This Day In Iraqi History - May 21

1847 Treaty of Arzurum tried to set border between Ottoman Empire and Persia

            Gave Sulaymaniya to Ottomans Shatt al-Arab to Persia

1847 Treaty of Arzurum set up commission to demarcate border between Ottomans and

            Persia but never finished

1919 UK PM George abrogated Long-Berenger UK-French oil deal due to disagreement

with France over Iraq-Syrian border George wanted Iraq to extend to Mediterranean

1928 British official said Iraqi provincial administrators picked who would be elected to

            parliament

1941 Iraqis launched counterattack attempting to retake Fallujah from British Entered

            town

1941 German planes bombed UK air base at Habaniya for a second day

1970 Pres Bakr issued Agrarian Reform Law to increase living conditions

            for peasants and increase farm production

1974 UN Sec Gen said Iran and Iraq agreed to withdraw forces and open talks over

            border disputes

1987 2^nd phase of campaign to destroy Kurdish villages started

1991 Kuwait asked for half of Iraq’s oil earnings as reparation for invasion

1999 UN Res 1242 renewed Oil For Food Program for 6^th months

2002 Gen Franks lied to press saying he had no Iraq war plans and had not been

            asked to make any

2003 Dep Sec Def Wolfowitz ordered army to help CPA with staff and

            contracting because CPA undermanned

2003 Report CIA believed 3 trailers found in Iraq were mobile WMD labs Sec of

            State Powell talked about in UN speech

2003 Report that US showed picture of trailers to Iraqi in Germany known as

            CURVEBALL who confirmed they were WMD labs

2004 CPA set up group to integrate militias into ISF never happened

2006 Report Iran thought to have trained 40,000 militia in Iraq

2006 Report US failed to adequately plan to rebuild Iraqi police After invasion

            went through 3 failed plans By 2004 only sent 500 police advisers for all of Iraq

2008 CENTCOM commander Gen Dempsey said ISI at its weakest point in Iraq

2008 US commander for northern Iraq said attacks in Mosul down 85% after

            Mother of Two Springs op there

2008 Pres Talabani said Iraq would be able to handle its own security without help

            of US after 2008

2010 Reports that both Iran and US supported 2^nd term for Maliki

2012 KRG announced energy deals with Turkey Baghdad warned KRG it could not sign

            independent oil deals with Turkey

2012 Oil Min Shahristani ordered ministry to stop petrol deliveries to KRG Would

            later deny he gave order

2013 Sheikh Hayes threatened to tear down protest tents in Ramadi if didn’t disperse

            after attacks on ISF and kidnappings

2013 KRG said it wanted to build a second independent oil pipeline to Turkey

2015 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq blamed US and Abadi for fall of Ramadi Claimed US had

            kept Hashd out

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