This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 20

1980 US said Iraq invasion of Iran threatened security in Gulf and land should not be seized

by force

1983 Iranian Op Wa al-Fajr 4 seized 15 villages in Kurdistan

1984 Iraq held elections to prove legitimacy of Saddam Was 40% quota for Shiite deputies

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

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

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

(Musings On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War)

1991 Report Saddam was arming PKK to fight Turkey

2000 British Foreign Office said wanted to offer end of sanctions to return inspectors but didn’t

think US would agree

2002 Czech Intel told US no evidence 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraq intelligence in Prague

2004 Report Jan 03 Natl Intel Council warned building democracy in Iraq would be long difficult

and turbulent Council warned that overthrowing Saddam could lead to ethnosectarian rivalries and power grabs in Iraq

2004 Transparency International ranked Iraq one of most corrupt countries in world

2005 One of Saddam’s lawyers kidnapped and killed

2006 Mahdi Army Badr and officials from PM Maliki’s office worked out ceasefire to end fighting in

Amara 10 police 15 militiamen killed 160 wounded

2007 US Special Forces raid into Sadr City hunting Special Groups led to huge firefight

2010 KRG Natural Resource Min Hawrami said Kurds were ready to send 60 bil cubic meters of

natural gas to Turkey

2015 Baiji town finally cleared of IS

2016 PM Abadi announced govt would not allow human rights violations during Mosul campaign

and investigative committee created to look into any

2017 Fighting broke out between Iraqi forces and Peshmerga in Altun Kupri Kirkuk as Kurds

worried federal forces were going to march on Irbil

(Musings On Iraq article on Kurds withdrawal from disputed areas)

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