Sunday, March 17, 2019

This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 17


1917 British forces captured Baquba from Ottomans
1935 Yasin al-Hashemi became PM of Iraq 2nd time
1941 After consulting with UK For Min Suwaidi convinced PM Hashemi and Regent to move
against Golden Square officers Golden Square called on army to overthrow Hashemi
(Musings On Iraq book review of Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings On Iraq book review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq 1941, The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
1975 Iraq and Iran Foreign Ministers signed agreement to create three committees to resolve outstanding
issues
1975 US Sec State Kissinger responded to Barzani please for help saying that US understood struggle Kurds
were facing
(Musings On Iraq book review Killing Hope, U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)
(Musings On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq article on Nixon admin support for Kurdish revolt)
1982 Iran launched Operation Fath with diversionary attack towards Hoveyzah and Hamid across from
Maysan Worked as Iraq sent reserves there
1984 Belgian labs confirmed mustard gas used by Iraq from samples taken from two wounded Iranians
(Musings On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1985 Iran captured section of Basra-Baghdad highway for first time
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper 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)
(Musings On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1991 Iraqi army began assault to retake Karbala from Shiite rebels
1991 Refugee claimed govt killed 250-300 people of Najaf after Shiite uprising
1991 Kurds began fleeing Tuz Kharmato in face of govt offensive to retake it
1991 Baghdad held 1st tribal loyalty ceremony to shore up support during uprising
(Musings On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the Impact of the 1991 Uprising)
(Musings On Iraq article on 1st hand accounts of 1991 Uprising)
(Musings On Iraq article on Saddam’s view of 1991 Uprising)
(Ahulbayt Video on 1991 Uprising)
(Musings On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
1991 Saddam said he would introduce democracy and create a new constitution
1992 Report in 91 Bush admin tried to block release of information about White House support for Iraq
before Kuwait invasion
1994 English scientists est 57% of southern marshes had been drained by Saddam to drive out displaced and
rebels
1996 UN inspectors said work was moving forward and Iraq was not hiding WMD as some suggested
(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1999 Uprising in Basra after Saddam killed Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr
(Musings On Iraq interview with Univ of Haifa’s Prof Baram on legacy of Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr)
2002 Dep Sec Def Wolfowitz and Blair’s adv Manning talked about building intl support for military action
vs Iraq
2002 UK Amb to US Meyer told Dep Sec Def Wolowitz that if US wanted military action against Iraq it
needed to go through UN
2002 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowitz told UK Amb to US Meyer that Iraq was linked with terrorism and
harboring member of 1993 World Trade Center bombing Was based upon conspiracy theories of Laurie Mylroie
(Musings On Iraq article on Mylroie’s Iraq conspiracy theories)
2002 Times of London article quoted Iraqi defector provided by INC that Iraq had WMD programs
2002 Bahrain Foreign Minister Salamn ibn Hamda al-Khalifa told press Arab world did not see Iraq as the
threat but Israel for its actions against Palestinians
2003 UN Draft resolution saying Iraq in non compliance and open to military action withdrawn by US
because couldn’t be passed
2003 Bush met with Congressional leaders telling them UN route with Iraq was dead Blamed France Sen
Byrd only one who said he opposed war
2003 Bush in TV speech said Iraq had WMD and was hiding them Gave Saddam and sons 48 hours to leave
office or face invasion
2003 Blair gave Saddam ultimatum to comply with UN resolutions
2003 UK Attny Gen Lord Goldsmith gave legal advice that war with Iraq was legal
2003 UN Sec Gen Annan announced he would order withdrawal of weapons inspectors due to impending
war
(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2003 ORHA staff that was to run postwar Iraq began leaving US for Kuwait
(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq and Back, Inside The War To Win The Peace)
2003 ORHA head Garner met with his oil team Said concerned Rumsfeld picked ex-Shell CEO Carroll to
join group Oil team told Garner if Iraq oil sector destroyed by war would need someone with standing of Carroll to deal with situation
(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq and the Politics of Oil, An Insider’s Perspective)
2004 Bombing of Mount Lebanon hotel in Baghdad killed 27 wounded 40 
2004 Iraqi Governing Council asked UN to return to Baghdad and advise the creation of interim govt
2007 Report Education Ministry run by Shiite United Iraqi Alliance refused to give any aid or support to
schools in Sunni areas of Baghdad
2007 Gen Odierno said Baghdad belts key to securing Baghdad
2007 Report captured ISI docs said 06 decided to move into Baghdad to fight militias and wanted to force
Shiites from west Baghdad and attack Shiites in Anbar Diyala Salahaddin Mahdi Army took initiative and pushed insurgents out of large parts of Baghdad Insurgents now operating out of Baghdad belts more than Baghdad itself
2008 Female suicide bomber hit crowd of Shiites in Karbala 40 killed 65 wounded
(Musings On Iraq article on female suicide bombers)
2012 Baghdad claimed KRG-Exxon oil deal was frozen but wasn’t

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