1915 Battle of Shaiba in Basra began
with Ottomans attacking British
1941 British convoy left India for Basra with infantry
brigade Then told its arrival
would be
delayed until PM Gaylani told troops arriving to test his will
1974 Iraqi planes bombed KDP bases during Kurdish rebellion
1975 Saddam interview with NYTimes said Iraq not opposed to
US or its people just
its foreign
policy which was anti-Iraq
1982 Iraq again offered to withdraw from Iranian territory
if Iran agreed to end war
Rejected by
Iran
1983 Iraq said it would start using new weapons for 1st time
meaning WMD in Iran-
Iraq War
1990 5 US senators visited Baghdad to criticize Iraq over
its WMD and nuclear
programs
that Congress was investigating
1990 Privately US senators told Saddam Pres Bush wanted
better relations with Iraq
Amb Glaspie
added that was US policy
1990 Saddam told US senators America plotting with Israel to
attack Iraq
1991 Report Bush admin decided that Shiite and Kurdish
uprisings after Gulf War
strengthened
Saddam and ended hopes of coup
1991 US began Op Provide Comfort to set up safehaven for
Kurds in northern Iraq
2003 US forces advanced on Tikrit Faced sporadic fighting
2003 US forces captured Saddam’s half brother Watban
al-Tikrit
2003 Turkmen in Kirkuk complained that Kurds were looting
their homes
2003 Report experts didn’t think Iraq’s oil would earn enough
money to pay for
country’s
reconstruction
2003 Chief UN Weapons Inspector Blix said inspections
could’ve contained Iraq and
US and UK
never believed in process
2003 Chief UN weapons inspector Blix said US and UK
fabricated evidence against
Iraq to
justify war
2003 Head CENTCOM postwar planning Col Benson briefed Gen
Webster Dep Cmdr
US ground
forces in Iraq on revised plans
2003 Col Benson said would be resistance by former regime
elements after war
sectarian
violence revenge ethnic cleaning
2003 Col Benson said foreign jihadists would start coming to
Iraq Predicted US
occupation
would last 3-5 years
2004 US military said it would kill or capture Sadr
2004 4 clerics met with Sadr to negotiate ceasefire to his
uprising
2004 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid said ISF were huge
disappointment so far
fighting
insurgents and Mahdi Army
2004 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid requested 7000-10000
additional US troops for
Iraq
2004 CPA adv to Housing Min warned that Badr that ran
ministry was stealing
money from major projects and of
sectarian hiring
2006 Gen Batiste former commander 1st Inf Div
became fourth former general to call for
Rumsfeld to
resign over Iraq
2007 Sunni MPs carried out bombing of parliament’s cafeteria
in Baghdad
2007 Islamic Army announced it was no longer working with
ISI Didn’t agree with
declaration
of Islamic State and ISI attacking its men
2007 Pres Talabani announced govt in talks with 5 insurgent
groups
2008 Maliki said 30,000 Peshmerga would be organized into 2
Army Divisions
2009 Al-Hadbaa party took all the leading positions in new
Ninewa govt Nujafi
became
governor after elections Kurds boycotted
2009 Sheikh Abu Risha of Anbar said he was open to alliance
with Maliki in 2010
national
elections
2010 KRG said it had reached agreement with Oil Ministry
over oil exports Baghdad
would split
revenues with it
2010 Maliki said Sahwa had a role in helping with securing
country
2010 CIA ranked Iraq 160th in world in per capita
income 2nd lowest in Middle East
2011 KDP and PUK said they were ready for unconditional
talks with opposition over
demands of
Sulaymaniya protesters
2011 PJAK attacked Iranian police station along Iran-Iraq
border Iran shelled PJAK
camps in
Kurdistan
2012 Kurdish MP said that VP Hashemi should not come back to
Kurdistan after
his tour of
Middle East
2012 Sit in started in Mosul demanding release of prisoners
2012 Clash between followers of Mahmoud Sarkhi and police
2012 Kurdish Alliance wanted Oil Min Shahristani to appear
before parliament over
corruption
questions Shahristani filed lawsuit against them
2012 State of Law MP announced arrest warrant on corruption
charges against Election
Commission chief Part of Maliki
intimidation move
2014 ISIS issued orders to infiltrate Baghdad
2014 ISIS posted pictures of over 80 police joining it from
Albu Diab and Albu
Shaban in
Anbar
2015 US requested that Hashd withdraw from Ramadi before it
would start air strikes
2016 Sit in demonstration began in parliament over PM
Abadi’s technocratic cabinet
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