1917 British forces defeated by Ottomans at Battle of Mount
Hamrin, Diyala
1982 Iraq asked US to stop Israel from sending weapons to
Iran US Said it had no
say in
matter
1982 Reagan admin officials warned that if Iran beat Iraq in
Iran-Iraq War would
endanger western
interests
1985 US intel reports Iraq used chemical weapons in fighting
in southern Iraq
1998 UN Res 1158 extended Oil For Food Program for another
90 days
2002 UK Foreign Sec Jack Straw told Blair no Iraq-Al Qaeda
link and Iraq
not more of
a threat now than before 9/11
2002 Straw argued for following legal path against Iraq via
U.N. resolutions
2002 CIA report said foreign govt told it Iraq tried to buy
uranium from Niger
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 New Yorker article said Iraq supporting Al Qaeda via
Kurdish Ansar al-Islam
2002 Kurds told New Yorker Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri met Saddam in
1992 Also that Iraq
was sending
WMD to Al Qaeda
2003 Information Minister Sahaf began giving press
conferences claiming that U.S. was
losing war
2003 Russian Amb to Iraq provided U.S. invasion plans to
Baghdad including
invasion
routes
2003 UK and ISCI reported locals in Basra rose up against
Saddam Fedayeen
2003 UK forces reported Iraqi army was firing mortars on
civilians in Basra to put
down
anti-govt revolt
2003 British bombed Basra city
2003 British forces secured Um Qasr town in Basra
2003 British government confirmed its first two combat
deaths in Iraq invasion
killed in
Basra province
2003 Heavy fighting between US forces and Fedayeen in Najaf
during invasion
2003 US paratroops landed in Kurdistan and began working
with Peshmerga
2003 US bombed Republican Guard positions south of Baghdad
2003 Retired generals in TV interviews began saying invasion
wasn’t going well because
didn’t have
enough troops
2003 Report that Saddam was thinking of using chemical
weapons when US forces
attacked
Baghdad
2003 NY Times facility found outside Najaf was not a
chemical weapons site
2003 U.S. forces found chemical weapons gear in Nasiriya
2003 UK General recommended govt plan for its forces to stay
in Iraq until March 2004
for postwar
operations
2004 UN proposed investigation into abuses of Oil for Food
program
2005 State Dept told Congress wanted to reorganize
rebuilding funds with more money
for
services and maintenance Didn’t think Iraq could sustain projects
2006 US Amb Khalizad told ISCI’s Hakim US opposed to Jaafari
remaining as premier
Kurdish and Sunni parties were
threatening boycott of govt if Jaafari remained in office
2006 Report on captured Iraqi docs said Iraq kept the image
it had WMD because helped
Iraq’s
image in Arab world and deterred Israel
2006 Report on captured Iraqi docs Saddam told his top
advisers there were no more
WMD
2006 Report on captured Iraqi docs Saddam thought France and
Russia would stop war
in UN If US
did attack Iraq’s “warrior spirit” would be victorious
2006 Report on captured Iraqi docs Saddam thought internal
revolt main threat to his
regime not
US invasion
2006 Report on captured Iraq docs Russian Amb gave Iraq
detailed intel on US
troops
movements and invasion plans
2006 Report on captured Iraq docs Saddam thought Iraq
winning when war almost over
and wanted
unconditional surrender by US led Coalition
2006 Report on captured Iraq docs Tape Powell played during
Feb 03 UN speech
was
Republican Guard making sure area met UN inspections not hiding WMD
2007 4,500 tribesmen asked to join Ramadi police
2008 U.S. Seal team arrived in Basra to liaison with Iraqi
forces during Charge of
Knights op
against Mahdi Army
2008 Curfew and vehicle ban imposed on Basra as part of
Charge of Knights
2008 Mahdi Army seized 5 of 18 districts in Kut in fight
against govt forces
2008 Fighting between ISF and Mahdi Army in Nasiriyah
2008 Mahdi Army kidnapped policemen belonging to Badr in
Baghdad
2008 Sadrists protested in Samawa, Muthanna against Charge
of Knights
2008 Sadr offices in Baghdad called for civil disobedience
to protest Charge of Knights
shut down 6
districts in capital
2008 Mahdi Army fired rockets at Green Zone
2008 Clashes between Mahdi Army and ISF in east Baghdad and
between Mahdi
Army and
SIIC
2008 Fighting between Mahdi Army and police in Hillah
2008 Mahdi Army attacked Sistani and 2 Dawa office in Sadr
City
2009 Iraqi embassy in Jordan announced program to register
former soldiers who wanted
to return
to Iraq
2010 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq released US contractor it kidnapped
Issa Salomi
2010 State of Law threatened lawsuit unless Election
Commission made a recount
of national
vote
2010 State of Law members protested in Basra, Najaf,
Karbala, Kut calling for recount
2011 ISF blocked all entrances to Tahrir Sq to try to block
protests but happened
anyway
2011 Were protests in Baghdad, Najaf, Diwaniya, Kut and
Hillah against corruption
and lack of
services
2011 Was 2nd protest in Tahrir Sq against
reconciliation with former Baathists
2011 Prisoners in Rusafa Prison set up protest camp against
poor conditions and
sectarian
warden
2012 VP Hashemi claimed ISF tortured one of his bodyguards
to death during
questioning
2012 Pres Barzani said that Maliki was abusing his powers
and not following Irbil
agreement
made after 2010 elections
2012 Pres Talabani called for reconciliation between Kurdish
Alliance and Maliki
2012 Displacement Ministry said Europe was deporting Iraqi
refugees and wanted that
to stop
2012 Electricity Ministry said it would stop importing power
in summer 2013 as
domestic production increased
Didn’t happen
2013 Committee created to come up with laws to meet demands
of protesters Never
happened
2013 Turkey signed trade deal with KRG
2014 Militias held parade in Balad, Salahaddin which local
officials tried to deny
2014 IS took over Nibai for one day and then left
2014 IS made call for declaring the caliphate as a trial
balloon
2014 Transportation Ministry set up special flights to take
ISF members from Mosul
to homes in
Baghdad to avoid attacks along highway
2014 Dozens of Sunni families fled Buhriz, Diyala after
being attacked by militias
2015 Officials accused Diyala governor of stealing millions
in aid meant for displaced
2015 Gorran presented 3 plans for renewing Pres Barzani’s
term
2015 Fight in KRG parliament when KDP members attacked
Gorran MPs over Pres
Barzani
2015 Member of Salahaddin council accused Hashd of
kidnapping 125 civilians
from Dour
2015 US began air strikes on Tikrit Pro-Iran Hashd said they
would not take part in op
to re-take city because of US
involvement
2015 Hashd accused of blowing up houses and executing 4
civilians in Diyala
2015 2nd Diyala governor adviser killed blamed on
Hashd
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