1974 Iran and Iraq met in Turkey
to negotiate border dispute
1986 US State Dept said Iraq was trying to negotiate peace
but Iran-Iraq War continuing because of
Iran
2003 US forces pulled down a Shiite banner from a building
in Sadr City leading to protests
2003 DepSecState Armitage said Iraq had WMD
2003 US gave up on attempt to get UN peace keeping force
for Iraq
2004 Allawi govt announced 2nd ceasefire with
Mahdi Army to hold talks with Sadr to end 2nd
Battle for Najaf
2004 Militia kidnapped a British journalist and demanded
US withdraw from Najaf during 2nd
battle
for city Sadr gained his release
2011 Obama proposed reducing stay behind force to 7000 US
soldiers in Iraq after withdrawal
2015 Abadi’s State of Law said he had to keep one vice
president because was in constitution
View the Iraq History Timeline
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