MUSINGS ON IRAQ: This Day In Iraqi History

Saturday, January 20, 2018

1948 March by railway workers and students against Anglo-Iraq treaty fired

upon by police killing some

1970 failed military coup against Pres Bakr led by ex-Gen Rawi and Col Samarraie

backed by Iran

1970 Iran expelled Iraq’s ambassador military attache and four embassy staff over

failed coup

1970 Shah of Iran opposed to Baathism’s Pan-Arabism and socialism Moved troops

to border after coup leading to war scare

2003 Military Industrialization Commission ordered its director generals to come

forward with any info on WMD

2003 White House gave report to Congress on Iraq’s noncompliance with UN inspectors

included Iraq not mentioning trying to buy uranium

2003 National Sec Presidential Dir 24 gave Pentagon control of postwar Iraq

2003 Pentagon would dismiss previous NSC planning for postwar Iraq and kick out

State Dept officials

2003 Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) created to

run post-war Iraq 2 months before invasion

2003 UK announced it deployed ground forces for Iraq War

2003 France’s For Min deVillepin said there was no justification for war against Iraq

2003 Powell furious at French statement because took threat of war off table at UN

and strengthened Saddam

2004 Bush’s State of the Union said US was committed to spreading democracy to

Iraq

2004 Bush’s State of the Union said Iraq Survey Group found Iraq’s WMD programs and

if US hadn’t invaded Iraq would still have them

2006 Dec 05 election results announced United Iraqi Alliance 128 seats Kurds 53

Accordance Front 44 Iraqiya 25 National Dialogue Front 11

2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq said Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi had become emir of new

Mujahedeen Shura Council

2006 Amb Khalizad met with Iyad Allawi and Fadhila head Jabiri Jabiri promised PM

spot if he broke with United Iraqi Alliance and backed Allawi Sunnis and Kurds

2006 Iyad Allawi told his followers he would get Fadhila head Jabiri to back him as PM

after he broke with United Iraqi Alliance

2007 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq in an Iranian Revolutionary Guard planned op attacked

Karbala Center and kidnap and kill 5 US soldiers

MUSINGS ON IRAQ