1922 UK Lord of the Admiralty told Iraq commission Iraq oil
would be important
in case of
war in Far East
1925 League of Nations set Turkey-Iraq border with Mosul
province going to
Iraq
1995 King Hussein offered to sponsor talks amongst Iraqi
opposition parties
1998 UN inspectors left Iraq over non-cooperation
1998 US and UK start Operation Desert Fox after Iraq broke
off cooperation with UN weapons
inspectors Ended Iraq’s plans to revive WMD programs
1998 Assessment by Intl Atomic Energy Agency Iraq had not
produced a
nuclear
bomb before Gulf War
1998 Intl Atomic Energy Agency Iraq had only produced a few
grams of
weapons
grade nuclear material before Gulf War
1998 Intl Atomic Energy Agency Iraq didn’t have capability to produce nuclear
material because of inspections
2003 Blair said it would take time to find Iraq’s WMD
2003 France and Germany agreed to US request to forgive part
of $120 bil debt Iraq
owed them
2004 Major Shiite parties agreed to United Iraqi Alliance
for 2005 elections
2004 US Iraq cmdr Gen Casey US needed to train Iraqi forces
and create effective Iraqi
intelligence
services
2007 Iraq took control of Basra province from British
2012 Iraqiya boycotted parliament and cabinet to protest
Maliki putting tanks outside
the homes of Mutlaq Issawi and
Hashemi in Green Zone
2013 Maliki appointed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Safi
from State of Law as
acting
Finance Minister
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