This Day In Iraqi History – Jan 15

1923 UK Treasury wrote Iraq commission that Iraq too costly to administer

1929 Sir Henry Dobbs said King Faisal was like a chameleon and drove those

            around him mad

1935 Persia presented border dispute to League of Nations Challenged Iraq’s

            control of Shatt al-Arab

1948 New Anglo-Iraqi Treaty signed British troops withdrew but Iraq tied to

            UK until 1973

1948 Anglo-Iraq Treaty originally included Iraq supplying weapons to Palestinians and

            Iraqi forces taking over Palestine to prevent Jewish state

1983 Saddam went to Riyadh and got approval for oil pipeline through Saudi Arabia

1991 UN deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait ended

1991 Saddam added Allah Akbar to Iraqi flag

2003 CIA told White House that paper on Iraq should say Iraq tried to buy uranium

            from Africa
(Musings On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)

2003 Blair said 2^nd UN resolution not necessary for use of force against Iraq

2003 Report Rumsfeld okayed more aggressive patrols over Iraq no fly zones and

            attacks on Iraq air defense in prep for invasion

2003 Bush received 1^st brief on postwar Iraq plans from NSC’s Abrams Went over

            humanitarian aid Emphasized feeding public

2003 Abrams said money had to secretly be sent to aid groups that would work in Iraq

            because they didn’t want to be seen supporting war

2003 Abrams said Oil for Food program would be maintained after invasion to feed

            public

2003 Abrams said that 2 mil Iraqis might be displaced during invasion

2003 NSC officials had gone to military to make sure things like health centers weren’t

            bombed during invasion

2003 Bush thought humanitarian aid after war very important Thought could change

            image of US in Middle East

2003 Aid groups that met with USAID about postwar Iraq plans asked to meet with

            Pentagon leadership Nothing happened

2004 Shiites demonstrated calling for direction elections for new Iraqi govt

2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq created Mujahedeen Shura Council to try to cooperate with

            other insurgent groups

2006 Shura Council was in part created due to Al Qaeda’s suggestion Zarqawi include

            more Iraqis in his jihad

2006 Army of the Victorious joined Mujahadeen Shura Council

2006 US announced more than 2000 military police would work with Iraqi police in the

            field as advisers during Year of the Police

2006 Report $18.6 bil US approved for reconstruction in 2003 would be spent by end

            of 2006 Foreign govts provided only fraction of what they promised

2006 Report Japan pledged $5 bil in reconstruction funds in 2003 Delivered less than

            50% of that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait pledged $1 bil and gave less than 10%

2006 Report Spain England S Korea UAE Italy Canada owed more than $100 mil

            each for their 2003 promises for reconstruction funds

2008 SecState Rice told Talabani Barzani Hashemi Mahdi that Maliki not problem

            they were because they controlled more votes  

2014 Bodies of 14 Sunni men found in Tarmiya day after they were kidnapped by

            men in ISF uniforms and vehicles

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