Wednesday, January 15, 2020

This Day In Iraqi History - Jan 15


1923 UK Treasury wrote Iraq commission that Iraq too costly to administer
1929 Sir Henry Dobbs said King Faisal was like a chameleon and drove those around him mad
1935 Persia presented border dispute to League of Nations Challenged Iraq’s control of Shatt al-
Arab
1948 New Anglo-Iraqi Treaty signed British troops withdrew but Iraq tied to UK until 1973 Led to
more protests
1948 Anglo-Iraq Treaty originally included Iraq supplying weapons to Palestinians and Iraqi forces
taking over Palestine to prevent Jewish state
1981 Iraqi division in Halabja crossed into Iran and took Nosud Valley Meant to protect Kurdistan
from any Iranian attack
(Musings On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1983 Saddam went to Riyadh and got approval for oil pipeline through Saudi Arabia to diversify
            export routes during war
1987 Iraq launched 5 counterattacks at Sumar Heights Basra but failed Suffered 1500 casualties
(Musings On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1987 Saddam held meeting on Iran Op Karbala 5 Replaced commanders due to Iranian advances
1988 Iran Op Bait al-Moqaddas 2 attacked Chwarta 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)
1991 Bush issued NSD 54 saying US wanted immediate withdrawal of Iraq from Kuwait restore
Kuwait govt protect Americans security in Persian Gulf
1991 NSD 54 Included defending Saudi Arabia Stop Iraq from firing missiles destroy Iraq’s WMD
and command and control Destroy Republican Guard Drive Iraq from Kuwait Break will of Iraqi forces Encourage defection of Iraqi forces Weaken Iraqi public support for Saddam NSD 54 said that if Iraq used WMD, supported terrorism against U.S. or destroyed Kuwait’s oil fields Saddam should be removed
(Musings On Iraq book review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1991 Saddam added Allah Akbar to Iraqi flag
1991 UK PM Major said Saddam might become a target of his own people
1998 After Iraq refused to cooperate again UN inspection team left Iraq
(Musings On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD and 2003 Invasion)
2003 CIA told White House that paper on Iraq should say Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa
(Musings On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 PM Blair said 2nd UN resolution not necessary for use of force against Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Book Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Report Sec Def Rumsfeld okayed more aggressive patrols over Iraq no fly zones and attacks on Iraq
air defense in prep for invasion
2003 Bush received 1st brief on postwar Iraq plans from NSC’s Abrams Went over humanitarian
aid Emphasized feeding public Abrams said money had to secretly be sent to aid groups that would work in Iraq because they didn’t want to be seen supporting war Said Oil for Food program would be maintained after invasion to feed public Said that 2 mil Iraqis might be displaced during invasion Plans made irrelevant when Pentagon given control of postwar Iraq
(Musings On Iraq article on Part I Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Planning for Postwar Iraq September 2001 to May 2003)
(Musings On Iraq article on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 2 The Agencies Engage)
(Musings On Iraq book review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 NSC officials went to military to make sure things like health centers weren’t bombed during
invasion
2003 Bush thought humanitarian aid after war very important Thought could change image of US
in Middle East
2003 Aid groups that met with USAID about postwar Iraq plans asked to meet with Pentagon
leadership Nothing happened
2004 Shiites demonstrated calling for direct elections for new Iraqi govt
2004 Report up to 100 Hezbollah fighters in Iraq helping Iranian intelligence
(Musings On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2004 Gen Craddock Def Sec Rumsfeld’s military aide and dir Joint Chiefs Adm Keating emailed summary
of CD with photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison
2006 UK Gen Houghton said US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey returned from US and got backing for his plan to
transition to Iraqi control and withdraw US troops Houghton said transition to Iraqi control highlighted all the problems in the country
(Musings On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq created Mujahedeen Shura Council to try to cooperate with other insurgent
groups Shura Council was in part created due to Al Qaeda’s suggestion Zarqawi include more Iraqis in his jihad
(Musings On Iraq book review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2006 Army of the Victorious joined Mujahedeen Shura Council
2006 Sheikh Fahadawi of Albu Fahd in Ramadi met with PM Jaafari Amb Khalilzad Gen Casey
Anbar Gov Alwani Convinced PM to allow Iraqi police to recruit local tribesmen
(Musings On Iraq article on Anbar Gov Alwani)
(Musings On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings On Iraq book review of Confronting Al Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings On Iraq book review of The Marines Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings On Iraq book review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2006 US announced more than 2000 military police would work with Iraqi police in the field as
advisers during Year of the Police
(Musings On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how US failed to develop the Iraqi police)
2006 Report $18.6 bil US approved for reconstruction in 2003 would be spent by end of 2006
Foreign govts provided only fraction of what they promised Japan pledged $5 bil in reconstruction funds in 2003 Delivered less than 50% of that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait pledged $1 bil and gave less than 10% Spain England S Korea UAE Italy Canada owed more than $100 mil each for their 2003 promises for reconstruction funds
2007 Report US military worried PM Maliki named Gen Qanbar to head new Baghdad Ops
Command Was from southern Iraq and hardly known by US
2008 SecState Rice told Talabani Barzani Hashemi Mahdi that PM Maliki not problem they were
because they controlled more votes 
2014 Bodies of 14 Sunni men found in Tarmiya day after they were kidnapped by men in ISF
uniforms and vehicles
2018 2 suicide bombers central Baghdad left 143 casualties Last major mass casualty bombing in
Baghdad was Feb 2017 car bomb that left 125 casualties
(Musings On Iraq article on Baghdad bombing)


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