1948 Jews forbidden to work in banking or foreign currency
transactions after creation of Israel
1984 Senate Foreign Relations report said US and Soviet
Union both backing Iraq in Iran-Iraq War
1990 Kuwait formally annexed as 19th province of
Iraq
1990 Egypt’s Pres Mubarak attempted to mediate between Iraq
and Kuwait
1996 US provided info to UN that Iraq smuggling oil in
violation of sanctions
2004 Iraqi insurgents kidnapped 2 French reporters Gave
Paris 48 hrs to end ban on
schoolgirls
wearing headscarves
2005 Draft Iraq constitution presented to parliament but
more changes made to it afterward
2007 PM Maliki headed forces to arrest Sadrists in Karbala
after fire fight with Badr Brigade
2011 Suicide bombing on Um al-Qura mosque Baghdad during
Ramadan killed 28
2015 Protests in Salahaddin Basra, Najaf Karbala Babil Dhi
Qar Wasit Diyala Maysan for reform
View the Iraq History Timeline
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