This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 18

1940 PM Said resigned over growing problems with pan-Arabist Golden

            Square officers

1940 PM Said wanted Gaylani to become PM and he would become Foreign Minister to

            maintain pro-British policies

1940 Golden Square objected to Gaylani govt because it would include Said and

            Gen Hashemi Went to Regent calling for their exclusion from new govt

1940 Regent disagreed with Golden Square officers over new govt and made Gen

            Umari Mosul garrison commander retire as a result

1984 UN negotiated deal for Iran and Iraq to stop attacking civilian areas

            Didn’t last

1991 Tariq Aziz went to Moscow and accepted Soviets unconditional withdrawal plan

            from Kuwait Then demanded end to all UN sanctions and resolutions

1999 Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr assassinated by Saddam

(Musings On Iraq interview with Univ of Haifa’s Prof Baram on legacy of Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr)

1999 Fmr CIA counterterrorism officer Cannistraro said Iraqis met bin Laden in

            Dec 98 False story

2002 US Embassy in Niger said new details on Iraq-Niger uranium deal

            meant a new look into story was needed

(Musings On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)

2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers hit Shiite pilgrims in Kadhimiya

2007 Blair announced plants to cut British troop strength in Iraq from 7000 to 4000

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