This Day In Iraqi History – Feb 14

1949 Communist leaders hanged by PM Said to try to squash opposition

(Musings On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)

1958 Iraq and Jordan announced Arab Federation in response to Egypt and Syria’s

            United Arab Republic Kuwait asked to join but said no

1983 Sec of State Shultz met with Iraq’s For Min Hammadi who asked for expanded

trade deals

1986 Iraq counterattacked to try to re-captured Fao Peninsula Failed

1991 During funeral for member of Hakim family anti-Saddam slogans chanted in

            Najaf

1991 Iraq said it would withdraw from Kuwait if Israel withdrew from Palestine sanctions

            ended and Iraq’s foreign debt forgiven

2002 National Sec Adv Rice called Blair For Pol Adv Manning saying US was only

            reviewing its Iraq policy

2003 Chief Inspector Blix briefed Security Council on Iraq inspections Said found no

            evidence of WMD

2003 Blix said 400 inspections at 300 sites Were all without notice and gained entry

            every time Said Iraqis cooperating

2003 Blix said soil samples showed no signs of WMD Iraq still had unaccounted for

            materials Found 2 banned missiles

2003 Blix refuted Powell’s claim that Iraqis were cleaning WMD sites before

            inspections

2003 IAEA head El Baradei said it had dismembered Iraq’s nuke program in 1998 and

            found no evidence that it had been restarted yet

2003 El Baradei said Iraq had provided documents for why aluminum tubes it tried to buy

            had such specific specifications

(Musings On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)

2003 Powell told Security Council Iraq not cooperating with inspections and use of force

            still an option

2003 Saddam issued presidential directive banning companies from importing

            equipment for WMD

2003 Rumsfeld gave speech that U.S. was opposed to nation building in Iraq

2003 Wash Post editorial supported war with Iraq

2003 NSC met over how to respond to a coup in Iraq Didn’t think it was likely but had

            to plan for it

2004 Fallujah police station attacked by insurgents dressed in ISF uniforms killing

            more than 20 officers and releasing prisoners

2004 US intel report Al Qaeda captive al-Libi recanted story Iraq trained Al Qaeda in

            poisons and explosives

2004 Libi’s story of Iraq training Al Qaeda in poisons and explosives were used in

            US intel reports and Powell’s UN speech

2007 Baghdad Security Plan under Surge began

2016 Hakim criticized Abadi’s call for ending quota system saying that PM got

            his job because of quotas

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