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The Hood event (Turkish: Çuval olayı) was a 2003 military incident involving Turkey and the United States shortly after the American-led invasion of Iraq.On July 4, 2003, a group of Turkish soldiers operating in Iraqi Kurdistan were captured by American troops and, with hoods covering their heads, were led away to be interrogated.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq [b] was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, [ 24 ] including 26 days of major combat operations, in which a United States-led combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded the Republic of Iraq .
It was carried out on 25 February 2003 and rejected by the parliament. The full name of the memorandum is "Prime Ministerial memorandum on sending the Turkish Armed Forces to foreign countries and authorizing the Government to have foreign armed forces in Turkey" which is based on article 92 of Turkish Constitution.
March 3 – Under intense American pressure, Turkey indicates that its Parliament will consider a second vote on whether to allow U.S. troops to use Turkish bases for a military attack on Iraq. March 10 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is elected to the Turkish parliament and is expected to become Prime Minister shortly. Erdoğan supports deployment ...
Just after the marketplace explosions in Baghdad, Russia calls for "the immediate end of the war against Iraq" and discussions to resume within the Security Council. 954 soldiers from the American 173rd Airborne Brigade, commanded by Colonel William C. Mayville, conduct a combat parajump into Northern Iraq onto Bashur Airfield. Their mission is ...
From the US invasion of Iraq to the Syrian civil war, the fragile relations between Washington and Ankara Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
November 12 – In Nasiriyah, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base. November 26 UK foreign minister Jack Straw pays a brief, surprise visit to Iraq. Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Iraqi General, tortured to death by the USA Army personnel while in ...
The Iraq War left the entire region in shambles, creating a power vacuum that resulted in the rise of ISIS, or the Islamic State, which has established a totalitarian "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria ...