This Day In Iraqi History – Mar 1

1939 PM Said claimed coup attempt to remove King Ghazi by fmr PM Sulaiman

            and Gen Sidqi followers in army

1939 Many didn’t believe there was any coup Said just getting revenge on his political

            enemies

1939 Fmr PM Sulaiman given death sentence for coup plot Commuted to five years

            imprisonment upon intervention of British ambassador

1969 KDP launched offensive against Bakr govt

1979 KDP leader Mustafa Barzani died in U.S. where he went for medical treatment

            for lung cancer

1981 Islamic Conf Org group met with Khomeini said wanted aggressor in Iran-Iraq

            War punished

1981 Khomeini told Islamic Conf Org group he wanted plebiscite in Iraq to see

            whether people wanted Saddam as their leader

1982 UN Rep Palme said his 5^th attempt to negotiate ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War

            failed

1983 Iraq attacked Iran’s Nowruz oilfield along Persian Gulf

1984 Iran made another attack through Iraq’s southern marshes Suffered heavy casualties

1984 France agreed to $500 mil loan to Baghdad that would pay for French contractors

            in Iraq

1985 Iraqi diplomat and son assassinated in Kuwait Iraq blamed SCIRI Executed 10 Hakim family

            members in retaliation for assassination of its diplomat in Kuwait

1987 Iraq counterattacked in Basra but failed to regain much territory from Iranian

            forces

1988 Iraq fired missiles at Tehran for 2^nd day in last war of cities

1991 Iraqi army units in Basra began revolt after end of Gulf War

1991 Pres Bush said that the Iraqi people should overthrow Saddam

1995 Iraqi National Accord head Nouri went to US and argued against backing INC’s

            uprising plan Talked Clinton admin out of supporting plot

1998 UN inspectors revealed progress of their work with CNN violating agreement with

            Iraq on inspection regime

2001 NSC meeting on Iraq policy Powell told to devise smart sanctions proposal for UN

2001 Powell and Rumsfeld argued over dual use equipment that should be banned from

            Iraq

2001 Separate NSC meeting discussed working with Iraqi opposition and INC Talked

            about arming them but couldn't agree on anything

2002 State Dept report on Iraq-Niger uranium deal Said it was unlikely

(Musings On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)

2003 Turkish parliament rejected allowing US forces to use country for Iraq invasion

2004 Iraqi Governing Council agreed to text of Transitional Administration Law to be

            Iraq’s interim constitution

2004 Weekly Standard article talked with Mukhabarat officer who claimed he was

            emissary to Al Qaeda

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