This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 2

1920 Revolt against British started when sheikh in mid-Euphrates refused British

            taxation arrested and freed by tribe 1920 Revolt

1924 UK run Baghdad Times said if Anglo-Iraq Treaty not ratified Iraq would lose

            Mosul to Turks

(Musings On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)

1941 Jamil al-Midfai named PM in new govt after PM Gaylani overthrown by

British Declared martial law

1941 Anti-Jewish pogrom the Farhud in Baghdad continued until curfew imposed 187

killed in 2 days

1941 Regent of Iraq ordered end to anti-Jewish Farhud pogrom

1941 British intel officer asked why British troops were sent into Baghdad to stop

            Farhud Thought didn't want to upset Regent

1941 UK 20^th Indian Brigade ordered from Basra to Baghdad to help secure area

1982 Gulf Cooperation Council offered peace plan to end Iran-Iraq War Israeli

            invasion of Lebanon ended plan

1991 Demonstrations in Dohuk Irbil Sulaymaniya Diyabil with Kurds demanding US

forces stay in Kurdistan to protect them Police stations and Baath offices attacked

2002 Czech Inter Min claimed 9/11 hijacker Atta went to Prague and met with Iraqi

            intel officer

2002 Iraq arrested Abdul Yasin involved in 1993 World Trade Center bombing

            Conspiracy theorists would later say this was proof Iraq involved in bombing

2003 Blair said Iraq’s WMD would be found

2003 State Dept memo said too early to say captured trailers Iraq mobile WMD labs

2003 Iraqi scientist dug up 200 blueprints for centrifuges for Iraq’s nuclear program and

            gave them to US forces

2003 Gen Franks told CPA’s Bremer disbanding Iraqi military was a mistake

2003 1,000 ex-soldiers protested outside Green Zone over CPA disbanding Iraqi military

2003 Bremer approved Justice Dept program to hire DynCorp to provide 6000 trainers

            to rebuild Iraqi police

2004 Survey Iraqis seeing US as liberators went from 88% in Oct 03 to 43% in Apr 04

            Want US to leave 17% Oct 03 to 57% Oct 04

2004 Iranian intel officers arrested in Baghdad plotting attacks

2004 Iraqi Governing Council convinced UN envoy Brahimi to include them in Allawi’s

            interim govt

2007 ISI’s Abu Omar al-Baghdadi told local commanders in Baghdad to stop fighting

            Islamic Army of Iraq Dispute would be mediated

2009 Cheney said never any evidence linking Iraq with 9/11 Cheney had promoted story

            that 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intelligence in 2001

2010 Adm Mullen said ISI had been devastated by deaths of leadership

2010 Pres Barzani met with Turkish PM Erdogan to talk about security

2011 Obama told Maliki wanted Iraq parliament to approve stay behind US forces

            Maliki disagreed saying no new deal needed

2011 Survey Iraqis seeing country going in right direction 45% Nov 10 Wrong

            direction 49% Mar 11

2011 Human Rights Watch report govt arrested and beat protest leaders in Baghdad

2011 Maliki ordered investigation of Trade Bank in Iraq after refused to back deal

            made by Maliki with S. Korean company

2013 Report Sadr got into argument with Hezbollah’s Nasrallah over backing Assad

            in Syria

2013 Sadr accused Asaib Ahl Al-Haq of trying to assassinate leader in his movement

            in Baghdad

2015 US sent 2000 AT4 anti-tank missiles to Iraq to help fight car bombs

2015 Badr objected to US helping retake Ramadi

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