This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 22

1922 Standard Oil told State Dept that it and other US companies were

            interested in exploring in Iraq

1963 Govt forces captured Saqsaq and Tobzawa from KDP Peshmerga

1982 Saddam said Iraqi forces would withdraw from Iran in 10 days Khomeini said

            that war would not end

1982 Commander in chief of Iranian army said Iran-Iraq War would continue until

            Saddam overthrown

1982 Saddam complained that Iran was defeated in 1980 but didn’t give up

1996 UN and Iraq agreed on terms for allowing UN inspectors into Republican Guard

            Special Republican Guard Special Security Organization Mukhabarat sites

(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)

1998 Grand Ayatollah Mirza Ali al-Gharawi assassinated by Saddam who blamed

            foreign agents

2001 US decided to provide new aid to Iraqi opposition against Saddam

2003 Bush blamed former regime elements for attacks in Iraq

2003 Bush claimed other intel services said Iraq had WMD and Iraq never proved

            it destroyed its WMD arsenal

2003 Head weapons inspector Blix thought Iraq only had “debris” of WMD program

            since none found since invasion

2003 Blix said pre-war reports by Iraqis that WMD were destroyed might prove true

            Cited Hussein Kamal in 94 who said no WMD left

2003 Report 2002 National Intelligence Estimate questioned Iraq-Al Qaeda ties

2003 2000 Sistani supporters protested outside Green Zone demanding elections and

            new Iraqi govt

2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq beheaded S Korean civilian Kim Sun-il

2004 UN audit on reconstruction in Iraq found spending and contracts full of errors and

            open to fraud

2004 UN audit found State Organization for Marketing Oil had no records on tenders

            contracts who won bids etc

2004 Report White House claims Saddam Fedayeen members were in Al Qaeda based

            upon confusion of their names

2005 US Commanding Gen in Iraq Casey got report of prisoner abuse by ISF Ordered US

            forces to stop any abuses they saw

2008 Iraqi offensive against Sadrists in Maysan expanded to Dhi Qar and Wasit

2008 Report IEDs down 90% from 2007

2008 Female suicide bomber in Baquba killed 13 wounded 30

(Musings On Iraq article on female suicide bombers)

2008 Report US reconstruction projects in Hit halted due to corruption of mayor and

            police chief

2008 Baghdad Ops Command said Maliki issued order to integrate all Sahwa in

            province

2009 US commander in Diyala said govt had not paid 1000 Sahwa in province nor

            integrated them into govt

2009 US turned over security in Anbar to Iraqi forces

2010 Protests in Ramadi and Nasiriya over lack of electricity

2010 Army arrested sons of protest organizer in Basra demanding leader turn himself

            in Basra council condemned Army’s move

2011 Report Asaib Ahl Al-Haq carrying out recruiting program to get people to

            attack US forces before they withdrew from Iraq

2011 Basra council voted to ban US military from operating in province

2012 Def Sec Panetta asked Iraq to hold Hezbollah operative Daqduq in prison Captured

            by US and turned over to Iraqis

(Musings On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)

2012 Iraq’s national grid ran out of fuel shutting down electricity across entire country

            for 24 hrs

2012 Sadr criticized Ayatollah Haeri and Iran for trying to interfere with his followers

            during no confidence move vs Maliki

2013 ISF launched operation in Rawa, Anbar

2013 Early election results showed Mutahidun in 1^st place in Anbar and Ninewa

            provincial elections

2013 Anbar governor claimed Iraqi Islamic Party cheated in provincial elections

            paying off voters

2014 ISF withdrew from Qaim, Anbar ISIS seized Trebil and Walid border crossings

2014 ISF withdrew from Tal Afar, Ninewa turning it over to ISIS

2014 Fighting between ISIS and pro-Naqshibandi tribes in Hawija, Kirkuk for control

2014 Human Rights Ministry report 480 Shiite prisoners were executed by ISIS

            in Badush prison after Mosul captured

2014 Iraqi forces again claimed Jurf al-Sakhr, Babil freed of insurgents Wasn’t

2014 Report Iraq lost 60 of 243 Army battalions with all of their equipment 5 of Iraq’s

            14 Divisions combat ineffective

2014 Iran objected to US sending military advisers to help Iraq against insurgency

            Claimed US supporting Baathists and ISIS

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