This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 15

1969 Iraq complained to Iranian ambassador that Tehran violating 1937 agreement over navigation

of Shatt al-Arab

1979 Pres Bakr welcomed new Islamic Republic in Iran and again asked for good relations Invited PM

Bazargan to Baghdad

1980 Iraqi opposition group attempted to assassinate Information Minister Latif al-Jassim

1984 State Dept said that Iraq stopped using chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq War after U.S. warning in 83

but started again in Feb 84

1987 Iraq attacked KDP HQ in Zewa Shkan, Dohuk PUK HQs in Sergalou and Bergalou, Sulaymaniya with

chemical weapons Chemical attacks retaliation for KDP and PUK helping Iranian offensive in Kurdistan

(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 The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)

1993 Iraqi army began two week operation to attack Kurdish towns 5,000 Kurds displaced

2002 Rumsfeld claimed that UN inspectors in 90s were ineffective 

(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)

2002 End of deadline set by Bush for invasion plan for Iraq to be completed

2003 CENTCOM commander Gen Franks told Iraq ground forces cmdr Gen McKiernan U.S. not staying

            in Iraq

2003 Coalition ground forces issued instructions for postwar Iraq plans So late each division interpreted

instructions how they wanted US military not ready to integrate ORHA

2003 ORHA head Garner met 100 Iraqi leaders in Nasiriya Called for democratic and federal Iraq

2003 20,000 protested in Nasiriya against US

2003 US killed 7 Iraqis trying to break up demonstration in Mosul

2003 Bush reviewed US withdrawal plan that had most troops out by Sep 03

2003 Bush talked about foreign peacekeepers taking over for US troops in Iraq

2003 White House thought countries would give up opposition to Iraqi invasion and offer troops

2004 Joint Chiefs head Gen Myers said Sadr uprising and battle of Fallujah signs that US winning in Iraq

(Musings On Iraq book review The Battle for Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)

2007 Insurgents gave Christians in Dora Baghdad 24 hrs to convert to Islam or face death Led to exodus of

families Called Christians Crusaders

2007 Sunni families in Ghaziliya Baghdad asked for help to stop Mahdi Army taking their homes

2007 Insurgents told Sunni Turkmen to stop entering Shiite areas of city and leave mixed parts

2007 Weekly Standard column claimed there was long time cooperation between Iraq and Al Qaeda going

back to 1990s Used a lot of refuted evidence

2007 Report Mahdi Army commanders gone to Iran and basing operations out of there Also training camps

for militia near Tehran

(Musings On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)

2008 US began building wall around Sadr City to cordon off areas controlled by Mahdi Army

2008 Breakaway Mahdi Army faction said it would not disarm in Basra

2008 Report by refugee group said govt was not taking care of displaced and militias filling vacuum

(Musings On Iraq book review Children of War, Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)

2009 US stopped Iraqi police from raiding Diyala prov council building and arresting new councilmen

2009 Head of Sinjar said district should become independent and join Kurdistan to protest new Hadbaa

controlled Ninewa govt

2010 VP Hashemi went to Saudi Arabia to talk about forming new govt after national vote

2010 Iran said it wanted all parties to be included in new govt after national vote

2011 Protest in Baghdad demanding Maliki resign and prisoner release Was broken up by police 20

protesters arrested in Baghdad and taken to secret prison at Muthanna Airport

2011 Turkmen Front said peshmerga and Asayesh not needed in Kirkuk and caused divisions

2012 Head of Elec Comm released after being arrested on corruption charges trumped up by Maliki to get

rid of him

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)

2012 Kurdish members of Ninewa council stopped from entering Mosul at army checkpoint

2012 Central Bank of Iraq set new rules on dollar auctions to try to stop large sales being manipulated by

insurgents foreign countries politicians banks Didn't work

2014 New security operation launched in Jurf al-Sakhr, Babil

2014 Flyers dropped over Fallujah telling people to leave due to impending security operation to free city

Wasn't taken until 2016

2015 UN received reports that up to 700 homes had been looted and burned 200 blown up in Tikrit area

after it was freed

2015 IS took control of 1/3 of Baiji Refinery

2015 Albu Ghanim tribal head called for Hashd to help fight IS in Anbar

2015 Abadi said there were 110 Iranian military advisers in Iraq

2016 Protests in 7 provinces against ethnosectarian quota system in govt

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