This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 13 Al Qaeda in Iraq became the Islamic State of Iraq

 

1920 UK military relief force fought rebels outside Samawa Rebels withdrew during night

(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)

(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)

1950 PM Said cancelled plans for military intervention in Jordan to overthrow unfriendly govt to

Iraq

1973 Iraqi 12^th Armored Bgd took Tel al-Bazak in Golan Heights Forced Israelis to retreat Stopped advance

on Damascus Iraqis had no contact with other units nor Syrians because no liaison officer Brigade was supposed to attack another town but lack of coordination led it to Tel al-Bazak Yom Kippur War

1973 Iraqi 12^th Armored Bgd withdrew from Tel al-Bazak and attacked Tel al-Shaar in

Golan Heights Yom Kippur War

1973 Iraqi Hawker Hunter jets from Egypt destroyed Israeli 329^th Reserve Artillery

Battalion

1989 US Agriculture Dept memo said US loans meant to support Iraq buying food products were being

used to buy tech for weapons programs

1989 State Dept meeting said investigation of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro in Atlanta would

expose that US agriculture sales to Iraq were used to buy military equipment

1994 Russia got Iraq to agree to UN Res 833 on Iraq-Kuwait border and promised to work to

            lift sanctions

1996 PUK counterattacked Recaptured Sulaymaniya from KDP with Iranian support Baghdad made deal

with Iran to allow PUK back into Kurdistan to counter KDP

(Musings On Iraq review Sanctioning Saddam, The Politics Of Intervention In Iraq)

1997 Heavy fighting restarted between KDP and PUK during civil war

(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)

2000 Iran’s Foreign Minister Kharrazi visited Iraq for 3 days Highest ranking Iranian official to visit

Iraq since 1979 Revolution After Karrazi’s trip Iran announced Iran and Iraq would re-open discussion on border and POW issue largely ended

2003 Gen Ryder visited Iraq Said problems at detention facilities like Abu Ghraib could lead to human

rights abuses

(Musings On Iraq US Army History Of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 9 Down The Spider Hole, October-December 2003)

2004 PM Blair told parliament that Iraq Study Group proved Saddam wanted WMD and violated UN

resolutions

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

2004 Mass grave with hundreds of Kurds killed by Saddam in 1987-88 discovered in Hatra Ninewa

2004 PM Allawi said that if Fallujah didn't turn over Zarqawi would be major operation to take city

City council refused to do so Zarqawi wasn’t in Fallujah

(Musings On Iraq Was Zarqawi In Fallujah During The 2^nd Battle For The City?)

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

(Musings On Iraq review The Occupation of Iraq, Winning The War, Losing The Peace)

2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council became ISI Announced Islamic State in Baghdad Anbar Diyala

Kirkuk Salahaddin Ninewa Babil

(Musings On Iraq How The Islamic State’s Caliphate In Iraq Was Originally Ignored)

(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)

2006 New ISI announced Abu Omar al-Baghdadi emir of Islamic State

(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on who was Abu Omar al-Baghdadi)

(Musings On Iraq interview with former CIA analyst Nada Bakos that tracked Zarqawi)

2006 Report splits within ISI between Zarqawi’s lieutenants and followers of military chief Masri

2006 Interior Min Bolani said he had PM Maliki’s backing to purge ministry of sectarian actors Same

time denied its forces were involved in sectarian killings Blamed Facilities Protection Service and imposters using police uniforms

(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 20 Baghdad Burns, Summer-Fall 2006)

2006 Report Talk of PM Maliki stepping down and 5 man council ruling Iraq and declaring martial

law

2006 Report Sadr complained about Shiite death squads using the name of Mahdi Army and backed

by Iranian Rev Guard and Hezbollah

(Musings On Iraq Hezbollah’s Role In Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)

2006 Insurgents kidnapped 26 Shiite workers from Balad Bodies found decapitated in neighboring

Dhuluiya Was retaliation for ISI commander being killed in Balad Shiite elders in Balad called on Mahdi Army in Baghdad to send fighters to take revenge

2008 12^th Christians killed in Mosul causing more from that community to flee city

(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq Bad Times For Iraq’s Christians)

2009 Report some politicians worried about PM Maliki’s concentration of power over ISF Dec 08

arrested 23 high ranking Interior Min officials Sep 09 fired several police generals Put Dawa member in charge of Natl Security Min Appointed officers in army Worried that these were moves to strengthen his position before elections

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)

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

2009 Report UN found 100,000 fled homes in KRG due to drought that lasted 4 yrs

2010 Report Planning Min Baban said 70% of govt workers didn’t have real jobs and didn’t

            produce anything Blamed bureaucracy and corruption for blocking development projects

2010 Report Security political instability poor infrastructure limited Iraq’s ability to increase oil

production Oil executives said production would increase but not to 12 mil/bar/day by 2017 that Oil Min set One consultant said that Iraq’s planned investment in drilling exceeded capabilities Executives said Iraq lacked money and political leadership to manage a large production increase

2010 PM Maliki went to Syria to win its support for 2^nd term Assad backed Allawi for PM but was

under Iranian pressure to back Maliki

(Musings On Iraq Sadr’s Decision To Support Maliki And Its Effect Within And Without Iraq)

2011 Oil Min and KOGAS signed deal for Akkas natural gas field in Anbar Was auctioned in Oct 2010 Anbar govt complained about deal KOGAS’ partner KazMunai eventually dropped out

(Musings On Iraq Iraq Finally Inks Natural Gas Deal With South Korean Company)

2013 Report ISI could not carry out several mass casualty bombings a month Wanted to undermine govt

Prison breaks increased group’s lethality Sunni marginalization and Syrian war helped recruitment Violence jumped after PM Maliki raided Hawija protest site

2013 Report UN’s WHO did study on birth defects in Iraq Found same or lower than intl estimates Found

no evidence of high rates of abortions still births or birth defects Health Min reported birth defects increased after 2003 Fallujah center of Iraqi claims 1 report said birth defects 13 times higher than European rate Criticism of report for relying on survey rather than medical records

2014 Amnesty Intl Militias abducted and killed Sunni civilians Militias backed by govt and carried

out joint ops Kidnapping sometimes for ransom Some militias carried out revenge attacks after insurgent ops Found 170 Sunni men abducted in Samarra area since Jun 2014 Dozens were found dead and rest missing

2014 Insurgents took army base outside Hit Anbar Hit under IS control ISF claimed made tactical

withdrawal from city

2015 PM Abadi cabinet approved new pay scale for govt workers to cut costs Pushed as reform move

Led to protests by civil workers

(Musings On Iraq A Review Of Iraq Premier Abadi’s Reform Program Interview With Reidar Visser)

2015 KRG PM Barzani removed four Gorran ministers from KRG cabinet in dispute over Pres Barzani’s

term

2015 Op started to free Baiji Salahaddin

2015 Sadr’s Saraya al-Salam rounded up displaced men at Ishaqi camp Never seen again

2016 Report Tribes going after IS sympathizers in Ramadi Houses blown up

2017 PUK Peshmerga withdrew from areas of Bashir and Taza in south Kirkuk ceding territory to Iraqi

forces

(Musings On Iraq Escalation In Iraq Continues After KRG Referendum, The Kirkuk Challenge)

(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)

2017 PM Abadi gave Kurds 48 hours to vacate territory military bases oil fields occupied in 2014 by

Peshmerga

2017 Fighting broke out between Hashd and Peshmerga in Tuz Kharmato again Hashd began

occupying areas of Kirkuk while Peshmerga withdrew

(Musings On Iraq Kurds Fall Back To 2014 Borders)

2017 Iranian Rev Guard Hashd PUK met in Kirkuk Talked about seizing province and removing

Gov Karim

2020 Oil Min proposed joint KRG-Baghdad company to run KRG oil sector KRG rejected idea

2021 Election Comm started manual recount of 8000 polling stations

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