1920 Sir Percy Cox landed in Baghdad as new British high
commissioner of Iraq
Was
told to prepare for Iraqi independence
1967 Law No. 123 gave Iraqi National Oil Company more
power and right to develop
north
Rumaila oil field
1968 Govt and KDP started fighting once again
1972 U.S. opened Interests Section in Baghdad after
diplomatic relations were ended in
1967
1978 Iraq Revolutionary Command Council said it would get
Arab League to reject
Egypt-Israeli
peace deal
1980 Iran letter to UN blamed Iraq for war claiming it
violated Algiers Treaty
Supported anti-revolutionary
groups Conducted sabotage
1980 Iran letter finished by saying Tehran not willing to follow
UN calls for ceasefire
1982 Iran launched Op Muslim ibn Aqil in Diyala Aim was to
take Baghdad Recovered
150 sq km
of Iranian territory
1983 After international pressure France said it would
delay shipping 5 Super Enendard
fighter bombers to Iraq but went
ahead secretly
1997 Iraq blocked UN inspectors at three sites over last week
2001 Weekly Standard article argued Iraq connected to 9/11
and Saddam had to be
removed
2001 William Safire article in New York Times claimed Al
Qaeda operative was
armed by Iraq
2002 Declassified Natl Intel Estimate on Iraq’s WMD released
Said that Iraq had active
programs Deleted
qualifications
2003 CPA Governor of Anbar Mines told Bremer CPA and
military should work
together to
create a new Iraqi security force
2004 Start of Battle of Samara to clear city before Jan
2005 elections
2005 Marines launched Op Iron Fist aimed at Qaim border
region of Anbar
2006 Natl Sec Adv Hadley ordered drafting of new strategy for Iraq
2010 National Alliance picked Maliki as its candidate for
premier Was due to Sadr
switching
to back Maliki under Iran pressure
2014 US sent Apache helicopters to Iraq to protect forces
there and later offensive
ops against
IS
View The Iraq History Timeline
1 comment:
The 2005 launch of Op Iron Fist by the Marines is still fresh in my memory. Nice job Admin.
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