1917 British crossed Shumran bend outflanking Ottoman forces
in campaign to recapture Kut
1981 UN Rep Palme went to Iran and Iraq for 3rd
time to try to negotiate ceasefire
1995 Temporary ceasefire made between PUK and KDP during
civil war
1998 Clinton told Pentagon US had to stop Iraq from getting
WMD and nuclear weapons
2003 U2 spy planes began flying over Iraq for UN weapons
inspectors
2003 Turkish parliament delayed vote to allow deployment of
US troops for Iraq invasion
due to
domestic opposition
2003 IAEA found that Iraq-Niger uranium docs were fakes
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2008 2 car bombs at Awakening meeting in Anbar kill more
than 20
2011 Protests in Sulaymaniya began demanding reform in KRG
Attacked KDP HQ Fired upon by
guards
killing 2
2012 Mahoum Sarkhi offices set on fire Blamed on followers
of Ayatollah Sistani
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