This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 6

1920 Sir Percy Cox was reassigned to run Iraq from his posting in Persia

1924 UK run Baghdad Times said Iraqis were turning on British protection for Mosul

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

1941 British forces sent to Haditha and pushed insurgents led by Qawujki into

            Syria

1967 Most of Iraqi air force destroyed by Israel

1967 8^th Iraqi Brigade tried to cross Damiya Bridge destroyed by Israeli air strike

1975 Shah Pres Bakr Algerian Pres Bumidan met over Iran-Iraq border issues

1982 After Israel invaded Lebanon Saddam offered ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War and for

            Iraq to send troops to help Palestinians

2003 Imam at Abu Hanifa Mosque in Adhmaiya Baghdad called for resistance to the

            US occupation

2003 UN head inspector Blix said just because there were questions about Iraq’s WMD

didn’t mean it had them Said US and UK never provided quality intel on Iraq’s WMD

2003 DepUnderSecDef Feith said intel on Iraq didn’t change from Clinton to Bush

2003 White House spokesman intelligence showed no doubt that Iraq had WMD

2003 US intel thought they were close to finding Iraq’s WMD because more Iraqis

            coming forward and giving info

2003 Report Bush admin dropped uncertainties about WMD intel and made them

            certainties that Iraq had them

2003 US rejected having UN weapons inspectors back in Iraq to look for WMD

2003 Sep 02 DIA report leaked to press DIA thought Iraq had WMD but couldn’t find

            specific facilities making them

2007 Islamic Army and ISI announced truce after killings and accusations Didn’t last

2008 Kurds said they could export 150,000 bar/day in oil but no neighboring countries

            would allow it

2009 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq’s Laith Khazali released and AAH released bodies of 2

            British bodyguards they kidnapped and killed

2011 6 US soldiers killed in rocket attack in Baghdad by Kataib Hezbollah most lost in

one attack since 2009

2012 PM Nechirvan Barzani talked with Turkish PM Erdogan about KRG exporting

            oil to Turkey

2012 Report front companies acting as recruiters for Iraqis to go fight in Syria for Assad

            govt

2013 Mass grave found in Diwaniya with victims of Saddam

2013 Govt sponsored meeting to try to get Anbar tribes to organize against ISI

2013 Baghdad asked Kurds to withdraw Peshmerga from Tuz Kharmato and Suleiman

            Bek Kurds said no

2013 VP Hashemi said he supported Sunni region in Iraq

2013 Salahaddin Governor Abdullah won 2^nd term in office

2014 37 Sunnis abducted shot and dumped in Samarra in separate incidents

2014 ISIS continued attack on Mosul Took 5 neighborhoods

2014 Head of Ninewa Ops Command Gen Gharawi ordered defensive line in western

            Mosul

2014 Maliki told Gen. Gharawi to hold city until Gen Ghidan ground forces

            commander and Gen Qanbar chief of staff arrived

2016 Ayatollah Sistani warned against attacks on innocents revenge attacks destruction

            of property in war against IS

2016 605 men from Saqlawiya who were abducted by Hashd released to Anbar

            officials showing signs of torture and beatings

2016 Member of Anbar council demanded Hashd be withdrawn from Fallujah op for

            abuses

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