Thursday, March 28, 2024
Today in
Middle East History
2001 - Israel began helicopter raids on Gaza and the West Bank.
2002 - The Arab League agreed on a peace plan that offered Israel normal relations in exchange for a full withdrawal to its 1967 borders and a Palestinian state.
2003 - In Basra, Iraq, U.S. warplanes attacked a building where about 200 paramilitary fighters from the Baath party were believed to be meeting.
2003 - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused Syria and Iran of allowing military equipment to sent to help Iraqi forces.
2003 - The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution to restart a humanitarian food program for Iraq once the U.S.-led war began to wind down. Also on this day, the first ship carrying relief supplies for Iraqi civilians arrived at the coalition-controlled port of Umm Qasr.
2004 - Israel's state attorney recommended that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon be indicted for accepting bribes from Israeli businessman David Appelto help promote a tourism project in Greece and to rezone urban land in Tel Aviv.
2007 - Tony Blair told the Commons that it was time to "ratchet up" pressure on Iran concerning Navy soldiers taken prison on March 23. The Royal Navy presented GPS evidence that the group of sailors were 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi waters when they were seized. The U.K. suspended all bilateral contacts with Iran.
2007 - In Tal Afar, Iraq, 152 people were killed and hundreds were injured when a truck packed with explosives was detonated.
Middle East Quote
"When political leaders sound the sirens of defeatism in the face of terrorism, it only encourages more violence." - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on September 23, 2004.
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