1925 Iraq deal gave Turkish Petroleum Company right to
explore for oil in
entire
country
1951 Grenade hit American Cultural Center in Baghdad
wounding some Jewish visitors 5th
of 8 such
attacks on Jews 1950-51
1981 Cuba’s foreign minister arrived in Lebanon as head of
Non-Aligned Movement
attempt to
negotiate ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War
1983 Sec of State Shultz ordered US diplomat in Baghdad to
discuss US financing
trade deals
with Iraq
1985 Iran fired SCUD missiles at Kirkuk War of Cities
1986 UN mission found that Iraq had used chemical weapons
several times in Iran-Iraq
War
1988 Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Peshmerga launched Wa
al-Fajr 10 capturing
Halabja
district
1991 Pres Bush warned Iran not to take advantage of Iraq
uprisings to try to annex
any
territory
2002 Blair Adv Manning said Natl Sec Adv Rice committed to
regime change in Iraq
2002 Blair Adv Manning said US working on strategic
decisions on how to remove
Saddam
2003 Rumsfeld told ORHA head Garner he was going to pick all
the advisers
that were
going to run Iraqi ministries
2003 Iran’s national security adviser said US would not have
a happy ending in Iraq
2003 French Pres Chirac told Blair he would not accept a UN
resolution that set
an
ultimatum for Iraq disarmament
2003 NSC decided on language for ultimatum to Saddam
Included 48 hour deadline to
leave power
pushed by Rumsfeld
2005 Netherlands withdrew its 160 troops from Iraq
2006 Iraqi police found 87 bodies dumped in Baghdad
2006 Report May-Jun 03 British worried of strategic failure in
Iraq due to US mistakes
2011 Justice Min said it would close Camp Honor secret
prison in Baghdad run
by Maliki
that used torture on prisoners Was not closed
2012 Ninewa council voted to freeze Article 140 that was to
determine future
of disputed
areas
2012 Baghdad police held Russia Today reporters for 3 hrs
because were doing story
on emo
killings in capital
2013 5 suicide bombers attacked Justice and Foreign
Ministries, Communications
Institute
in central Baghdad
2015 operation to free Tikrit stalled due to high Hashd
casualties
2016 State of Law MPs probably pro-Maliki said Sadr’s
protests in Baghdad could
be
infiltrated by terrorists
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