1921 Churchill wrote Iraq High Comm Cox that Feisal needed
to be told all
British would be out of Iraq by end
of year unless he gave up demands for more power
1941 Churchill told For Sec Eden that British troops landed
in Iraq to establish a
base in
Basra to establish control of province
1948 Operation Hametz began with Jewish forces attacking
Arab villages held by Iraqi
volunteers
in 1st Arab-Israeli War
1970 Bakr govt restored citizenship to Patriach of Assyrian
community
1987 Iraq agreed to allow UN team to visit and investigate its
use of chemical weapons
in
Iran-Iraq War
1988 End of last war of cities Iran-Iraq War Iraq fired 200
missiles at Iran killing
2000 Iran
fired 77 missiles at Iraq
1988 End of 3rd Anfal campaign that targeted PUK
in Sulaymaniya Civilians were
rounded up
and put into camps Mass executions
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1991 Bush White House didn’t think Saddam was going to be
overthrown anymore
after Gulf
War
1991 SCIRI claimed it started attacks upon govt forces in
southern Iraq Came after
Shiite
revolt put down
1991 Kurds went to Baghdad to hold talks with Saddam to end
revolt
1991 500 Marines landed in Kurdistan to set up safe-haven
for displaced Kurds
2002 Gen Franks briefed Bush on Iraq war plans Franks said
he wanted to cut timeline
by 1/3 and
could start with 180,000 troops
2003 US forces arrested Sadrist cleric Fartusi leading to
days of protests
2003 ORHA head Garner held meeting Said top priority was
getting to Baghdad and
establishing
its presence
2003 ORHA head Garner said when staff got to Baghdad had to
get Iraqi ministries
up and
running
2003 ORHA staff finally allowed to enter Iraq by US military
2003 Report US wanted long term military relationship with
Iraq and use of up to 4
bases
2003 Report Kurds expelled 2000 Arabs from Daquq, Kirkuk
2003 Apr 10-20 up to 40 people killed in Arab-Kurd violence
in Kirkuk city
2003 UnderSecDef Feith cancelled State Dept plan to set up
Kirkuk committee to
return
displaced set up compensation etc
2004 US forces surrounded Najaf that was under control of
Mahdi Army
2006 Jaafari stepped down as Iraq’s premier under pressure
from Sadr Kurds US
Said he
wouldn’t give up office until Ayatollah Sistani told him to
2007 ISI sent letter to Ansar al-Sunnah apologizing for past
attacks and asking for
unification
Ansar said no
2007 Ramadi sheikhs said they would turn Awakening into
political party to run in
09
provincial elections
2007 Abu Sheibani captured by US Was deputy of network that
delivered EFPs from
Iran to militias
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
2008 Sadr said he gave final warning to Baghdad to stop
offensive against his
followers
2008 Report that Thar Allah head Sinawi executed in Baghdad
after being
captured in
Basra during Charge of Knights
2009 Kurdish Alliance complained about Hadbba rule in Ninewa
excluding them
2009 Suicide bomber in Iraqi army uniform attacked US
soldiers visiting Baquba
mayor
killing 11
2011 Mass grave found in Anbar with more than 800 bodies in
it Victims of
Saddam
2011 Arab League delayed summit in Baghdad due to Iraqi govt
complaints
about
crackdown in Bahrain against Shiites
2011 Independent TV station and a Kurdish poet said they
were attacked by security
forces
during crackdown on protests
2011 Protest in Fallujah demanded withdrawal of ISF after
man killed by army
2012 Oil Min said Exxon could continue work at West Qurna
oil field despite signing
oil deal with Kurds
2012 Sadr met with KRG PM Barzani in Tehran to talk about
removing Maliki
2012 Pres Barzani gave speech saying power sharing agreement
after 2010 elections
was dead
due to Maliki
2012 Pres Barzani speech said that PKK would not be
tolerated if continued to use
violence
2012 Maliki called Turkey a hostile country
2013 Provincial elections held in 12 of Iraq’s 18 provinces
No voting in KRG or
Ninewa,
Kirkuk and Anbar
2014 Anbar Ops Command announced offensive to retake
Fallujah while Anbar
council
said no op started
2015 IS held ceremony where Ramadi sheikhs gave it baya
2015 80 Anbar sheikhs called on Abadi to provide more
military aid and called
on Hashd to
help fight in province
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