1914 Battle of Basra began when Ottomans attacked and were
turned back by British
troops
1920 League of Nations announced British mandate over Iraq
1920 Abd al-Rahman al-Gaylani became Iraq’s 1st
prime minister
1963 Baath election put moderates in control and Sec Gen
Ali Sadi was exiled to Spain
1982 Iran ended Op Muharram after failing to gain much
territory in Iraq’s Maysan province
1987 Arab League meeting condemned Iran for not ending
Iran-Iraq War
1991 UN Resolution 715 said that Iraq had to
unconditionally cooperate with weapons inspectors
1998 UN Secretary Gen Annan appealed to Saddam to work
with weapons inspectors again
2001 London Observer quoted INC defector that Iraq trained
terrorists at Salman Pak to
hijack
planes like 9/11
2003 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Sanchez said US would be more
aggressive fighting insurgency
2003 Bush said Iraq and war on terror were like struggle
against Communism
2003 Rumsfeld said that US facing low-intensity war in
Iraq
2003 Bremer called to Washington over unhappiness with his
longterm plan for Iraq
and
transferring sovereignty
2003 NSC meeting CIA official said US facing insurgency in
Iraq Rumsfeld said that
was wrong
word and wanted definition
2003 NSC meeting Bremer agreed with CIA official that US
facing insurgency in Iraq
2003 NSC meeting Bush said he didn’t see an insurgency in
press and didn’t want to
hear about
it in press
2003 NSC meeting Bush said US had to stay the course and
succeed in Iraq
2003 NSC meeting DepSecSate Armitage thought Bush in
denial about what was
happening in
Iraq
2003 NSC meeting Rumsfeld said Iraqis had to take things
over to show them they had
to run
their own country
2003 Pentagon refuted Weekly Standard and UnderSecDef
Feith claims of Iraq-
Al Qaeda
ties since 90s
2004 Insurgents attacked police stations across Ramadi
causing collapse of force
2004 Zarqawi arrived in Ramadi after leaving Fallujah
during 2nd battle
2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq seized 14 police stations and
established temporary control of Mosul
2005 Bush announced US Iraq strategy was clear hold build
Didn't tell military
beforehand
and not actual policy
2005 SecState Rice arrived in Mosul to announce first US
Provincial Reconstruction Team
2007 Maliki put a freeze on hiring sahwa into govt fearing
insurgent infiltration
2010 New parliament had 2nd session in 5 months
Elected Nujafi new speaker
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