This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 12 Pres Bush asked govt to look into whether Iraq involved in 9/11

(White House)

 

1915 British forces launched campaign to capture Baghdad starting in present day Wasit

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1927 Meetings in Najaf of Shiite politicians and clergy Some called for Shiite state in south but

turned down Ended religious ban on Shiites working for govt Called for half govt positions for Shiites equality in govt appointments and holding new elections

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1939 PM Said ordered state of emergency with start of WWII Started censorship curfews rationing

1954 New parliamentary elections held Candidates opposed to PM Said told to drop out 116 MPs

ran unopposed PM Said’s followers won 121 of 135 seats Was only voting in 10 districts in Baghdad Basra Sulaymaniya Ensured PM Said of govt he wanted so he could sign Baghdad Pact New cabinet banned political parties Put associations under govt control Restricted teacher and student activities Limited freedom of the press and assembly Campaigning limited

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1965 Labor and teachers unions marched in favor of Iraq-Egypt union Supported by

Nasserite officers

1980 Iraq seized Qasr e-Shirin in Iran next to Diyala and claimed it took 30 miles of disputed territory

along Iranian border

1980 Iraq bombed Kermanshah Iran southeast of Qasr e-Shirin to try to take out militia in that area

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1997 UN Res 1129 allowed greater Iraqi oil exports under Oil for Food Program

2001 Saddam said US reaped what it sowed with 9/11 attack

2001 Bush asked Counterterrorism Chief Clarke to look into whether Iraq involved in 9/11

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2001 Pentagon meeting on 9/11 CIA said was sure Al Qaeda behind attack Dep Def Sec Wolfowitz

questioned that and said Iraq must have been involved

2001 NSC met to discuss how to shape Bush doctrine and war on terror Sec Def Rumsfeld brought up

attacking Iraq because no good targets in Afghanistan Rumsfeld asked if Iraq not Al Qaeda was behind 9/11 twice Also asked about Iran or Syria being involved CIA Dir Tenet said 9/11 was Al Qaeda Rumsfeld said that Saddam should be overthrown Sec State Powell said US had to focus on Al Qaeda because that was what public wanted not Iraq Joint Chiefs Head Gen Shelton said that was only possible via large invasion Bush said not time for Iraq

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2001 White House told CIA to come up with covert plan against Iraq

2001 Dep Sec Def Wolfowitz asked DIA for all info on Iraq’s involvement in terrorism since

            Gulf War

2001 Czech intel source said he saw 9/11 hijacker Atta meet with Iraqi intel in Prague Apr 2001 Story false

2001 Defense Policy Board’s Perle told CIA Dir Tenet Iraq had to pay for 9/11 claiming it was behind attack

2001 Iraq conspiracy theorist Laurie Mylroie former CIA Dir James Woolsey columnist Charles

Krauthammer all wrote pieces blaming Iraq for 9/11

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2001 Ex-CIA Dir Woolsey told ABC and CNN US should look into Iraq being behind 9/11 Told

CBS Iraq behind 1993 World Trade Center bombing based upon Laurie Mylroie conspiracy theory and Iraq likely behind 9/11

2002 Bush UN speech Said Iraq growing threat Could build a nuclear bomb within a year if got materials

Said Iraq tried to buy aluminum tubes for nuke program Were for rockets

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2002 White House paper Decade of Deception and Defiance Went over Iraq’s human rights abuses

WMD programs Said Iraq had mobile WMD labs Didn’t exist Said Iraq tried to buy aluminum tubes for centrifuges for nuclear program Were for rockets Included Dec 01 NY Times report on INC defector Adnan Haideri who claimed he went to secret WMD facilities Haider labeled a fabricator by the DIA in May 2002 but his claims continued to be used Included INC defector Abu Zainab Qairy report that Iraq training terrorists to hijack planes at Salman Pak Story dismissed by CIA

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2002 French Foreign Min said France supported UN resolution on Iraq but UN should decide action if Iraq

didn’t comply

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2002 Joint Chiefs issued order to form Free Iraqi Force of Iraqi exiles Wasn’t implemented for 5 months

2002 CIA ordered intel community to come up with National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq’s WMD and

nuclear programs

2002 ABC aired interview with Parisoula Lampsos mistress of Saddam Set up by INC Claimed bin

Laden went to Iraq and got money from Saddam DIA investigated story and found it false

2003 Iraqi police chasing bandits in Fallujah fired upon by US troops at checkpoint Jordanian Special Forces

nearby opened fire as well 12 Iraqi police killed

2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld sent memo to Bremer that he wanted to count US foreign and Iraqi forces as

troop levels in Iraq and number of ISF needed to be increased Bremer thought this was way for Rumsfeld to inflate numbers so that US could withdraw

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2004 PM Allawi said Saddam’s trial would go ahead despite rising violence

2005 Kissinger OpEd Wash Post Said victory over insurgency only way for US to leave Iraq Kissinger later

told Bush Cheney and Chief of Staff Hadley same message at White House

2006 Report Sadr losing control of Mahdi Army US worried about Badr control of police US was pushing

Iraqi parliament to pass law to try to disarm militias Were playing down connections between death squads and Iraqi ruling parties as a result

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2008 Maliki govt said that US was claiming more Sahwa than existed and would audit them in Baghdad

to confirm numbers Said couldn’t pay them until audit done Army general said audit would also be aimed at weeding out insurgents in Sahwa

2009 Report Najaf and Karbala businesses complained that Iraqi parties close to Iran like ISCI gave Iranian

companies monopolies over religious tourism in two cities

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2011 Insurgents took bus in Anbar and killed 22 Shiite pilgrims

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2012 BBC reported Iraqi police carried out systemic campaign against gays Included targeted killings UN

said was anti-gay campaign in Iraq

2012 Police broke up women and human organ smuggling ring in Baghdad Was run by women Sent

women to Jordan and UAE Since 07 many ISF worked with the ring

2015 Iranian media claimed 14 Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad by Hashd group worked for

company that helped IS

2016 Teachers in Sulaymaniya protested over govt not paying them Due to KRG-Baghdad oil and

budget dispute

2017 Shell said it would focus on Basra Gas Company after decision to withdraw from Majnoon oil

field May Oil Ministry penalized Shell for not reaching production target Shell said that impacted business and decided to withdraw

2017 Parliament rejected KRG independence referendum Kurdish MPs boycotted session Pres

Barzani went to Kirkuk Said referendum legal Said wouldn’t compromise on Kirkuk

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2017 Diyala govt voted against KRG independence referendum Kurds boycotted vote

2017 Report 2 imams in Chamchamal attacked for opposing KRG independence referendum Aug 2

members of group opposed to referendum kidnapped PUK blamed Aug 2011 Founder of Awene newspaper attacked Oct 2013 owner of NRT shot and wounded Dec 2013 journalist killed Jul 2017 cleric killed and fmr KDP member beaten for criticizing party

2017 Report KRG independence referendum opposed by Turkey Syria Iran US Came after power

struggle with Pres Barzani Summer 2015 Barzani refused to step down Barred KRG parliament speaker from Gorran from entering Irbil Closed parliament Barzani then announced referendum and called for parliamentary and presidential elections Barzani said he wouldn’t run but not believed Tried to use referendum to stay in power Gorran and Kurdistan Islamic Group against referendum

2018 Protest in Basra city for services and demanding Basra Operations Commander step down

2018 Sairoon official said Dawa would no longer control premiership when new govt formed

2018 US warned Iran that it would respond to any proxy attacks in Iraq against its personnel Said

Iran hadn’t stopped its allies from attacking US consulate in Basra and US embassy in Baghdad with rockets and mortars

2018 Human Rights Watch ISF threatened and arrested lawyers working on IS cases 17 lawyers in

Ninewa said they had received threats from National Security and intel officials

2021 PM Kazemi told security forces to investigate reports of vote buying

2021 Sayid al-Shuhada said it had no ceasefire with Kazemi govt to not attack US targets

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