This Day In Iraqi History - May 24

1922 Cleric Khalisi informed southern tribes British were trying to get their

            way in new Anglo-Iraq Treaty

1941 Mufti of Jerusalem told Italians Arab revolt hinged on Iraq and it needed more

            support

1980 Iraq backed failed coup vs Khomeini in Iran

1982 Iran’s Op Beit al-Moqaddas ended with Iraqi forces pushed back to Iran-Iraq

border in Khuzistan province 12,000-15,000 Iraqis captured Iran regained 2077 sq mi of Iranian land

1982 Israeli press reported US sent arms to Egypt which were then sold to Iraq

1990 US National Security Council deputies meeting told that US still sharing

            intelligence with Iraq

1999 Sec State Albright met with 7 Iraqi opposition groups receiving US funds Said US

            would provide them nonlethal aid

2002 Rumsfeld issued order to Joint Chiefs to begin Phase Four postwar planning

            for Iraq

2004 Bush said US would stay the course in Iraq and move towards returning

            sovereignty and creating democracy in Iraq

2005 SCIRI’s Hammoudi named head of constitutional drafting committee

2006 Joint Chiefs intel report said insurgency enduring despite political progress and

            growth of ISF

2006 Report police and army full of militias insurgents and criminals carrying out

            abuses and sectarian violence

2006 Report US officials and military apologized for former Inter Min Jabr from ISCI

            and Badr saying they weren’t responsible for police abuses

2006 Maliki said he wanted to reign in militias and demobilize them Went to Najaf to

            try to get Ayatollah Sistani to make statements against militias

2006 Iraqi Army’s 16^th Brigade in charge of Dora south Baghdad ran death squads and

            assassinations in conjunction with insurgents Killed its own commander

2007 Sheikh Issawi assassinated and funeral hit by suicide bomber in Anbar

leading to parts of his tribe to join fight against ISI in Fallujah

2009 Hashemi resigned as head of Islamic Party

2011 Anbar councilman blamed Syria for allowing insurgents to cross its

            border into Iraq

2011 Trade Min Sudani accused of wasting $245 mil while in office

2011 Report US forces coming under increased attacks as withdrawal date at end of

            year approached

2011 US Def Sec Gates went to Iraq to lobby for US troop presence past end of year

2012 KRG PM Barzani said that if Baghdad cut off fuel deliveries KRG would

            export oil independently

2012 Sadr asked National Alliance to replace Maliki

2013 Integrity Comm said it was opening investigation into buying fake bomb

            detectors Went nowhere

2013 Clash at Ramadi protest site between those for and against turning Anbar

            into federal region

2013 Imam at Mosul protest site argued for making Ninewa federal region

2013 Sadrist killed fighting in Syria had funeral attended by movement members    

            showing Sadr’s participation in Syria war

2015 Iranian Ground Forces commander said Iranian military moved 40km into

            Diyala to protect border from IS

2015 KRG claimed it met its oil export quota set in 2015 budget and therefore

            should receive it full monthly payment from Baghdad

2015 US Def Sec Carter questioned Iraqis’ will to fight after Ramadi fell to IS

2017 Interior Min announced investigation into abuses by Iraqi forces during Mosul

            campaign in response to Der Spiegel article Nothing came of it

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