This Day In Iraqi History - May 14

1941 Churchill authorized British air force in Iraq to attack German planes

            in Syria

1941 2 British fighters flew out of Iraq and attacked 2 German bombers in Syria

            damaging them

1941 German war planes began landing in Mosul Were attacked by British planes

1941 Iraq Fin Min Suwaidi met German amb Told to take up Turkish mediation offer to

            stall for time until Axis aid could be organized

1941 German ambassador promised Iraq German planes were arriving and military aid

            coming from Syria

1959 Gen. Qasim withdrew Iraq from anti-Communist Eisenhower Doctrine

1972 Baath brought Communists into govt after Iraq-Soviet 15 year Friendship Treaty

1986 Iraq captured Mehran, Iran 1^st Iranian city seized since 1980 Offered to trade it for

            Fao Rejected by Iran

1991 UN nuclear inspectors arrived in Iraq

1992 Iraqi govt suspected of setting off car bomb in front of Dohuk hotel hosting

foreign reporters covering Kurdish elections

1997 Op Hammer 30,000-50,000 Turkish troops invaded Kurdistan to attack PKK and

support KDP

2002 UN Resolution 1409 created smart sanctions on Iraq to try to limit military and

            WMD related imports but increased civilian imports

2003 Sadrists marched in Baghdad calling for an Islamic government in Iraq

2003 US officials said probably wouldn’t find WMD in Iraq were now focusing on

            finding documents about programs

2003 British Foreign Sec Straw said finding WMD was not vital to justify war WMD

            #1 reason Blair wanted Saddam removed

2003 Human rights group complained US forces not protecting 3,000 body mass

            grave found in Babil

2004 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowitz and Gen Pace said prison abuse at Abu Ghraib

            violated Geneva Convention

2004 Daily Mirror admitted pictures it published of alleged prisoner abuse by UK

            forces were fakes

2004 US told Iraqi National Congress funding wound end in June 2004

2007 Prison riot at Camp Bucca almost took over facility

2008 ISI fighters crossed into Iraq from Syria and killed 11 policemen in their homes

            in Anbar

2009 Trade Minister Sudani resigned before having to appear before parliament for

            corruption charges

2010 Election Comm finished recount in Baghdad requested by Maliki who claimed

            cheating Found no problems

2010 Abu Suleiman became new War Minister for ISI after Masri killed by US April

            2010

2010 Iraqi general said 32 of 43 ISI commander had been killed

2015 IS leader Baghdadi released 34 min long address 1^st one in 6 months Came during

            reports he was injured in air strike

2015 IS attacked Ramadi govt center with car bombs in final drive to take city

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