1915 Ottomans launched operation to try to retake Basra from
British forces
1917 British defeated Ottomans
at Battle of Shiala
1941 UK Amb to Iraq wrote PM Gaylani’s will needed to be
tested by announcing
UK troops
would be arriving in Iraq soon and travelling through country
1974 Govt executed 11 KDP members in Irbil during Kurdish
rebellion
1991 Cease fire between Iraq and Coalition went into effect
1991 Japan agreed to $10 mil in humanitarian aid to Kurds
2001 1st US Energy Dept report said aluminum
tubes Iraq tried to buy were wrong size
for centrifuges
not like centrifuges Iraq used before Could be for rockets
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2002 Gen Franks talked with Rumsfeld about war preparations
that could start now
without
gaining much notice
2003 British forces entered Amarah, Maysan during invasion Looting
started
2003 UK DefMin Hoon told parliament British troops would
soon be able to withdraw
from Iraq
2003 US forces withdrew from bridges in Baghdad leading to
looting to spread to west
side of
city
2003 “Stuff happens” Rumsfeld said freedom was untidy in
response to looting in Iraq
2003 Rumsfeld criticized press for focusing on looting in
Iraq and missing all the
positive stories
happening
2003 Rumsfeld said US would help Iraq rebuild but ultimately
it would be up to Iraqis
to run and
rebuild their country
2003 Suicide bomber attacked Marine checkpoint wounding 4 in
Baghdad
2003 2 US soldiers killed and several dozen wounded in
firefights in different parts
of Iraq
2003 Armed men reported hunting down Baathists in Basra to
kill them
2003 US took over control of security in Kirkuk and
Peshmerga began withdrawing
Turkey sent
military observes to watch process
2003 Looting reported in Kurdish sections of Kirkuk
2003 Turkey said it would send military observers to Kirkuk
Threatened to send troops
to Kirkuk
if Kurds were to take over city
2003 Turkish Foreign Min got assurances from US that Americans
not Kurds would
control
Kirkuk
2003 Talabani said Peshmerga would start withdrawing from
Kirkuk because of
Turkish
complaints
2003 Sadr gave his 1st Friday sermon in Kufa following US
invasion Called for
pilgrimage
to Karbala for Arbaeen
2003 US tried to kill Saddam’s half brother in air attack in
Anbar Killed Sheikh
Harbit and
21 family members Turned Dualim tribe against US
2003 US delivered $20 mil in cash to Iraq from frozen Iraqi
assets to help pay for
bills and
reconstruction
2003 US military called on to repair power grid in Baghdad
that went down on Apr 9
when city
fell
2003 Iraqi physicist Jaffar interviewed by CIA in UAE said
Iraq had no WMD and
no nuke
program
2003 Russia said it would forgive debts to Iraq worth $8-$12
bil
2004 Ceasefire announced in Fallujah after 2 members of
Iraqi Governing Council
resigned in
protest over battle
2004 Iraqi 202nd Bn collapsed under insurgent
attacks in Fallujah
2005 Tens of thousands of Sadrists marched in Baghdad
against US occupation
2008 Sadr aide in Najaf killed Sadr blamed US and Maliki
Might have been done by a
Sadr faction Aide was heading
Sadrist negotiations with Baghdad to end conflict
2008 US helicopters attacked Mahdi Army in Basra and Sadr
City
2008 US forces raided Sadr offices in Kut
2008 ISF moving on other Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad
besides Sadr City in
fight
against Mahdi Army
2008 Gen Petraeus said Sadr had a legitimate political
movement that govt needed
to deal
with
2008 Amb Crocker told Congress Iran was trying Lebanonize
Iraq by backing militias
2009 National Security Min Waili said Iraq Turkey US had new
intelligence sharing
agreement targeting
PKK
2010 State of Law called for recount in 5 provinces claiming
voter fraud after national
elections
2010 report that Sadrists asked for 10 ministries in return
for supporting Maliki’s 2nd
term
2010 Sadr called Maliki a liar and blamed him for arresting
Sadrists
2010 ISF withdrew from Salahaddin provincial council
building after occupying it
for 2
months on orders from Maliki to block federalism move
2011 Maliki said ISF ready to take over full security duties
after US military
withdrawal
at end of year
2011 Govt spokesman Dabbagh said US military had to leave
Iraq at end of year
or would
cause internal problems
2011 Another power sharing deal announced between Maliki
Allawi and Kurds to try to
get security ministers named
2011 Sulaymaniya protesters issued roadmap for negotiations
with KRG including
early
elections and interim govt
2011 Peshmerga Min survived no confidence vote in KRG
parliament over treatment
of
protesters
2011 Opposition parties boycotted KRG parliament over
protests in Kurdistan
2011 KRG PM Salah said Baghdad should pay foreign oil
companies operating in
Kurdistan
2012 Kurds attended Ninewa council for 1st time
since boycotting in 2009 when Hadbaa
won power
Hadbaa boycotted in response
2012 Court denied ex-VP Hashemi’s charge that 2 of his
bodyguards were tortured to
death by
ISF
2014 Gunmen suspected to be from Asaib Ahl Al-Haq shot up
homes and burned a
mosque in
Bodaja, Diyala
2014 Diyala governor warned that militias were operating in
province and increasing
tensions
and violence
2014 Fighting broke out in Kirkuk between PUK and KDP
supporters leaving 17
wounded
before KRG elections
2015 Badr’s Ameri said hundreds of Badr fighters in Baghdadi
and Haditha
Would later
claim were none in province because of Abadi and US
View the Iraq History Timelines
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