This Day In Iraqi History – Nov 18

1914 British launched second attack on Ottoman forces in Zain, Basra

1963 Pres Arif removed Baathists from positions in govt including PM Bakr

1963 Pres Arif and brother Gen Arif and army put down Baath National Guard

            militia in Baghdad Mosul and Kirkuk

1968 KDP called on UN to intervene in Iraq during Kurdish revolt

1979 Naji Suwaidi became premier of Iraq

1997 KDP recaptured lost territory from PUK

1997 UN told that dramatic increase in Iraqi oil smuggling through Iran violating

            UN sanctions

1997 Wash Post OpEd by Wolfowitz and Khalilzad called for US to overthrow Saddam

2002 New UN inspectors arrived in Baghdad

2005 House Republicans attacked Democrats for trying to cut and run in Iraq by

            backing withdrawal US policy was withdrawal

2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq bombed Shiite mosque in Khanaqin Diyala 74 dead

2005 Study 90-96% of insurgency were Iraqis only 4-10% foreign fighters

2006 Pentagon and Joint Chiefs papers on Iraq said US should follow Gen Casey plan to

            withdraw turn things over to Iraqis

2006 Joint Chiefs paper on Iraq said Iraq falling into civil war US strategy not working

2006 US intel report on Iraq said US had no good options in Iraq

2006 VP Cheney’s office memo on Iraq said US should back Shiites and Kurds and

            forget about Sunnis

2008 US signed Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq that set 12/31/11 withdrawal

            date for US forces

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