This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 8

1924 UK run Baghdad Times said England would give Iraq independence in 4 yrs

            at most if Anglo-Iraq Treaty passed

1941 British campaign started against Vichy French in Syria using troops in Iraq

            Germany used Syria to supply pro-Ger Gaylani Iraq govt

1990 US Commerce Dept wanted to limit technology sales to Iraq that could be

used for missile program Rejected by White House

2000 UN Res 1302 renewed Oil For Food Program

2003 Rice said US had looked at intel since 1991 to prove Iraq had WMD All agreed

            Iraq had weapons

2003 Rice said no one ever claimed they knew exactly where Iraq’s WMD were stored

            Rumsfeld said he knew

2003 Rice admitted that Bush used false claim of Iraq-African uranium deal in his 03

            State of Union but was quoting a British report and didn’t know about problems

(Musings On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)

2003 Powell said all the intel on Iraq’s WMD was approved by CIA

2003 UK Home Secretary Blunkett said Blair govt should not have released its Iraq

            WMD dossier

2003 Cheney’s chief of staff Libby told NYTimes reporter Miller that secret National

            Intel Estimate had strong evidence Iraq had WMD

2004 UN Resolution 1546 endorsed Iraqi interim govt that would draft new constitution

            and have it voted upon by 12/31/05 Set date for return of Iraqi sovereignty

2004 UN Resolution 1546 said CPA would end Elections for permanent Iraqi govt would

            be held from Dec 04-Jan 05

2004 UN Resolution 1546 said Iraqi interim govt would draft constitution and have it

            voted upon by 12/31/05 Said Coalition forces could stay in Iraq

2005 State Dept spokesman said US no longer determined policy on militias It was now

            an Iraqi issue

2006 Interior Defense and National Security Ministers named in Maliki govt 6^th months

            after national elections

2011 Maliki said he was ready for another 100 day reform plan after 1^st ended with

            no changes

2011 Maliki said he was removing Chalabi as head of Accountability and Justice

            Commission

2012 Maliki and State of Law started working on getting MPs to remove names from

            no confidence vote against Maliki

2012 Loyalty of Iraq announced 20 MPs said they took names off Maliki no confidence

            vote

2012 Solution Movement within Iraqiya said withdrawing from no confidence vote

            against Maliki

2012 Sadrists called for parliament to hold no confidence vote against Maliki

2012 Sadr denied that any of his followers fighting in Syria They were

2012 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq suspected of killing leading Sadrist in Baghdad 1^st of 5 such

            assassinations between 2 groups

2013 7^th day of protests in Nasiriya over lack of electricity

2013 State of Law and local list announced they would shut out Sadrists and SIIC

            from new provincial govt in Najaf

2013 Sadrists and SIIC announced alliance in Baghdad Dhi Qar and Wasit provincial

govts

2014 Interpol issued arrest warrant for Iraqi official for buying fake bomb detectors

            Nothing done

2014 ISIS reinforcements from Syria arrived in Mosul to attack last section of city

            under govt control

2014 ISIS sleeper cells in Mosul joined fight

2014 Gen Ghidan ground forces commander Gen Qanbar chief of staff said they were

            withdrawing to eastern Mosul while ISIS attacking city

2014 Many ISF thought Ghidan and Qanbar going to east Mosul was a retreat and

            began deserting

2014 ISIS captured Hawija Zab Riyad Abbasi Rashad Yankaja in Kirkuk

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