1909 Riots in Mosul killed Sheikh Said Sufi leader in
Sulaymaniya Led his
followers to
revolt cutting off trade in northern Mosul province
1916 start of Battle of Sheikh Saad as British forces
moved up the Tigris and
encountered
the Ottoman defenses
1921 Govt issued order to form Iraqi General Staff Nuri
al-Said became Chief of Staff
1942 Court sentenced fmr PM Gaylani and 3 Golden Square colonels
to death in absentia
1948 College students went on strike in Baghdad after
police broke up protest on Jan 4
over
Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1949 Nuri al-Said became PM of Iraq for 5th time
1986 Iraq started operation to try to retake Majnoon Island from Iranians
1987 Iran launched Op Karbala 5 at Basra city with 4
divisions Seized Dujail
Took east
bank Shatt al-Arab
1987 Saddam called for ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War Rejected
by Iran
2003 Saddam said he was ready for war Accused UN
inspectors of being spies
2003 IAEA asked State Dept for info about Iraq-Niger
uranium deal
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 IAEA head El Baradei no evidence of any suspicious
Iraq nuclear activities
2003 Bush met with cabinet and said needed strong case vs
Iraq for war
2003 Report 100 US Special Forces and 50 CIA officers
had been sent into Iraq end of
2002 along
with Australian Jordanian British commandos
2003 Report US Special Forces CIA officers were in Iraq
since 2002 to find military
targets for
invasion
2004 2 Frenchmen shot and killed in Fallujah after car
broke down
2015 4 bodies found in Albu Bahani, Babil believed to have
been kidnapped and
executed by
Hashd
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