1921 Gertrude bell wrote Mid-Euphrates tribes perplexed why
UK picked Faisal
to be King
of Iraq when he led revolt against them in Syria
1941 2nd day British planes bombed Iraqi forces
Destroyed 29 Iraqi planes in Baghdad
and 13 more
in Diyala
1941 Iraqi air force bombed Iraqi army in Ramadi by accident
in night raid
1941 Churchill ordered British troops to march from
Palestine to Iraq
1941 UK Cmdr for Mid East Gen Wavell given command of Iraq
Complained no forces
to spare
and negotiations should be used instead
1941 UK Cmdr for Mid East Gen Wavell later said he could
send a small force from
Palestine
to Iraq but would threaten security in region and called for talks again
1941 Gaylani told Italian ambassador Iraq needed German and
Italian air support
to deal with British, financial aid
and a German military mission to work with Iraq General Staff
1941 German Foreign Min Ribbentrop supported sending special
representative to
Baghdad
along with military laison officers to set up arrival of German aid
1941 German Foreign Min Ribbentrop suggested sending fighter
and bomber squadons
to Iraq
Hitler agreed
1964 New provisional constitution said Iraq a
democratic-socialist government but
power was
still with Pres Arif
1982 Iraq counterattacked in Khuzistan ending Iran’s Op Bait
al-Moqaddas Iran
retook 300
sq mi
1983 Iraqi Op Salam launched in southern Iraq to capture and
kill army deserters
1988 Start of 4th Anfal campaign focused on
Lesser Zab River, Sulaymaniya Kogtapa
attacked
with chemical bombs
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1995 KDP told Turkey it would stop PKK activities in
Kurdistan
2003 UK PM’s office said Iraq had WMD and they would be
found
2003 White House said it was sure Iraq’s WMD would be found
2003 Bush said Iraq’s WMD programs would be found would just
take time Was
change from previous claims WMD stocks would be found
2003 UK intel said trailer found in Mosul could be mobile
WMD lab
2003 CPA appointed Thamir Ghadban interim Oil Minister
2004 Mahdi Army attacked US base and a convoy in Najaf
setting off hour long
gun battles
2004 Heavy fighting between insurgents and US forces closed
down road to Baghdad
airport
2004 UN outlined plan to create Iraqi Election Commission to
run 2005 voting
2004 US Marines said would replace Gen Latif head of
Fallujah Brigade with Gen
Saleh
because Latif a Baathist
2005 PM Jaafari’s cabinet sworn in 2 deputy prime ministers
and 7 important ministries
vacant due
to political disputes including Oil and Defense
2005 Shiite parties rejected Sunni candidates for ministries
at last minute
2007 Anbar Awakening demanded all tribes in Anbar to stop
supporting ISI
2008 Iraqi delegation to Iran presented evidence that Tehran
was arming and training
militias
fighting govt Baghdad
2009 Baghdad said it would not extend deadline for US forces
to be out of country’s
cities by
Jun 30 2009
2009 Arrest warrants issued for Trade Minister Sudani’s two
brothers and other
ministry
officials for corruption
2009 2 Iraqi soldiers opened fire at U.S. troops at an
outpost in Mosul killing 2
and
wounding 3 Americans
2009 Iraqi forces arrested Dhuluiya, Salahaddin Sawha leader
Claimed he
attacked
Dujail during civil war
2009 Sahwa in Iskandiriya walked off job for not being paid
in months
2010 Abu Abdullah al-Shafi emir of Ansar al-Sunnah was
captured in Baghdad
2010 Baghdad started recount requested by Maliki after came
in 2nd in election to
Allawi
2011 National Reconciliation Ministry said Asaib Ahl Al-Haq
was joining
reconciliation
process Didn’t happen
2011 KRG parliament passed law to unite PUK and KDP
Peshmerga Never completed
2013 Police told AFP they had orders from Interior Ministry
to use fake bomb
detectors
even though knew they didn’t work
2013 Friday prayers at Fallujah protest site urged people to
stay peaceful and
demanded
Maliki resign
2013 Friday prayers at Kirkuk protest site warned that Baghdad
had ignored
their
demands and could lead to civil war
2013 Samarra and Mosul protest sites demanded either Maliki
resign or Salahaddin
and Ninewa
would become federal regions
2014 Ansar al-Sunna declared war on ISIS in Diyala
2015 Protests in Basra over lack of electricity
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