This Day In Iraqi History - July 12

1946 Police tried breaking Communist oil worker strike in Kirkuk Fired on workers

killing 8 wounding 50 Killings condemned in press PM Umari shut down papers in response Helped lead to fall of govt in Nov

(Musings On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)

1968 PM Yahya threatened to resign over divisions within military that would lead to

            1968 coup

1979 Saddam elected new president and head of Regional Command Council of the

            Baath Party Dhuri elected VP

1979 Rev Command Council Secretary General Muhyi Hussein Mashadi objected to

            Bakr stepping down saying he should have been convinced to stay in office

1982 UN offered ceasefire and withdrawal from territory to try to stop Iran from

            invading Iraq Iran said no

1983 Reagan signed NSDD 99 to review US policy in Middle East Led to tilt towards

            Iraq

1988 Iran withdrew from Halabja district Kurdistan

1988 Iraq started withdrawing from 2,260 sq mi of Iranian territory

1988 Iraq recaptured Musian border region from Iran

1991 Saddam carried out new wave of executions of Baath members and army officers

2001 Iraqi Military Alliance opposition group met in London made up of 60 former

            officers Called for democratic Iraq Foreign aid Iraqi soldiers to work with it

2003 British officially took control of Basra Maysan Dhi Qar and Muthanna with no

            strategy on how to run them

2003 Cheney chief of staff Libby spoke 3^rd time with NY Times reporter Miller telling

            her fmr Amb Wilson’s wife worked for CIA

2003 Cheney chief of staff Libby talked with Time reporter Cooper who said fmr Amb

            Wilson’s wife might’ve sent him on Niger trip

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

2006 20 people from bus station abducted and executed in Muqtadiya

2009 VP Hashemi said Baghdad would fight PKK and would form special units to do so

            Mean to appease Turkey

2014 Naqshibandi leader Izzat al-Dhur welcomed and praised ISIS role in fighting

            against Maliki govt

2017 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq members arrested in Musayib Babil for kidnapping 28

            Sunnis and killing 20 of them

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