1922 Fatwa saying Saudi Wahabi Ikhwan were brigands and
Shiites could fight
them published in Iraqi paper
1922 Shiite tribes mostly responded to fatwa Sunni ones
thought Baghdad should deal
with Ikhwan
1939 Abd al-Ilah named regent of Iraq to rule in place of
infant King Ghazi
1941 British commander in Iraq asked for military
reinforcements from Egypt but
turned down
1941 Iraq banned British military from moving from Habaniya
base Confiscated
radios from
British Military Mission
1948 Port of Basra protest against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1963 Iraq Syria Egypt started talks about uniting three
countries Nasser didn’t want to
share power
with Baath so talks stalled
1972 Soviet PM Kosygin visited Baghdad to sign strategic
agreement with Bakr govt
1979 Israeli agents sabotaged Osirak nuclear reactor while
it was in France waiting to
be shipped
to Iraq
1980 Iraqi commandos fired rockets at Iranian oil field
prelude to Iran-Iraq War
1984 Iran and Iraq announced end of 4th round of war
of cities Iran-Iraq War
1984 Report UK firms sold agents to Iraq to make mustard gas
and sarin
1985 UN Sec Gen deCuellar announced he would go to Baghdad
and Tehran to try to
negotiate
end to Iran-Iraq War
1991 UNHCR est 750,000 Kurds fled to Iran and 280,000 to
Turkey and 300,000
on
Iraq-Turkey border
1991 Baghdad accepted UN resolution 687 that said Iraq had
to recognize Kuwait
sovereignty
and destroy WMD and missiles
2003 US marines joined US army in attacking Baghdad
2003 British forces entered Basra City during invasion
Looting began in city
2003 US raided Salman Pak Claimed found foreign fighters
there proving Iraq was
connected
to terrorism
2003 Thousands of foreign fighters had come to Iraq to
defend against a western
invasion Weren’t
terrorists
2003 Tarqi Azziz said Saddam finally realized his end was
near
2003 Pentagon told ORHA about replacements for its staff
Asked when they would
arrive Said
hadn’t informed some of them yet
2003 Pentagon flew Chalabi and his Free Iraqi Forces into
Nasiriya Rumsfeld wanted
him flown
to Baghdad but Gen Franks said no
2004 CPA Order 71 was to decentralize power to local
councils
2004 Marine reinforcements arrived for Op Vigilant Resolve
in Fallujah US forces
attacked
center of city
2004 Major fighting broke out in Ramadi during 1st
battle of Fallujah 12 Marines
killed
2004 Mahdi Army attacked Coalition forces in Amara Nasiriya
Kut Karbala Najaf
Baghdad
2004 500 Japanese soldiers in Samawa Muthann told to halt
work and retreat to camp
out of fear
of attacks by Mahdi Army
2004 Based upon Gen Taguba’s report US army handed down 6
reprimands and 2 relief
of duties
over Abu Ghraib prison scandal
2005 Talabani named president of Iraq, Mahdi and Yawar vice
presidents in 1st post-03
Iraqi govt
2006 Court documents showed that Cheney told aide to leak
intelligence on Iraq trying
to buy
uranium from Niger to press to discredit Fmr Amb Wilson
2006 Prosecutor claimed Cheney’s Chief of Staff Libby’s
leaks to press were part of
campaign to
discredit former Ambassador Wilson over Iraq-Niger story
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2007 Op Black Eagle US and Polish forces fought Mahdi Army
in Diwaniya
2008 ISF began setting up checkpoints to isolate Sadr City
Led to gunbattle with
Mahdi Army
2008 Maliki was organizing his own local militias in Baghdad
to fight Mahdi Army
2008 Sadr said he might end ceasefire because govt campaign
against Mahdi Army
had not
stopped
2008 Petraeus said Iran helping Mahdi Army in Basra
2008 Maliki said Mahdi Army needed to be disbanded if
Sadrists wanted to run in
2009
provincial elections
2008 Gunmen burned down Sadrist office in Hillah, Babil
probably from Badr
2008 69 sheikhs signed pact to support govt, rejected
violence in effort by Maliki to
build up
patronage amongst tribes
2009 Court issued arrest warrant for former head of Diyala
council for stealing
150 bil
dinars
2009 Police raided 1st meeting of new Diyala
council Claimed warrants for 3 members
accused of
supporting insurgency
2010 7 bombs in Baghdad destroyed 7 buildings and killed 35
over 100 wounded
2010 Dir of Central Organization for Statistics said 25% of
Iraqis lived below
poverty
level
2011 Iraqi Assoc of Defending Journalists accused govt of
cracking down on reporters
trying to
cover protests
2011 Change Islamic Union and Islamic Group said they wanted
a transitional govt in
Kurdistan
2012 Proposed national conference to deal with protests and
problems with Maliki
didn’t
happen
2012 ISF closed off Tahrir Sq to try to stop protests
2013 Suicide bomber attacked political rally for provincial
vote in Baquba killed 22
wounded more than 50
2013 Court issued arrest warrant
for Finance Min Rafi Issawi on corruption
2014 2 ISI leaders killed fighting Ansar al-Sunna in Kirkuk
2014 ISI closed Fallujah Dam causing flooding
2015 MP said Hashd were looting in Tikrit after its
liberation
2015 Abadi said 152 houses and shops burned in Tikrit but
didn’t say by who
2015 3 Yazidi activists fled Kurdistan due to death threats
from Kurdish officials
Accused KDP
2016 Abadi’s nominee for Finance and Planning Minister withdrew
his name
2016 Ruling parties said they would submit 3 candidates for
new ministers to
undermine Abadi’s
candidates
2016 Supreme Council criticized Abadi for trying to
determine new cabinet by himself
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