Saturday, March 17, 2018

This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 17


1917 British forces captured Baquba from Ottomans
1935 PM Midfai forced to resign due to tribal revolt Yasin al-Hashemi became PM of
            Iraq 2nd time with National Brotherhood Party in cabinet
1941 After consulting with UK For Min Suwaidi convinced PM Hashemi and Regent to
            move against Golden Square officers
1941 Golden Square officers called on army to overthrow Hashemi
1975 Iraq and Iran Foreign Ministers signed agreement to create three committees to
            resolve outstanding issues
1975 US Sec State Kissinger responded to Barzani saying that US understood struggle
            Kurds were facing
1984 Belgian labs confirmed mustard gas used by Iraq from samples taken from two
            wounded Iranians
1985 Iran captured section of Basra-Baghdad highway for first time
1991 Iraqi army began assault to retake Karbala from Shiite rebels
1991 Refugee claimed govt killed 250-300 people of Najaf after Shiite uprising
1991 Kurds began fleeing Tuz Kharmato in face of govt offensive to retake it
1991 Baghdad held 1st tribal loyalty ceremony to shore up support during uprising
1991 Saddam said he would introduce democracy and create a new constitution
1992 Report in 91 Bush admin tried to block release of information about White House
            support for Iraq before Kuwait invasion
1994 English scientists est 57% of southern marshes had been drained by Saddam to
            drive out displaced and rebels
1996 UN inspectors said work was moving forward and Iraq was not hiding WMD
            as some suggested
1999 uprising in Basra after Saddam killed Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr
2002 Dep Sec Def Wolfowitz and Blair’s adv Manning talked about building intl
support for military action vs Iraq
2002 UK Amb to US Meyer told Dep Sec Def Wolowitz that if US wanted military
            action against Iraq it needed to go through UN
2002 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowitz told UK Amb to US Meyer that Iraq was linked
            with terrorism and harboring member of 1993 World Trade Center bombing
2002 Times of London article quoted Iraqi defector provided by INC that Iraq
            had WMD programs
2002 Bahrain Foreign Minister Salamn ibn Hamda al-Khalifa told press Arab world did
            not see Iraq as the threat but Israel for its actions against Palestinians
2003 UN Draft resolution saying Iraq in non compliance and open to military action
            withdrawn by US because couldn’t be passed
2003 Bush met with Congressional leaders telling them UN route with Iraq was dead
            Blamed France Sen Byrd only one who said he opposed war
2003 Bush in TV speech said Iraq had WMD and was hiding them Gave Saddam
            and sons 48 hours to leave office or face invasion
2003 Blair gave Saddam ultimatum to comply with UN resolutions
2003 UN Sec Gen Annan announced he would order withdrawal of weapons
            inspectors due to impending war
2003 UK Attny Gen Lord Goldsmith gave legal advice that war with Iraq was legal
2003 ORHA staff that was to run postwar Iraq began leaving US for Kuwait
2003 ORHA head Garner met with his oil team Said concerned Rumsfeld picked ex-
            Shell CEO Carroll to join group
2003 ORHA oil team told Garner if Iraq oil sector destroyed by war would need
            someone with standing of Carroll to deal with situation
2004 Bombing of Mount Lebanon hotel in Baghdad killed 27 wounded 40 
2004 Iraqi Governing Council asked UN to return to Baghdad and advise the creation
            of interim govt
2012 Baghdad claimed KRG-Exxon oil deal was frozen but wasn’t

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