1984 Iraqis used mustard gas against Iranians to try to turn
them back
in southern
marshes
1984 Iraq began offensive attacking Iran’s ports and oil
facilities along with shipping in
Persian
Gulf
1991 Soviets offered another peace plan and Iraq accepted it
1991 Iraqi SCUD missiles hit US army barracks in Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia
killed 28
and wounded over 100 Gulf War
1991 US 3rd Inf Div attacked Iraq 26th
Inf Div and took 299 prisoners
1991 US Task Force 1-37 took HQ of Iraq’s 26th
Inf Div
1991 Radio Baghdad announced withdrawal from Kuwait
1991 Sec of State Baker Natl Sec Adv Scowcroft said if
Saddam remained in power
UN
sanctions would stay in place
2002 1st war game for Iraq invasion ran at Scott
Air Force Base Illinois
2003 Army chief Gen Shinseki told Senate US needed several
hundred thousand troops to
successfully
occupy Iraq
2003 Blair told CENTCOM cmdr Gen Franks UN had to play a
major role in
postwar
Iraq
2003 Gen Franks told UK cmdr Adm Boyce US not thinking of
WWII type Japanese
or German
rebuilding effort in Iraq
2003 Iraqi opposition meeting in Salahaddin, Irbil Couldn't
agree on a govt in exile
2004 Insurgents killed deputy police chief in Mosul
2011 Day of Rage protests across Iraq 23 killed by security
forces during protests
2011 protests in Hawija and Riyad led to police stations
being burned and 3 police
killed
2011 Police broke up demonstrations in Irbil city
2011 Pres Talabani went to Kuwait independence day in 3rd
move to normalize
relations
between 2 countries
2011 Maliki forced out Basra Governor Abbud
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