1939 PM Said claimed coup
attempt to remove King Ghazi by fmr PM Sulaiman
and
Gen Sidqi followers in army
1939 Many didn’t believe there
was any coup Said just getting revenge on his political
enemies
1939 Fmr PM Sulaiman given death
sentence for coup plot Commuted to five years
imprisonment
upon intervention of British ambassador
1969 KDP launched offensive
against Bakr govt
1979 KDP leader Mustafa Barzani died in U.S. where he went
for medical treatment
for lung
cancer
1981 Islamic Conf Org group met with Khomeini said wanted
aggressor in Iran-Iraq
War
punished
1981 Khomeini told Islamic Conf Org group he wanted
plebiscite in Iraq to see
whether
people wanted Saddam as their leader
1982 UN Rep Palme said his 5th attempt to
negotiate ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War
failed
1983 Iraq attacked Iran’s Nowruz oilfield along Persian Gulf
1984 Iran made another attack through Iraq’s southern
marshes Suffered heavy casualties
1984 France agreed to $500 mil loan to Baghdad that would
pay for French contractors
in Iraq
1985 Iraqi diplomat and son assassinated in Kuwait Iraq
blamed SCIRI Executed 10 Hakim family
members in
retaliation for assassination of its diplomat in Kuwait
1987 Iraq counterattacked in Basra but failed to regain much
territory from Iranian
forces
1988 Iraq fired missiles at Tehran for 2nd day in
last war of cities
1991 Iraqi army units in Basra began revolt after end of
Gulf War
1991 Pres Bush said that the Iraqi people should overthrow
Saddam
1995 Iraqi National Accord head Nouri went to US and argued
against backing INC’s
uprising
plan Talked Clinton admin out of supporting plot
1998 UN inspectors revealed progress of their work with CNN
violating agreement with
Iraq on
inspection regime
2001 NSC meeting on Iraq policy Powell told to devise smart
sanctions proposal for UN
2001 Powell and Rumsfeld argued over dual use equipment that
should be banned from
Iraq
2001 Separate NSC meeting discussed working with Iraqi
opposition and INC Talked
about
arming them but couldn't agree on anything
2002 State Dept report on Iraq-Niger uranium deal Said it
was unlikely
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 Turkish parliament rejected allowing US forces to use
country for Iraq invasion
2004 Iraqi Governing Council agreed to text of Transitional
Administration Law to be
Iraq’s
interim constitution
2004 Weekly Standard article talked with Mukhabarat officer
who claimed he was
emissary to
Al Qaeda
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