This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 15

1920 UK Chief General Staff Wilson heard of 1920 revolt and ordered dispatch

            of division from India to put it down

1950 Cabinet resigned when PM Suwaidi complained his brother not appointed head of

Cassation Court Stayed in office because Regent out of country and couldn’t call for new govt

1952 Mustafa al-Umari became premier

1958 Deposed PM Nuri al-Said executed by Free Officers Regent’s body taken from

            royal palace Mutilated Dragged through Baghdad streets

1968 PM Yahya resigned over divisions within military over running country that

            would eventually lead to 68 coup

1979 Saddam had Revolutionary Command Council Secretary General Mashadi arrested

and tortured Mashadi named Saddam opponents within Baath Party Those members later accused of a Syrian backed coup

1986 UK Official told Geneva conference that Iraq chemical weapons had caused

            10,000 Iranian casualties in Iran-Iraq War

1988 Iran’s cabinet endorsed decision to accept UN Res 598 ending Iran-Iraq War

1990 At Baath Party meeting decided Iraq should make its case to the world against

Kuwait so that it would not be seen as an aggressor Izzat al-Duri said Kuwait conspiring against Iraq and part of larger Israeli conspiracy

1990 At Arab League Iraq complained Kuwait tapping into Rumaila oil field in Basra

costing Iraq $1 bil/year Demanded loans from UAE and Kuwait during Iran-Iraq War be forgiven Threatened force against Kuwait and UAE saying they were US puppets

1990 Iraq made first deployment of troops for Kuwait invasion

1991 US troops withdrew from Kurdistan after setting up safe area for displaced Kurds

            after Gulf War

2002 Czech Intel head doubted that 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intelligence in

            Prague in 2001

2002 Fmr Saddam Fedayeen told press Iraq trained Al Qaeda fighters in Salman

            Pak False story

2004 UN head inspector Blix accused Blair of misleading public on Iraq threat

            before invasion

2004 Report in 2003 UK intel found Zarqawi setting up cells in Baghdad  

2006 Insurgents stormed Olympic Committee in Baghdad Took 30 people including

            committee president

2011 3 bombs in Karbala left 100 casualties

2012 Iraq complained about KRG-Turkish oil deals saying it would affect relations

            between two countries 

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