This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 2

1975 Iraq and Saudi Arabia agreed to divide neutral zone set up between two

            countries by British after WWI to set new border

1992 Govt began draining southern marshes to force out rebels and displaced

2001 US intel report on confiscated aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy Said did not fit

            rocket launchers Did match 1950s German centrifuge design

(Musings On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)

2002 UK Def Min secretary told Blair’s foreign policy adviser Manning US working on

military plans to remove Saddam with no post-war plan and no overall strategy behind it

2002 UK Def Min Hoon told Blair he had to push US to think about postwar Iraq

            planning

2003 Bush said “Bring em on” when talking about insurgency in Iraq

2003 UK ForSec Straw said political and security situation in Iraq was improving

2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey extended tour of 172^nd Stryker Brigade because

            violence too high in Baghdad

2009 State Dept listed Abu Muhandis as a global terrorist

2014 IS head Baghdadi said the caliphate had been established after the humiliation

            of Muslims

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