1917 British forces captured
Baquba from Ottomans
1935 PM Midfai forced to resign due to tribal revolt Yasin
al-Hashemi became PM of
Iraq 2nd
time with National Brotherhood Party in cabinet
1941 After consulting with UK For Min Suwaidi convinced PM
Hashemi and Regent to
move
against Golden Square officers
1941 Golden Square officers called on army to overthrow
Hashemi
1975 Iraq and Iran Foreign Ministers signed agreement to
create three committees to
resolve
outstanding issues
1975 US Sec State Kissinger responded to Barzani saying that
US understood struggle
Kurds were
facing
1984 Belgian labs confirmed mustard gas used by Iraq from
samples taken from two
wounded
Iranians
1985 Iran captured section of Basra-Baghdad highway for
first time
1991 Iraqi army began assault to retake Karbala from Shiite
rebels
1991 Refugee claimed govt killed 250-300 people of Najaf
after Shiite uprising
1991 Kurds began fleeing Tuz Kharmato in face of govt
offensive to retake it
1991 Baghdad held 1st tribal loyalty ceremony to
shore up support during uprising
1991 Saddam said he would introduce democracy and create a
new constitution
1992 Report in 91 Bush admin tried to block release of
information about White House
support for
Iraq before Kuwait invasion
1994 English scientists est 57% of southern marshes had been
drained by Saddam to
drive out
displaced and rebels
1996 UN inspectors said work was moving forward and Iraq was
not hiding WMD
as some
suggested
1999 uprising in Basra after Saddam killed Ayatollah Sadiq
al-Sadr
2002 Dep Sec Def Wolfowitz and Blair’s adv Manning talked
about building intl
support for military action vs Iraq
2002 UK Amb to US Meyer told Dep Sec Def Wolowitz that if US
wanted military
action
against Iraq it needed to go through UN
2002 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowitz told UK Amb to US Meyer that
Iraq was linked
with
terrorism and harboring member of 1993 World Trade Center bombing
2002 Times of London article quoted Iraqi defector provided
by INC that Iraq
had WMD
programs
2002 Bahrain Foreign Minister Salamn ibn Hamda al-Khalifa
told press Arab world did
not see
Iraq as the threat but Israel for its actions against Palestinians
2003 UN Draft resolution saying Iraq in non compliance and
open to military action
withdrawn
by US because couldn’t be passed
2003 Bush met with Congressional leaders telling them UN
route with Iraq was dead
Blamed
France Sen Byrd only one who said he opposed war
2003 Bush in TV speech said Iraq had WMD and was hiding them
Gave Saddam
and sons 48
hours to leave office or face invasion
2003 Blair gave Saddam ultimatum to comply with UN
resolutions
2003 UN Sec Gen Annan announced he would order withdrawal of
weapons
inspectors
due to impending war
2003 UK Attny Gen Lord Goldsmith gave legal advice that war
with Iraq was legal
2003 ORHA staff that was to run postwar Iraq began leaving
US for Kuwait
2003 ORHA head Garner met with his oil team Said concerned Rumsfeld
picked ex-
Shell CEO
Carroll to join group
2003 ORHA oil team told Garner if Iraq oil sector destroyed
by war would need
someone
with standing of Carroll to deal with situation
2004 Bombing of Mount Lebanon hotel in Baghdad killed 27
wounded 40
2004 Iraqi Governing Council asked UN to return to Baghdad
and advise the creation
of interim
govt
2012 Baghdad claimed KRG-Exxon oil deal was frozen but
wasn’t
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