1924 Frontier Commission appointed to determine border
between new nation
of Turkey
and Iraq
1958 Agrarian Reform Law issued by Gen Qasim in attempt to
redistribute
land from
large landowners to peasants
1958 Pres Qasim removed Arif as Dep PM and Interior Minister
because he was a threat to
the govt
1980 Iranian air force launched Op Scorch Sword attacking
Iraq’s Osirak nuclear
facility Only minimal damage
Iran-Iraq War
1980 Iraqis were stopped outside Dezful, Ahvas and Abadan in
Khuzistan province Iran
Iran-Iraq
War
1980 Soviet’s Brezhnev said Iran and Iraq both friends of
USSR 2 needed to negotiate
end to war
Soviets main military supporter of Iraq
1980 Ayatollah Khomeini refused all talks with Iraq to end
Iran-Iraq War
1980 State Dept told Italy’s Foreign Ministry that USSR
turned down request by Iraq
for additional military equipment
2001 Iraq defector told Sunday Telegraph Iraq started crash
program to produce WMD
in 6 months
2002 Iraq and UN negotiated new weapons inspections in
Vienna but blocked 8
presidential
sites US rejected deal
2003 UN Sec Gen Anan said that UN would only renew its role
in Iraq if sovereignty
passed to
an interim govt
2003 Rumsfeld aide ate with Pentagon Def Pol Board member Gingrich
and Dep Sec Def
Wolfowitz
who were lobbying against Bremer
2003 Gingrich would later say Bremer at CPA was biggest
foreign policy disaster in
recent
times
2003 Bush told Justice Dep investigating possible
unauthorized disclosure of
undercover
CIA official fmr Amb Wilson’s wife
2004 3 coordinated car bombs in Baghdad kill 44
2008 Sheikh announced 20 Tribal Support Councils created in
Dhi Qar by PM Maliki
2008 Creation of Tribal Support Councils in Dhi Qar led to
attacks upon sheikhs in
political
rivalry between SIIC and Dawa
2014 UK launched first air strikes on IS
2014 Cabinet authorized govt to provide weapons, equipment,
salaries to Hashd
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