This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 20

1943 Fmr PM Gaylani in exile in Germany made radio broadcast claiming Iraq still in state

of war with England

(Musings On Iraq book review of Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)

1948 March by railway workers and students against Anglo-Iraq treaty fired upon by police killing

some Organized by Communists

(Musings On Iraq book review Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)

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

1970 failed military coup against Pres Bakr led by ex-Gen Rawi and Col Samarraie backed by Iran

1970 Iran expelled Iraq’s ambassador military attache and four embassy staff over failed coup

1970 Shah of Iran opposed to Baathism’s Pan-Arabism and socialism Moved troops to border after

coup leading to war scare

1991 Saddam said Iraq’s army hadn’t started fighting but when it did Coalition would suffer heavy

casualties and leave

2003 Military Industrialization Commission ordered its director generals to come forward with any

info on WMD

2003 White House gave report to Congress on Iraq’s noncompliance with UN inspectors Included

Iraq not mentioning trying to buy uranium from Africa

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

(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)

2003 National Sec Presidential Dir 24 gave Pentagon control of postwar Iraq

2003 Pentagon would dismiss previous NSC planning for postwar Iraq and kick out State Dept

officials

2003 Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) created to run post-war Iraq

2 months before invasion

2003 UK announced it deployed ground forces for Iraq War

2003 France’s For Min deVillepin said there was no justification for war against Iraq

2003 Powell furious at French statement because took threat of war off table at UN and

strengthened Saddam

2004 Bush’s State of the Union said US was committed to spreading democracy to Iraq Said Iraq

Survey Group found Iraq’s WMD programs and if US hadn’t invaded Iraq would still have them

2006 Dec 05 election results announced United Iraqi Alliance 128 seats Kurds 53 Accordinace Front

44 Iraqiya 25 National Dialogue Front 11

2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq said Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi had become emir of new Mujahedeen

Shura Council

2006 Amb Khalizad met with Iyad Allawi and Fadhila head Jabiri Jabiri promised PM spot if he

broke with United Iraqi Alliance and backed Allawi Sunnis and Kurds

2006 Iyad Allawi told his followers he would get Fadhila head Jabiri to back him as PM after he

broke with United Iraqi Alliance

2007 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq in an Iranian Revolutionary Guard planned op attacked Karbala Center and

kidnapped and killed 5 US soldiers Was retaliation for US arrests of Iranian operatives in Iraq

(Musings On Iraq article background to Asaib Ahl Al-Haq raid on Karbala Center)

(Musings On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)

(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)

2009 Iraq Election Comm announced autonomy plan in Basra failed to gain enough signatures to

hold referendum on issue

(Musings On Iraq article on failed Basra autonomy plan)

2015 IS suicide car bomb and assault on Nikhaib suicide truck bomb in Albu Ghanim Suicide car

bomb and assault upo Abu Risha 7 suicide car bombs in Ramadi

(Musings On Iraq article on violence in Anbar)

2015 60 members of the ISF were executed in Mosul by IS 

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