This Day In Iraqi History – Apr 23

1917 British Samarra Offensive ended in victory over Ottomans British suffered

            18,000 casualties

1920 Ataturk gave speech demanding Turkey’s southern territories include Mosul and

            Sulaymaniya

(Musings On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)

1941 PM Gaylani asked for German military intervention in case of war with England

1941 London decided to land an entire division from India in Basra

1948 Kirkuk oil workers protested against Anglo-Iraq Treaty

1989 Ali Hassan al-Majid’s special powers over northern Iraq for Anfal ended

(Musings On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)

2003 Iraq oil started flowing for fist time since US invasion Iraq shut down oil flow

            day war started Mar 20

2003 USAID official told Nightline rebuilding Iraq could cost US $1.7 bil and

            Iraqi oil and donors would pay for rest

2003 ORHA head Garner came up with list of 9 objectives to accomplish for postwar

            Iraq including paying salaries return police and ministries etc

2003 White House said confident Iraq’s WMD would be found

2003 NY Times article Iraqi scientists told US Iraq destroyed all its WMD equipment

            before invasion US now looking for programs rather than WMD stocks

2003 NY Times article US would be getting info on Iraq’s WMD from Chalabi and

            INC

2003 Up to 3 mil participated in Arbaeen ceremony that had been banned under

            Saddam

2003 Protest in Kut, Wasit blocked US convoy for 4 hours

2003 Report thousands of Arabs were being evicted from Kirkuk by Kurds and

            forming militias to protect themselves

2003 1^st US troops arrived in Fallujah 2 weeks after end of invasion

2004 Bremer said ex-soldiers welcomed back into army said complaints about

            deBaathification were legitimate US streamlining how it deal with prisoners

2004 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Sanchez ordered investigation into military intel practices

            due to Abu Ghraib prison scandal

2005 UN Sec Gen Annan blamed US and UK for Iraq smuggling under Oil For Food

            program in 90s rather than UN

2009 KRG Premier Barzani criticized Hadbaa party for monopolizing all the seats

            on Ninewa council

2009 Iraq claimed it captured IS leader Abu Omar Baghdadi Didn’t happen

2010 5 car bombs hit Shiite mosques in Baghdad kill 72

2011 Karbala governor said province should think about becoming a federal region

2011 5,000 protested in Mosul demanding release of prisoners

2011 Sadrists marched in Baghdad against US occupation

2012 Iran tried to work out deal between Maliki and Sadr but failed Sadr moved

            into growing critic of Maliki’s rule

2012 Iraq’s Foreign Ministry called in Turkey’s ambassador complaining about

            Ankara’s interference in Iraqi politics

2013 Maliki ordered raid on Hawija protest camp run by Naqshibandi leading to over 40

            dead and 70 wounded

2013 Violence spiked in Iraq after Hawija raid and helped mark return of Iraqi

            insurgency

2013 Mohammed Abu Risha called for protesters to arm themselves after ISF attack

            upon Hawija protest site

2013 Clash between protesters and ISF in Ramadi 6 soldiers killed

2013 Fighting broke out between ISF and insurgents in Suleiman Beq

2013 British court found maker of fake bomb detectors guilty of 3 counts of fraud

2016 Fighting broke out again between Hashd, Turkmen vs Peshmerga Kurds in

            Tuz Kharmato

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