This Day In Iraqi History - May 19

1941 British took Fallujah from Iraqi forces after heavy bombing Was necessary

to cross Euphrates to move onto Baghdad 300 Iraqis captured

(Musings On Iraq article on 1941 Battle of Fallujah)

1941 Iraqi command found out about loss of Fallujah and decided to launch

            counterattack

1941 Iraq Def Min Shawkat returned from Turkey Was accused of being a traitor by

            Golden Square officers for talking about mediation with England Fled to Turkey

1941 Mullah Mustafa Barzani arrived in Sulaymaniya after escaping Baghdad

1958 Ahmad Baban became premier Was a Kurd

1992 Kurds held election for 105 seat regional parliament and leader 7 parties ran 4

            candidates for leader

1992 KDP won 51 seats PUK 49 in new Kurdish parliament Barzani gave 1 seat to PUK

            to maintain Kurdish unity

1997 KDP attacked PKK in Irbil with support of Turkey 53 KDP and 58 PKK killed

2003 ORHA head Garner told Congress ORHA was ad hoc and didn't have enough time

            to plan for postwar Iraq

2003 10,000 Sadrists protested in Baghdad against US occupation

2003 500 Iraqis protested outside Green Zone over pending disbandment of army

2003 CPA head Bremer sent Sec Def Rumsfeld final draft of order to disband Iraqi

            military

2003 US intel paper to White House said captured Iraq trailers were mobile WMD

            labs

2004 Dep Sec of Defense Wolfowitz told Congress no timeline for U.S. withdrawal

            from Iraq

2004 US soldiers involved in Abu Ghraib prison abuse sentenced one year in prison

2005 Report that US attempt to push ISF into lead in war failing because Iraqi forces

            not ready yet

2007 US killed Asaibh Al Ahl-Haq’s Karbala commander Dulaimi in raid

2009 Pentagon said foreign fighters still coming to Iraq from Syria and Iranian

            weapons still being found

2009 US organized meeting between Sahwa and govt after 17 Sahwa leaders arrested

2010 Talks held between Hadbaa and Kurds over Ninewa provincial council which

            Kurds had boycotted since 09 elections

2011 Twin bombs in Kirkuk left 120 casualties

2012 Sadr called conference with Kurds Speaker Nujafi Ahmed Chalabi about

            Maliki

2012 Ayatollah Haeri called on Sadr to stop trying to divide Shiites showing Iran’s

            displeasure with moves against Maliki

2012 France’s Total announced talks with KRG about oil deals there over objections

            of Baghdad

2012 Protest in Basra against Turkey hosting wanted ex-VP Hashemi

2013 Provincial election results finalized State of Law won 112 seats Down from 126

            in 2009

2013 Maliki responded to protest movement Said provinces could become regions if

            followed constitution

2013 Sheikh Saadi religious leader in Anbar protests said he gave up on his initiative to

hold talks with Baghdad

2014 Election results announced with Maliki’s State of Law coming in first

2014 Sulaymaniya Educ dept went on strike over not getting paid and protests in 2

            towns over lack of services in KRG

2014 ISF went on rampage in Khalis, Diyala after checkpoint attacked burned mosque

            fields 2 houses

2015 State of Law MP said Iraq should rely on Iran not US for military aid Claimed

            fall of Ramadi proved US helping IS

2015 Hashd spokesman claimed retaking Ramadi would be easier than Tikrit

2016 ISF freed Rutba, Anbar from IS opening road from Baghdad to Jordan

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