This Day In Iraqi History – Jan 30

1927 1^st student protest in Iraq held over firing of teachers Organized by Communists

1940 Regent of Iraq fled Baghdad for Diwaniya fearing retaliation by PM Gaylani

1940 British were hoping to use Regent fleeing to spread unrest in Iraq to remove PM

            Gaylani from power

1984 State Dept memo said that US considered discouraging military exports to Iraq

1985 Iraq attacked Said Saad

1991 Saddam ordered Op Samarra hit and run air attacks on Coalition air force

2001 1^st NSC meeting of Bush admin talked about how Iraq destabilizing Middle East

            CIA Dir Tenet provided intel Iraq working on WMD at factory

2001 Treasury Sec O’Neil asked about WMD intel Tenet admitted no confirmation that

            Iraq producing WMD

2001 Sec of State Powell argued for smart sanctions

2001 Sec of Def Rumsfeld wrote memo noting Iraq and others trying to buy advanced

            military technology

2002 Rice said Axis of Evil countries had to be dealt with diplomatically but at same

            time said they couldn’t be negotiated with

2002 CIA unclassified report to Congress Iraq trying to rebuild its nuclear program

2003 Bush told Italian Premier Berlusconi that Iraq would be disarmed and Saddam

            removed

2003 UN Amb Negroponte told Senate aluminum tubes Iraq bought were not right

            for rockets in response to IAEA findings

2003 Same hearing Dep Sec of State Armitage said there were differences in US about

            the tubes

2003 White House spokesman said Bush stood by claim that aluminum tubes Iraq tried

            to buy were for nuke program

2003 UK Att Gen Goldsmith wrote Blair telling him UN Res 1441 didn’t authorize

            use of force against Iraq

2003 Aid group warned that breakdown of law and order likely right after Iraq invasion

            unless US immediately established control

2003 Powell’s chief of staff Wilkerson began going through intel on Iraq with CIA

            for Powell’s Feb 03 UN speech

2004 CIA and Congressional inquiries no evidence White House pressured US intel on

            Iraq’s WMD and ties with Al Qaeda

2004 Congressional committee found CIA relied too much on circumstantial outdated and

            satellite and intercept intel on Iraq WMD

2005 Elections held for parliament to draft new Iraqi constitution Sunnis boycotted vote

            Also voted for provincial councils

2012 Maliki warned Salahaddin governor that he would be removed if he pushed

            provincial autonomy

2014 8 gunmen stormed Human Rights Min office in Baghdad and took hostages

            Were killed

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