This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 10

1917 British forces defeated Ottoman defenses outside Baghdad in Diyala

            River Led Ottomans to abandon Baghdad

1975 Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council and Regional Command of Baath Party

            ratified Algiers Agreement with Iran

1975 Mustafa Barzani sent letter to Kissinger saying that Kurds were being

            destroyed by Iraqi govt and asked for U.S. help

1980 Iraq declared Iran’s ambassador persona non-grata as dispute built up leading

            to Iran-Iraq War

1986 Iraq’s 3^rd attempt to re-capture Fao Peninsula failed Iraq lost 8,000-12,000

            dead Iran 20,000

1986 1^st time Iran took and held sizeable amount of Iraqi territory Took 130 sq

            mi of Iraqi land

1990 Saddam issued amnesty for Kurdish fighters

1991 IRGC attacked 2 Mujahedeen e-Khalq camps in Iraq during Shiite uprising

1991 Kurdish uprising spread to Tuz Kharmato and Dohuk

1991 Govt imposed curfew in Kirkuk to try to stop unrest

1991 US troops began withdrawing from Persian Gulf

2002 Report UK’s Joint Intelligence Committee investigation found no links between

            Iraq and 9/11

2002 CIA briefing included story that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger

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

2003 UK gave Iraq 6 requirements to meet if wanted to avoid war including Saddam going

            on TV and admitting to WMD

2003 Bush told Blair 2^nd UN resolution against Iraq was waste of time Was major policy

            goal of Blair

2003 Bush talked to his advisors about giving an ultimatum to Saddam to leave power

2003 US official said Iraq had cluster munitions to disperse WMD

2003 ORHA head Garner briefed Bush on plans for postwar Iraq including using

            army for reconstruction and interim govt

2003 Bush approved ORHA’s plan then didn’t follow it after invasion

2003 NSC briefed on postwar Iraq plans Included excluding 25,000 top Baathists from

            govt Using Iraqi courts and police

2003 NSC postwar Iraq plans included establishing rule of law

2003 Bush said US needed to get Iraqis running new govt and US would not pick new

            Iraqi leaders

2003 Powell said US had to get a new UN resolution for the US led interim

            administration in postwar Iraq

2003 US Treasury Sec Snow said that US dollars could be used as interim currency in

            Iraq until new dinar created Bush approved plan

2003 Bush approved NSC proposal for light deBaathification after war

2003 Inst for Science & Intl Sec report asked whether US misled public about Iraq

            rebuilding nuke program

2003 Turkey’s Erdogan met Bush Argued against deposing Saddam saying it would

            lead to Shiite govt tied to Iran

2003 Gen Franks told White House mayors would be appointed to run Iraq after invasion

            Was not in any postwar plans

2005 Kurds and United Iraqi Alliance agreed on new govt based upon deal to resolve

            future of Kirkuk and PUK’s Talabani becoming president

2009 suicide bombing of tribal gathering with army in Abu Ghraib killed 33

2010 Iran invited Shiite politicians to celebrate Nowruz and pushed them to reunite

            behind Maliki

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