This Day In Iraqi History – May 11

1925 UK Colonial Secretary wrote Arab elites knew Iraq was being held

            together by British

1935 Iraq air force bombed rebel villages in Diwaniya held by Abu Hassan Bani

            Zurayij and Zawalim tribes

1941 British forces left Haifa, Palestine heading for Habaniya, Anbar

1941 More British planes landed as reinforcements at Habaniya air base

1941 German military aid began arriving from Syria by train Stored in Mosul but

            never used

1941 German diplomat Dr. Grobba arrived in Baghdad along with 3 German planes and

            20,000 Pounds for PM Gaylani

1985 Iran launched attack into southern Iraq marshes to seize Basra-Baghdad highway

            Iran-Iraq War

1991 UK PM Major said was against ending UN sanctions on Iraq until Saddam

overthrown

1991 CIA hired Rendon Group for propaganda ops in Iraq Would help create Iraqi

            National Congress

2002 Gen Frans briefed Bush on war plans Said he would attack Iraq on 5 fronts

            west south north information front Baghdad by air

2003 UK envoy to Iraq said US had no leadership no strategy for rebuilding Iraq

2003 Report US military team searching for Iraq’s WMD found nothing

2003 UN report Iraq farming could collapse threatening widespread hunger

2004 Zarqawi released video of himself beheading US hostage Nick Berg Zarqawi

            claimed revenge for Abu Ghraib abuses

2004 Bush put training of new Iraqi security forces under CENTCOM

2004 Bush signed NSPP 35 okayed 1^st interagency plan to rebuild Iraq Happened year

            after invasion ended

2004 Bush signed NSPP 36 giving State Dept control of Iraq after CPA closed

2004 Conspiracy theorist Mylroie claimed 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intel in

            Prague in 2001 after story discredited

2004 Report Red Cross pointed out only 600 out of 43,000 Iraqis arrested by US in 03

            went to court

2005 Congress approved $5.3 bil to rebuild Iraqi security forces

2010 US arrested Kataib Hezbollah commander accused of attacking US and Iraq forces

2010 Report that Gen Suleimani helped negotiate State of Law-National Alliance

            merger into National Coalition

2011 Maliki said US forces could stay past end of year if ruling parties agreed

2011 Tribes in Basra threatened revolt if US forces stayed past end of year

2012 Maliki said Turkey was not respecting Iraq

2014 Gen Austin and US diplomats met Maliki who asked for drones and air strikes

            Obama turned him down

2014 Protest in Basra about lack of electricity

2015 Kataib Hezbollah attacked SIIC office in Basra accusing official of corruption

2016 3 suicide car bombs in Baghdad killed 113 wounded 187 Deadliest day in years

            in Iraq

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