This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 22 Saddam’s son-in-law Hussein Kamil told UN Iraq ended all its WMD programs after Gulf War US and UN didn’t believe him Was telling the truth

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1920 TE Lawrence wrote OpEd in Sunday Times Said UK led into trap in Mesopotamia Blamed UK

High Commissioner Wilson for bad administration that disgraced the British empire Said it was worse than Ottomans Said UK was wasting money Asked when problems would end

1973 Sheikh Jabir al-Sabah visited Iraq and again offered to talk about Iraq-Kuwait border

dispute Iraq demanded 2 islands from Kuwait which it refused

1995 UN interviewed Hussein Kamil fmr Industry Min and Saddam’s son-in-law that defected to

Jordan Kamil said Iraq hid WMD/nuke programs from UN but all programs ended after Gulf War Destroyed WMD stocks Said Iraq wanted to keep know how to restart WMD later on US and UN didn’t believe Iraq destroyed its WMD or stopped programs UN convinced Iraq would always hide WMD

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(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The

Sectarian War of 2006)

(Musings On Iraq review The United States And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)

(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)

1996 Barzani wrote Saddam asking for help to fight PUK and their Iranian backers in Irbil Tariq

Aziz released letter

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

2003 Bush said Iraq war had transformed to one against Baathists and Al Qaeda

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War, 2003-2006)

2003 Australian intel officer testified to parliament No pre-war evidence of Iraq-Al Qaeda ties and

Iraq’s WMD contained Said US flooded with disinformation by anti-Saddam Iraqis before war

2005 Incomplete draft constitution presented to parliament Given another extension to finish draft

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2005 Report Abu Mustafa Sheibani running arms for Iranian Revolutionary Guard to Shiite militias in

Iraq including EFPs

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(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)

(Musings On Iraq review Vanguard of the Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)

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2005 Board of Supreme Audit report leaked to press Nearly half of $1.27 bil spent by Def Min

disappeared in 1^st 8 months of Allawi govt Found Allawi’s office and Def Min gave no bid defense contracts to middlemen paid up front in cash

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(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Trouble Fighting Corruption Interview With Vincent Foulk Former US Anti-Graft Official)

(Musings On Iraq Ziad Qatan, Allawi Govt Defense Official Wanted For Corruption Extradited By

Jordan)

(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 17 Innovation In The Face Of War, Summer-Fall 2005)

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

2006 Sheikh Abu Risha met with US and asked for more financing and more raids on insurgents

(Musings On Iraq Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part III Sheikh Ahmed Sattar Al-Rishawi Abu Risha)

(Musings On Iraq review A Soldier’s Dream, Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq)

2006 Sheikh Abu Risha met with 1920 Revolution Brigades leader in Anbar and convinced him to

turn on Al Qaeda in Iraq

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2007 1920 Revolution Brigade leader killed by ISI in Baquba His mosque was destroyed and 15

people kidnapped as well

2008 US Amb Crocker cable Said PM Maliki acting more self confident but also causing backlash

amongst Sunni and Kurdish parties Quoted adviser to VP Hashemi that Islamic Party backed Maliki during Charge of Knights but now PM was accusing them of being terrorists Arrested party members during security op in Diyala Said was move to sideline Maliki’s rivals before 2009 provincial elections

2008 Report US and Iraqi military said there were orders to arrest 100s of Sahwa in Diyala 5 senior

Sahwa already detained Sahwa unit in Abu Ghraib said 650 of their men arrested Iraqi general in west Baghdad said Sahwa were like a cancer

(Musings On Iraq Diyala Province Backgrounder)

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2009 Iraqi govt said it was arresting Baathists involved in Aug 18 Baghdad bombings when it was

actually ISI

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(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)

2010 Report US Iraq cmdr Gen Odierno said US troops could stay in Iraq past 2011 withdrawal

2013 Report Baghdad wasn’t paying Diyala sahwa State of Law MP said sahwa working for

insurgency Maliki govt wanted to replace Sheikh Abu Rish as head of Anbar Awakening because of his role in Anbar protests with Sheikh Hardan

2014 ISF and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq raided mosque in Diyala and killed 34 worshippers

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(Musings On Iraq Interview Iran And Its Shiite Militias Mobilize In Iraq Interview With Phillip Smyth)

2014 IS and Mujahdeen Army made truce after fighting between 2 in Garma Anbar Mujahdeen Army

accused IS of kidnapping its men

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

2015 Gunmen in military uniforms attacked sit in protesters in Basra Police did nothing Riot police

broke up protests in Hillah beating them Used water hoses

2015 Report Quds Force cmdr Gen Suleimani visited Karbala with Hashd leader Abu Muhandis

Wanted to make sure Maliki wasn’t taken to court for fall of Mosul Talked with Sistani representative Told him that protests needed to calm down

(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)

2016 Report Swiss police arrested Iraqi officials at UN mission for smuggling cigarettes

2016 Report VP Maliki and aides met with foreign businessmen in Jordan about energy project Said

whoever won contract would have to pay 45% of deal to an Iraqi firm connected to Maliki Company would then give kickbacks to Iraqi politicians mostly in Dawa but also some Kurds Foreign companies often told to take on Iraqi partners in business deals Judge complained in 2014 that Maliki and aide threatened to kill him if didn't stop investigation into ISF assassinating Maliki’s political and business opponents Parliament committee said Defense Min spent $150 bil on weapons over 10 yrs and only got $20 bil worth of equipment Much of equipment was surplus and not new 2015 shipment of US sniper rifles were taken by corrupt officials and sold to IS Kurds bought weapons and ammo from corrupt officials in Baghdad Unaoil used as middleman for Western companies to win contracts Paid millions in bribes Emails implied that Dep PM Shahristani and Oil Min Luaibi got bribes from Unaoil Also gave money to Maliki’s oil adviser 2013 Swiss company got $6 bil deal to build refinery Was a law firm and didn’t fulfill contract but was reaffirmed in 2016 with 50 yr concession on refinery Whole deal was to give bribes to officials for other contracts Integrity Comm said $6 bil was found in Lebanon $14 bil sent to UAE Turkey Iran US Europe Trade Min official assassinated in 2015 before handed over docs about corruption to Integrity Comm Brother in law of Defense Min got rich off kickbacks from US companies working in Baghdad Contract for 520 Humvees only delivered 170

2016 Report Korea National Oil Corp pulled out of oil field in KRG Invested $204 mil from 08-16

Returns were too low

2017 KDP shut down NRT TV station over comments about KRG independence referendum

2019 Head of Hashd Commission and NatSecAdv Fayad said investigation into Balad Air Base and

that Dep Hashd Comm head Muhandis’ statement blaming US didn’t represent official Hashd position

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2020 Interior Min said it was sending forces to Basra to arrest killers of protesters Nothing happened

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(Musings On Iraq Ebb And Flow Of Protests In Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)

(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)

2020 Bicycle bomb hit protest site in Dhi Qar Wounded 11 People burned Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Dawa

Badr HQs and then bulldozed them in retaliation

2020 KRG offices burned and stones thrown at PUK and KDP offices in Sulaymaniya and Halabja

Protesters demanded the regional govt resign

(Musings On Iraq Protests In Iraq’s Kurdistan Over Economic Conditions And Mismanagement)

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