This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 11

1914 Battle of Basra began when Ottomans attacked and were turned back by British troops

1920 League of Nations announced British mandate over Iraq

1920 Abd al-Rahman al-Gaylani became Iraq’s 1^st prime minister

1963 Baath election put moderates in control and Sec Gen Ali Sadi was exiled to Spain

1982 Iran ended Op Muharram after failing to gain much territory in Iraq’s Maysan province

1987 Arab League meeting condemned Iran for not ending Iran-Iraq War

1991 UN Resolution 715 said that Iraq had to unconditionally cooperate with weapons inspectors

1998 UN Secretary Gen Annan appealed to Saddam to work with weapons inspectors again

2001 London Observer quoted INC defector that Iraq trained terrorists at Salman Pak to hijack 

           planes like 9/11

2003 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Sanchez said US would be more aggressive fighting insurgency

2003 Bush said Iraq and war on terror were like struggle against Communism

2003 Rumsfeld said that US facing low-intensity war in Iraq

2003 Bremer called to Washington over unhappiness with his longterm plan for Iraq

            and transferring sovereignty

2003 NSC meeting CIA official said US facing insurgency in Iraq Rumsfeld said that

            was wrong word and wanted definition

2003 NSC meeting Bremer agreed with CIA official that US facing insurgency in Iraq

2003 NSC meeting Bush said he didn’t see an insurgency in press and didn’t want to

            hear about it in press

2003 NSC meeting Bush said US had to stay the course and succeed in Iraq

2003 NSC meeting DepSecSate Armitage thought Bush in denial about what was

            happening in Iraq

2003 NSC meeting Rumsfeld said Iraqis had to take things over to show them they had

            to run their own country

2003 Pentagon refuted Weekly Standard and UnderSecDef Feith claims of Iraq-

            Al Qaeda ties since 90s

2004 Insurgents attacked police stations across Ramadi causing collapse of force

2004 Zarqawi arrived in Ramadi after leaving Fallujah during 2^nd battle

2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq seized 14 police stations and established temporary control of Mosul

2005 Bush announced US Iraq strategy was clear hold build Didn't tell military

            beforehand and not actual policy

2005 SecState Rice arrived in Mosul to announce first US Provincial Reconstruction Team

2007 Maliki put a freeze on hiring sahwa into govt fearing insurgent infiltration

2010 New parliament had 2^nd session in 5 months Elected Nujafi new speaker

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