This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 5

1926 Turkey and England agreed to have Mosul join Iraq

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

1941 British forces occupied Kirkuk after overthrowing PM Gaylani govt Anglo-Iraq

            War

1951 Grenade hit Jewish car dealership in Baghdad 6^th of 7 such attacks on Jews 1950-51

1967 Iraqi airplanes attacked Jezreel Valley and Afula Israel to little effect Israeli

            airplanes attacked H-3 airbase west Iraq destroying 22 Iraqi planes
2001 During confirmation hearing future Dep Undersec of Def Feith said Saddam should be
            overthrown

2002 Czech envoy to UN claimed 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intel officer

            in Prague in 01

2002 Blair told Rumsfeld UK would be with US in any military action against Iraq

2003 Report VP Cheney and chief of staff Libby made multiple trips to CIA to question

analysts about Iraq intelligence Some CIA analysts complained to press about VP Cheney’s questions about Iraq intelligence before invasion

2003 Some US intel officers admitted they didn’t have much new intel on Iraq’s

            WMD since 1990s

2003 Dep Undersec of Def Feith denied that Iraq intel was politicized before

            invasion Admitted creating special Pentagon intel unit

2003 Bush said no terrorist could get WMD from Iraq because Saddam had been

            overthrown

2003 Fmr UN inspector Kay told CIA Dir Tenet military not doing good job hunting

            for Iraq’s WMD

2003 UN Security Council asked US to allow its weapons inspectors back into Iraq

2005 State Dept memo Peshmerga arresting hundreds of Arabs and Turkmen in Kirkuk

and taking them to KRG to establish control of city

2006 Mass grave found with Shiite victims of 1991 uprising

2006 State Dept paper said new Maliki govt ill prepared to rule No experience

2006 State Dept paper argued for limited counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq with

            limited troop increase

2008 Over 100 weapons caches of Mahdi Army found in Sadr City Most weapons

            came from Iran Aftermath Charge of Knights

2010 Iraqi army banned Sahwa in Diyala carrying weapons Sahwa replied they would

            stop working with govt

2010 Iraqiya member Faris Jabouri assassinated in Mosul 3^rd member of Iraqiya

            killed in city before and after elections

2010 Iraqiya member killed in Qaim, Anbar by IED

2011 Report violence increasing in Iraq 2010 vs 2011

2011 Maliki told human rights conference that some human rights groups were

            actually terrorists and criticized Baghdad protests

2011 Maliki replaced head of Trade Bank of Iraq Arrest warrant issued for old head

            because didn’t back Maliki business deal

2011 Rockets fired at Zubayr oil field in Basra Set oil reserves on fire

2012 US intel report attacks by ISI went from 19 per month in 2011 to 25 per month

            in 2012

2012 KRG Natural Resource Min Hawrami said KRG could reach 2 mil/bar/day

            in production by 2019

2012 Sadr criticized Asaib Ahl Al-Haq march in Baghdad claiming it was directed by

            Iran 2 State of Law officials attended event

2012 Sadrists/Mahdi Army members started riots in two different prisons in Baghdad

2012 Report Maliki tried to get Sadr kicked out of National Alliance because

            supported no confidence vote

2012 Sadr said Maliki should be investigated for trying to stop MPs from signing

            no confidence vote against him

2013 Mass graves found in Irbil and Sulaymaniya with victims of Saddam

2013 Provincial elections in KRG delayed because of problems with election law

2013 Anbar protest movement told Anbar Governor Fahadawi he should not hold

            talks with Baghdad

2013 Def Min tried to replace 16^th Bgd commander a Kurd with a Shiite Arab and

            commander refused to give up command

2013 Def Min attempted to force 16^th Bgd to leave Tuz Kharmato after commander

            refused to be replaced Ministry backed down

2014 Report ISIS demanded Army of Mujahadeen in Anbar give it baya

2014 Iraqi Special Forces killed Abu Bilawi ISIS’s military chief of staff

2014 ISIS launched large scale raid upon Samarra Seized several districts before

            beaten back

2014 Mosul intel chief warned that ISIS would attack 2 neighborhoods in city That night

            ISIS began its attack upon Mosul eventually taking city

2014 Turkey said 2^nd tanker of oil exports by Kurds through independent pipeline

was being loaded KRG said 1^st tanker of independent oil exports had been sold but was actually told to leave Morocco’s waters

2015 Report thousands of Iraqi fighters going to Syria for new Iranian led offensive

            there

2015 Report Norway’s DNO owed $500 mil-$1 bil by KRG for non-payments for oil

            production and exports

2015 Oil Min Mahdi said oil prices would reach $75 per barrel by end of year Iraq

            crude dropped to $29 per barrel in Dec

2016 Anbar govt set up investigating into Hashd abuses in Fallujah op

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