1921 Colonial Sec Churchill wrote PM George lobbying for
Feisal to be approved
as new
ruler of Mesopotamia
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
1985 State Dept spokesman claimed US thought Iraq had
defeated Iran and
said Tehran
should accept negotiated settlement
1987 Saddam held march in Baghdad for not being defeated in
Iran-Iraq War
1991 Govt offensive to retake Kirkuk from Peshmerga began
day after Kurds took it
1991 Govt announced state of emergency in Baghdad
1991 UN survey of Gulf War damage to Iraq called it almost
apocalyptic Said
bombing had
put Iraq in preindustrial age
2002 Gen Franks met with US commanders in Germany to go over
war plans Said war
was going
to happen and they needed to be ready
2003 Shock and Awe bombing campaign started Only lasted 9
hours
2003 US commanders reported that Iraqi soldiers were
abandoning their units
2003 Parts of Um Qasr port seized by US forces
2003 British and US forces began seizing oil fields in Basra
15 oil fields set on
fire by
Iraqis
2003 British reached Basra and started fighting Fedayeen
2003 MI6 was trying to incite a popular uprising in Basra
against Saddam
2003 Op Viking Hammer launched to destroy Ansar al-Islam
camps in Kurdistan
2003 1st Coalition casualties of Iraq war 8 UK 4
US soldiers die in Kuwait helicopter accident
1 US Marine
killed in fighting in Um Qasr
2003 Rice briefed Bush and NSC and all agreed on war goals
democracy and put Iraqi
face on
occupation
2003 UK Gen suggested revising postwar plans for Iraq Needed
to improve lives of
Iraqis
Balance withdrawal with forces necessary for stability
2003 White House press secretary said no question Iraq’s WMD
would be found
2004 11 U.S. soldiers suspended for prisoner abuse at Abu
Ghraib
2005 State Dept’s Jeffrey told Bush Allawi trying to drag
out govt formation process and
he should
stop because was not going to retain premiership
2006 Blair said that Iraq war was part of the struggle
between spreading democracy
vs violence
in world
2006 Bush said there was sectarian fighting in Iraq but it
was not a civil war after
Allawi said
it was
2006 Insurgents took police station and courthouse in
Baghdad Killed 17 police Freed
20
prisoners
2006 Insurgents took Muqtadiya police station Executed 19
police Freed 33 prisoners
2006 Report insurgents infiltrated into Tal Afar after
successful counterinsurgency
program by
3rd Armored Cav Reg and unit left
2006 CIA report Insurgency undermining political and
economic development
in Iraq
2006 CIA said even if Sunnis given larger role in Iraq govt
Al Qaeda in Iraq would
not stop
attacks
2008 Maliki told Gen Petraeus of his plans to take on Mahdi
Army in Basra
2010 Maliki asked Supreme Court to interpret what largest
bloc meant for forming
govt after
he came in 2nd in eleciotns
2013 Sheikh Abu Risha demanded cabinet reverse delayed
provincial elections
in Anbar
2013 Sadr called cabinet decision to postpone provincial
vote in Anbar unconstitutional
2013 Sadr cleric gave Friday sermon calling on Maliki to
step down
2016 Sadr said quotas in govt should be ended
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