This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 4

1935 PM Aiyubi forced to resign over threat of tribal revolt in mid-Euphrates

organized by National Brotherhood Party Jamil al-Midfai became premier of Iraq 2^nd time

1981 Islamic Conference Organization’s peace plan was rejected by both Iran and Iraq

1981 Italy authorized sale of 11 naval vessels and a floating dock worth $1.8 bil to Iraq

1984 Iraqi general quoted as saying that Iraq had right to use chemical weapons against

            Iran to defend itself

1987 Iran Op Karbala 7 in Haj Umran Kurdistan Made little gains

1991 Najaf and Kufa joined Shiite revolt after Gulf War

1991 Iraqi forces began retaking Basra from rebels

1991 Kurdish rebellion started in Raniya

1995 INC and PUK forces began attack upon Iraqi forces in planned uprising against

            Saddam but failed due to lack of US support

1995 CIA had supported INC plan but White House backed out in end KDP refused

            to join as a result 

1995 Saddam told of meeting with bin Laden in Feb Saddam agreed to broadcast anti-

            Saudi lectures Said future relations would be determined by more talks

1995 Feb meeting was only confirmed one between Iraq and al Qaeda

2001 US told UN Sec Council Iraq had been reselling supplies from Oil for Food

            program setting up front companies giving kickbacks to get around sanctions

2002 State Dep intel memo sent to Powell and DIA Didn’t believe Niger would sell

            uranium to Iraq

2003 UnderSecDef Feith briefed Bush and NSC on postwar Iraq plans Goals were to

            maintain interity of Iraq improve living create democracy destroy WMD

2003 US found that France made allegation that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger

            based upon fake documents

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

2003 Blair told that US was thinking about starting war on 3/12/03 despite UK desire

            for 2^nd UN resolution against Iraq

2003 UK For Sec Straw told parliament committee Iraq was in material breach of UN

            Res 1441 and that gave legal authority for action

2005 US troops accidently shot and killed Italian intelligence officer outside Baghdad

            Airport

2012 ISI assassinated 2 police commanders in their homes and took a checkpoint in

            Haditha

2013 ISI & Al Nusra Front ambushed 48 Syrian soldiers in Anbar and executed them

2016 Sadrists held second demonstrations in Baghdad calling for reforms

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