This Day In Iraqi History – Jan 11

1917 Start of Battle of Hai salient between British and Ottomans

1928 Abdul Sadoun become premier for 3^rd time Replaced Askari who was forced to

            resign over opposition to his conscription plan for army

1972 Kurds started rebellion against govt with support of US, Iran, Israel

1999 Newsweek report Iraq and Al Qaeda had meetings

2003 UK naval task force left for Persian Gulf for Iraq invasion

2003 Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs head Gen Myers met Saudi Amb to US Bandar to get

            Saudi support for invasion

2003 Amb Bandar told Rumsfeld and Gen Myers he needed Bush’s word to get Saudi

            support

2004 Ayatollah Sistani rejected CPA’s plans for transition to Iraqi sovereignty and

            constitution

2004 Blair told BBC he didn’t know whether he was wrong or not about Iraq’s

            WMD

2004 Kurdish party headquarters bombed in Kirkuk city

2004 Fmr Treasury Sec O’Neill said Bush admin was focused upon Saddam from

            when it entered office Jan 2001

2006 Supreme Council head Hakim ruled out any substantive changes to Iraqi

constitution Blamed US and Sunni parties for insurgency claiming they encouraged terrorism

2006 Spanish police broke up recruiting network that raised money and sent fighters to

            Iraq in coordination with Al Qaeda in Iraq

2007 US arrested 5 Iranian Rev Guard Quds Force operatives in Irbil as part of

            new US crackdown on Iranians

2007 Were trying to arrest Jafari deputy head of Iran’s NSC and Gen Frouzanda head of

            IRGC intelligence

2007 KRG complained about raid Jafari and Frouzanda had invitations from Pres

            Talabani and were to meet Pres Barzani

2011 State of Law head of Baghdad council wrote law banning alcohol sales in

            province under Islamic Law

2011 Police started raiding bars and clubs selling alcohol including Iraqi Writers Union

2016 After suicide bombing at café Hashd killed Sunnis burned mosques shops and

            homes in Muqtadiya for several days

2018 Alliances for 2018 parliamentary elections announced Nishtiman 3 Kurdish

opposition parties Abadi Nasr list with ISCI Speaker Jabouri VP Allawi Mutlaq lead one major Sunni alliance VP Nujafi Jamal Karbuli Khamis Khanjar lead the other 20 pro-Iran Hashd led by Badr’s Amiri formed Fatah Hakim’s Hikmat and Sadr along with Communists running separately

(Musings On Iraq article on 2018 alliances)

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