This Day In Iraqi History - May 2

1854 riot in Mosul versus Ottoman reforms Attacked Christians and Jews for businesses they ran

and control of taxes that caused resentment

(Musings On Iraq book review Christianity in Iraq)

1935 Feisal II future king of Iraq born

1935 Police attacked tribal revolt in Rumaitha Air force bombed area

1941 British commander at Habaniya base Anbar consulted London and got permission to attack Iraqis

surrounding camp Bombed Iraqis starting Anglo-Iraq War British lost 22 planes and 10 pilots

1941 Iraq launched air strike upon Habaniya base in retaliation Shelled air field damaging 40 planes British

lost 13 dead and 20 wounded

1941 Grand Mufti in Baghdad declared jihad against British after attack on Iraqi forces in Habaniya

1941 Iraqi forces took British fort at Rutba, Anbar

1941 British troops broke up angry mob of Iraqis at Zubeila, Basra

1941 Iraqi govt asked Germany for diplomatic relations to be restored and military aid including planes

1941 UK Chiefs of Staff ordered MidEast Commander Gen Wavell to make plans to destroy Iraq’s pipelines

1941 Iraq’s 1^st Inf Brigade ordered from Baghdad to Ramadi to block British troops from Transjordan being

sent to Habaniya Air Base 11^th Inf Brigade sent to Habaniya air base

1941 British took Iraq out of Sterling zone and had foreign banks close to impose economic sanctions on

Gaylani govt

(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 Iraq 1941, The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)

(Musings On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq And Syria 1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)

1948 Port of Basra protested against Anglo-Iraq Treaty

1953 King Faisall II became of age to directly rule Iraq replacing Regent al-Ilah

1983 Iran and Iraq exchanged 55 prisoners of war in Turkey

(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)

1991 Shiite rebels claimed to have killed 180 Iraqi soldiers in 9 different attacks in south

1995 Saddam held meeting to discuss whether Iraq should continue to cooperate with UN weapons

inspectors

(Musings On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)

(Musings On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)

(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)

2003 Oil Ministry re-opened after invasion Thamir Ghabban announced as new Oil Minister

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq and the Politics of Oil, An Insider’s Perspective)

2003 ORHA report many ministry buildings in Baghdad had been taken over by different groups

2003 UK DefMin Hoon told Rumsfeld ORHA had to deliver in Iraq

(Musings On Iraq Book Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)

2003 Sadr said Christians in Iraq had to follow Islamic Law not sell alcohol women had to be covered

(Musings On Iraq book review Christianity in Iraq)

2003 Ayatollah Jannati Sec Gen Iran’s Council of Guardians called on Iraqis to carry out martyrdom ops to

drive US from Iraq

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

2007 Islamic Army Mujahedeen Army faction of Ansar al-Sunna and al-Fatihin Army formed Reformation

and Jihad Front to fight ISI

2007 Karki and Shimour tribes signed peace deal in Diyala promised to fight ISI

(Musings On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)

(Musings On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)

2007 Fmr head Intl Recon Fund Facility for Iraq Bell said US and UK went about reconstruction wrong way

Said should have built institutions and personnel first instead of large infrastructure projects Said lack of security undermined rebuilding and led to brain drain that meant Iraq couldn’t maintain projects

2008 Insurgents beheaded 11 police officers in western Anbar

2008 Sadr refused to meet with Iraqi delegation in Iran to end Charge of Knights

2009 Sadr made first public appearance in 2 years in Turkey to meet followers Had fled Iraq over fear of US

assassination during Surge

2010 Pres Barzani said he believed in dividing Iraq into 3 federal areas along ethnosectarian lines

2010 Iran Iraq announced deal to develop 5 oil fields that straddle two countries

2011 Basra and Najaf tribes joined protest in Anbar against extending US troop stay in Iraq past end of year

2011 Parliament investigation of Jan ISI prison break in Basra said had help from 2 intelligence officers

2011 Fallujah Waste Water plant started partially working Building plant  started 2004 after 1^st Battle of

Fallujah

2012 Supreme Court issued decision weakening parliament’s ability to question ministers

2013 Fake bomb maker Jim McCormick got 10 yrs prison for fraud in making detectors Iraq continued to

use them

2013 Parliamentary investigation said ISF used excessive force when attacked Hawija protest site

2014 Zawahiri said that ISIS had always pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda

2014 Naqshibandi and ISIS fought in Diyala for 3 months Report Naqshibandi okayed killing ISIS members

in Diyala

2015 Report IS controlled most of Baiji refinery and 200 ISF trapped inside

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