1921 Churchill wrote Sir Percy Cox saying too expensive to
maintain British
Forces in
Mesopotamia therefore Arab govt should be created to run things
1948 College student strike in Baghdad over Anglo-Iraq
Treaty ended when arrested students were
released by
police
1966 Govt forces attacked KDP in Panjwin
1993 Iraq warned that it was in material breach of weapons
inspections and would
suffer
consequences
2003 Bush met with Congressional leaders and said he would
make case to Congress and
US public
for war with Iraq
2003 Bush met with Republican leaders saying Saddam wasn’t
complying with UN resolutions and
he would
have to address US about war
2006 Bush admin meetings said US was on strategic defensive
in Iraq
2008 6 churches in Mosul and Baghdad bombed
2008 Op Phantom Phoenix began to secure Baghdad and belts in
Diyala Salahaddin
Ninewa
2011 Inter Min Bolani claimed investigation into fake bomb
detectors was a political
move and no
corruption in purchase
2011 Sadr gave homecoming speech after returning from Iran
Said was religious
obligation
to resist the US occupation of Iraq
View the Iraq History
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