This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 16

1933 Iraqi army campaign to kill Assyrians in north ended

1946 KDP founded by Mustafa Barzani and Hamzah Abdullah

1962 Turkish planes shot down Iraqi plane in retaliation for Iraq bombing Turkish

border post while fighting Kurdish rebels

1967 Law No 97 gave more power to Iraqi National Oil Company

1980 Saddam told chiefs of staff that he was going to invade Iran Saddam thought Iran

weak but didn’t think Iraq could fight a total war and reach Tehran Decided on limited war based upon seizing Shatt al-Arab waterway

1980 Saddam thought war would allow Iraq to assert its influence over Iran and deter

            Khomeini from exporting his revolution

1985 Iraq claimed it destroyed Iran’s main oil terminal at Kharg Island but only

damaged it

(Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)

2002 NSC meeting Powell argued for going to UN for new resolution on Iraq Bush

            agreed

2002 UnderSecDef Feith’s office claimed briefing day before convinced CIA Dir Tenet to

reconsider Iraq-Al Qaeda relationship Tenet denied Feith’s office had changed his view on Iraq-Al Qaeda Feith’s office said Iraq and Al Qaeda cooperated CIA said they had contacts but no cooperation

2003 Insurgent attack on Abu Ghraib prison 6 prisoners killed 59 wounded

2006 Report Mahdi Army and insurgents fighting for control of Diyala Raiding villages

and forcing people out Mahdi Army trying to drive Sunnis out of Khan Bani Said Set up checkpoints robbed trucks kidnapped and murdered people on highway Many soldiers in Diyala were members of the Mahdi Army Others supported the militia US forces didn’t trust Iraqi forces in Diyala because of militia infiltration

2006 Followers of Mahmoud al-Hasani protested in Karbala Nasiriya Hillah against Iran

            and claimed Ayatollah Sistani was Iranian puppet

2006 Pentagon review of Iraq war found US used too much force in civilian areas

angered Iraqis and didn’t form alliances with them Providing safety and security for Iraqis was not a priority

2006 Marine intel report US not lost militarily but defeated politically in Anbar Cited

lack of US troops and no functioning Iraqi govt in province Said Al Qaeda in Iraq most powerful force in Anbar

2006 Report Bush told Middle East experts he did not support partition of Iraq Said he

            would make no policy changes in war

(Musings On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)

2008 Baghdad-Irbil deal to have Peshmerga withdraw from Khanaqin Diyala and turn

over area to central govt control Confrontation ensued when ISF began evicting Kurdish parties and Peshmerga from town

(Musings On Iraq article on PM Maliki dispute with Kurds over Khanaqin)

2012 ISI carried out attacks in 19 cities leaving over 100 dead

2015 Abadi closed 4 ministries merged 8 others into 4 by decree even though legally

            had to go through parliament

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