Thursday, February 29, 2024

This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 29 Chaldean archbishop Raho kidnapped and killed by insurgents


 

1984 Iran reached outskirts of Qurna Basra Sent in all its reserves to hold captured area in

Basra Iraq counterattacked using chemical weapons

(Musings On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Use Of Chemical Weapons In Iran-Iraq War And Their Western Origin)

(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)

 

1987 Iranian night attack captured areas east of Basra city Destroyed 4 Iraqi brigades and 45

tanks

1988 Iraq fired new Hussein missiles at Tehran Started 52 days straight of 3-4 Hussein

missiles hitting Tehran each day Iraq started night bombing missions on Tehran Qom Shiraz Esfahan  Iran fired SCUD missiles at Baghdad and Mosul

(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 review The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)

(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)

1992 Iraq supported a mock war crimes trial headed by fmr Attny Gen Clark in New York City

2004 Curfew in Kirkuk city after fighting between Kurds and Turkmen

2008 Chaldean Archbishop of Iraq Raho kidnapped and later found dead

2008 Report Turkey said it would build 11 security bases along Iraq-Turkey border to

prevent PKK presence there

2012 Govt spokesman Dabbagh said 69,263 Iraqis killed from 4/5/04-12/31/11 239,133 wounded 2006 was

deadliest year 21,539 killed 39,329 wounded 2011 2,777 killed Baghdad deadliest province 23,898 killed 2004-2011 Muthanna fewest deaths with 94 from 2004-2011

2012 PM on human rights committee said govt figures on casualties from 2004-2012 were unrealistic Said

1000s disappeared and weren’t included in official numbers Also said people in small villages not included

2012 Report Supreme Court under PM Maliki’s influence Sep 2011 Court issued warrant for MP Saidi who

was a critic of Maliki Was charged under Baathist law for criticizing govt Warrant issued by MP from Maliki’s State of Law not court Court issued warrant 2 days after announcement Feb 2012 2 warrants for MPs for criticizing judiciary

2012 Report PM Maliki was able to split Allawi’s Iraqiya Made deal with Jamal Karbuli by released several

people arrested in Anbar made another deal with Education Min Tamim by releasing prisoners in Kirkuk

2012 Interior Min issued statement that it was going to crackdown on emos in Baghdad

(Al Jazeera Video: ‘Emo’ Youth Targeted In Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq The Government’s Role In The Recent Anti-Emo Violence In Iraq)

2016 Auditor report said reserves at Taq Taq oil field in KRG operated by Genel Energy were much

smaller than officially stated

2016 Sadrists and Supreme Council complained that PM Abadi not consulting with them

over his reforms

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

(Musings On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM Abadi’s reforms)

2020 1 protester killed in clashes with ISF in Baghdad

2020 Kataib Hezbollah gave ISF political parties companies until March to stop working with

US or else Said Resistance was fighting the US occupation of Iraq

2020 Maliki’s State of Law said it wouldn’t join new Allawi govt

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