This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 16

1933 Iraqi army campaign to kill Assyrians in north ended

1946 KDP founded by Mustafa Barzani and Hamzah Abdullah

1962 Turkish planes shot down Iraqi plane in retaliation for Iraq bombing Turkish

border post while fighting Kurdish rebels

1967 Law No 97 gave more power to Iraqi National Oil Company

1985 Iraq claimed it destroyed Iran’s main oil terminal at Kharg Island but only damaged it

2002 U.S. decided Bush would go to UN to present case against Iraq

2002 Pentagon office claimed briefing day before convinced CIA Dir Tenet to

            reconsider Iraq-Al Qaeda relationship

2002 CIA Dir Tenet denied Feith’s office had changed his view on Iraq-Al Qaeda relationship

2002 Feith’s office said Iraq & Al Qaeda cooperated CIA said they had contacts but no cooperation

2003 Insurgent attack on Abu Ghraib prison 6 prisoners killed 59 wounded
2015 Abadi closed 4 ministries merged 8 others into 4 by decree even though legally

            had to go through parliament

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