1940 PM Said resigned over growing problems with pan-Arabist
Golden
Square
officers
1940 PM Said wanted Gaylani to become PM and he would become
Foreign Minister to
maintain
pro-British policies
1940 Golden Square objected to Gaylani govt because it would
include Said and
Gen Hashemi
Went to Regent calling for their exclusion from new govt
1940 Regent disagreed with Golden Square officers over new
govt and made Gen
Umari Mosul
garrison commander retire as a result
1984 UN negotiated deal for Iran and Iraq to stop attacking
civilian areas
Didn’t last
1991 Tariq Aziz went to Moscow and accepted Soviets
unconditional withdrawal plan
from Kuwait
Then demanded end to all UN sanctions and resolutions
1999 Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr assassinated by Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Univ of Haifa’s Prof Baram on legacy of Ayatollah
Sadiq al-Sadr)
1999 Fmr CIA counterterrorism officer Cannistraro said
Iraqis met bin Laden in
Dec 98
False story
2002 US Embassy in Niger said new details on Iraq-Niger
uranium deal
meant a new
look into story was needed
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers hit Shiite pilgrims in
Kadhimiya
2007 Blair announced plants to cut British troop strength in
Iraq from 7000 to 4000
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