1921 War Min Churchill wrote PM George that he thought an
Arab govt should
be created
to run Mesopotamia for UK
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
1981 Iran rejected UN attempts to negotiate ceasefire as
long as Iraqi troops were
on Iranian
territory
1984 Iraq’s attacks on Iranian cities stopped ending 1st
War of the Cities
1988 Iraq renewed war of cities by firing missiles at Tehran
Iraq wanted to provoke
UN to get involved
again with peace talks
1991 Iraq set Kuwait oil fields on fire
1991 Report Saudis tried to organize Iraqi exiles for
post-Saddam Iraq
1998 Newsweek poll showed US support for military action
against Iraq dropped from
40 to 18%
1999 SCIRI UK Rep Bayati said overthrowing Saddam should be
done by Iraqis without
outside
interference
2003 Bush administration officially announced it was
deploying forces for invasion
Actually
started Dec 02
2003 Spanish Pres Aznar visited Bush Had group call with
Blair and Italian Premier
Berlusconi
Decided on 2nd UN resolution on Iraq
2003 ORHA drill found US would not have enough troops for
Iraq postwar security
2003 ORHA worried not enough funding for postwar Iraq that
could leave behind
unstable
country
2003 ORHA found US had no plans for what kind of govt they
wanted in Iraq and
how to
achieve it
2003 ORHA Dep Head thought US had faulty assumptions overly
optimistic lacked
reality on
what postwar Iraq would be like
2005 Dawa’s Jaafari became UIA candidate for premier
following Jan elections
2006 Zarqawi bombed Askari shrine in Samarra 25 Sunni
mosques in Samarra 27
in Baghdad
attacked 3 imam killed 1 kidnapped
2006 US immediately got intel Zarqawi behind Askari shrine
bombing Tunisian and
4 Saudis
from Al Qaeda in Iraq did bombing
2006 Tunisian Al Qaeda in Iraq bomber was arrested in June
2006 and explained
attack
2006 US report Sadr gave orders to kill Wahabis in east
Baghdad in retaliation for
Samarra
bombing Meant Sunnis
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq blamed Baghdad and Shiite militias for
Samarra bombing to
incite
attacks on Sunnis
2006 Other insurgent groups blamed Baghdad for Samarra
bombing and claimed govt
was
allowing attacks upon Sunni mosques
2006 Sadr offices spread rumor that US military vehicles
were seen around Samarra
shrine
before bombing to lay blame on US
2006 Iran blamed US for Samarra bombing
2006 Ayatollah Sistani called for 7 days of mourning
peaceful protets and prohibited
attacks
upon Sunnis in wake of Samarra bombing
2006 SCIRI head Hakim blamed US for Samarra bombing claiming
it gave aid to
insurgents
2008 Sadr renewed his freeze on Mahdi Army
2011 Independent Nalya Radio and TV station was set afire in
Sulaymaniya probably
by KDP
supporters
2015 Sadr called for followers to protests in Baghdad next
Friday calling for reforms
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