This Day In Iraqi History – Sep 25

1921 Gertrude Bell wrote King Faisal was unpopular and resented for being

            Installed by the British

1931 Iraqi newspaper called for one party rule under an autocrat King Faisal

1980 Iraq began attacking Dezful Ahvaz Khorramshahr in Khuzistan province

1980 Iraq shelled Abadan refinery largest in world Iran retaliated Air raids

            on Iraqi oil facilities in Basra Zubayr Mosul Kirkuk

1997 Op Dawn Turkey invaded Kurdistan to attack PUK and PKK

1997 UN inspectors caught Iraqis trying to flee food factory with suitcases of docs

            on making WMD

1997 UN inspectors attempted to inspect Special Security Office but denied

2002 Bush said couldn't distinguish between Al Qaeda and Saddam in war on terror

because they were equally evil

2002 Rice said there had been important contacts between Iraq and Al Qaeda

2002 DefSec Rumsfeld and CIA DepDir McLaughlin briefed NATO defense ministers

            on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties

2002 US & UK worked on draft UN resolution demanding inspectors return to Iraq

2003 Bush said 9/11 changed how he viewed Iraq as a threat to US

2003 Powell announced 6 month deadline for Iraqis to draft new constitution

2003 House Intel Comm wrote letter to CIA Dir Tenet criticizing pre-war intel on Iraq’s

            WMD and Iraq-Al Qaeda ties after review

2003 Aqila al-Hashemi of Iraqi Governing Council died of wounds from an ambush

            in Baghdad

2003 Baghdad hotel used as base for NBC News bombed 1 guard killed

2007 ISI bombed meeting of police sheikhs and leaders of Hamas of Iraq and 1920

            Revolution Brigades in Baquba

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