Safire op ed said clear link between Iraq-Al Qaeda via Ansar al-Islam

2002 UK dossier on Iraq WMD released Blair told parliament that Iraq had WMD and

it was producing them

2002 UK dossier said that Iraq could use WMD in 45 minutes

2002 UK dossier said Iraq could build a nuclear bomb in 2 years Iraq tried to buy

uranium from Africa

2002 UK dossier said no definitive intelligence that aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy

were for nuke program

2002 UK ForSec Cook was surprised dossier on Iraq was mostly old WMD material

2002 CIA Dir Tenet briefed Senate Foreign Relations Committee on intel on Iraq’s

WMD

2002 CIA Dir Tenet told Sen For Rel Comm Iraq rebuilding its nuclear

program Proof bought aluminum tubes Niger uranium deal

2003 Bremer met Bush said he was optimistic about Iraq but concerned about growing

attacks

2003 Bremer met Bush complained about Congress number of US troops quality of

intel training new Iraqi forces

2003 Bush told Bremer he was too controlling and doing too much Bremer said he

would work on it

2003 CPA Governor of Anbar Mines warned that attacks and public anger at US

growing

2004 Bush and Blair talked about staying course in Iraq and Allawi needing a

professional staff

2004 Report Defense Science Board review found US didn’t have enough troops

to stabilize Iraq

2008 Provincial Election Law passed allowing vote on Jan 31, 2009

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