1922 UK Iraq Commissioner Cox said King Feisal racially weak
for disagreeing
with him
1929 Tawfiq al-Suwaidi became premier of Iraq, would hold
that office 3
times
1941 PM Gaylani asked Axis for military and financial aid
for second time to be
used
against British
1941 UK Amb to Iraq told PM Gaylani second contingent of
British troops landing
at Basra
Gaylani refused them entry
1947 Mustafa Barzani and 500 supporters returned to Iraq
from Iran
1959 Communists asked for positions in Qasim govt but turned
down
1973 Iraq offered to talk with Kuwait over border dispute
1990 Iraq hosted Arab summit Saddam attacked Kuwait for
economic warfare vs
Iraq
1990 Saddam asked Emir of Kuwait if Iraq could use two of
its islands Emir said
no
1991 US led Coalition created safe zone for Kurds near Dohuk
after uprising
put down
1992 Report CIA continued to give intel to Iraq until day it
invaded Kuwait in Aug 90
1998 Inspectors report to UN said no progress in last 4
months due to confrontation with
Iraq
2001 Report 9/11 terrorist Mohammed Atta met with Iraqi
intel officer in Prague
2002 US military leaked story to press that Iraq invasion could
use a force as small as
70,000 Was
push back against Rumsfeld’s small invasion force
(Musings
On Iraq article on war in the press over Rumsfeld’s invasion plan)
2003 Protest in Fallujah led to shooting US troops killed 17
and wounded
more than 70
2003 ORHA Garner met with 350 Iraqis in Baghdad and told
them they were in charge
of Iraq
said would be meeting to create interim govt in 4 weeks
2003 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowtiz said US occupation of Iraq
would not need as many
troops as
invasion did
2003 Pentagon paper said interim Iraqi govt had not been
decided upon
2003 Gen Franks asked UK to take control of 5 southern Iraqi
provinces UK said could
only handle
4 Basra Maysan Dhi Qar Muthanna
2003 UK report Iran sending in groups into southern Iraq to
influence postwar
situation
2004 Fighting between US marines and insurgents continued in
Fallujah while US
commander
claimed ceasefire holding
2004 Marines began forming Fallujah Brigade to take over
security of city
2004 UN Rep Brahimi reported to Security Council that
interim govt would serve
until
elections held in late 2004-early 2005
2004 General Mark Kimmitt deputy director of Coalition
operations in Iraq told CBS
News he was
disappointed in a few soldiers for Abu Ghraib scandal
2005 PM Jaafari’s cabinet approved by parliament 5 ministers
and 1 dep PM either
empty or
temporary pending deal with Sunnis
2005 Defense Oil Electricity and Human Rights Ministers not
been named yet in
Jaafar
cabinet
2005 US pressured PM Jaafari to name partial cabinet because
filing ministers was
taking too
log
2005 SCIRI head Abdul Aziz al-Hakim gave speech threatening
to purge the security
forces of former
regime members
2005 MP Mishan al-Jabouri accused Shiites of dividing Iraq
and Sunnis were
marginalized
2006 New US military campaign plan issued continuing with
withdrawal
2008 ISCI and Dawa delegation went to Iran to meet Sadr and
Gen Suleimani to
negotiate
ceasefire
2010 Court acquitted former Trade Min Sudani of corruption
for lack of evidence
2010 Accountability and Justice banned Iraqiya members of
Diyala council for Baath
past
2010 Baathists held meeting in Damascus trying to unify two
factions of Mohammed
Yunis and
Izzat al-Duri
2011 1920 Rev Brigades and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq agreed to disarm
and join politics
after talks
with National Reconciliation Min Didn’t happen
2011 chief of staff of ISF Gen Zebari said Iraq would not be
able to defend itself
until 2020
2011 US Gen 25th Inf Div said Iranian backed
Special Groups were attacking US
forces
2011 Sadrists said that if US stayed passed end of year that
would justify attacks
upon them
2012 Pres Barzani Pres Talabani Sadr Speaker Nujafi and
Allawi met in Irbil to
discuss no
confidence vote against Maliki
2012 Sadr issued demands to Maliki saying he would be
removed if didn’t submit
to them
2012 Pres Talabani tried to moderate between Maliki Barzani
and Allawi over
having no
confidence vote against PM
2013 Sheikh Abu Risha turned over 2 people said responsible
for killing 5 soldiers
at Fallujah
protest site
2014 Ibrahim Jaafari said that Maliki’s mistakes led to deterioration
in security
2014 ISI seized control of 6 voting centers in Qara Tapa,
Diyala
2014 Iran signed oil and natural gas deal with KRG
2014 Special voting started in national elections for
parliament
2015 Badr’s Ameri said Hashd would not wait for permission
to enter Anbar Were
already
there
2015 Sadr criticized Hashd trying to politicize fight
against IS to gain power
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