1923 Sir Henry Dobbs wrote US
Consul in Iraq that King Faisal was not a strong
leader
and he expected trouble from his rule
1941 New German ambassador to
Iraq arrived in Mosul with 2 He 111 bombers
1941 Iraqis abandoned Fort Rutba allowing British to capture
it
1941 UK India commander Gen Auchinlek advocated occupying
Baghdad Mosul Kirkuk
to preclude
German intervention
1941 UK Mid-East commander Gen Wavell told Auchinlek that
Iraq not as important
as other
fronts and he had limited resources
1941 British commander in Middle East Gen Wavell ordered
that Baghdad was not to
be occupied
1950 Grenade thrown at car company owned by Jews in Baghdad
4 injured 2nd of 7 such
attacks on
Jews 1950-51
1950 Iraq prosecuted Jews for grenade attacks claiming
Zionist plot to get Jews to move
to Israel Opponents argued most
Jews already leaving Iraq so no need to scare them
1967 PM Naji Talib forced to resign by military Pres Abdul
Rahman Arif became
premier
1976 New Kurdish rebellion led by PUK started Kurds backed
by Soviet Union, Syria,
Iran, Libya
1991 Iraq rejected US French UK proposal for international
police force to deploy
to
Kurdistan
2002 Gen Franks discussed war plans with Rumsfeld who was
afraid Iraq might take
initiative
and launch a pre-emptive attack
2002 Gen Franks briefed NSC on Middle Eastern countries and
their role in
invasion
plans
2002 CIA briefing book on Iraq’s WMD mentioned Iraq-Niger
uranium deal
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim head of SCIRI
returned to Iraq from Iran
2003 Outgoing ORHA head Garner flew to Qatar to brief
incoming CPA head Bremer
on
situation in Iraq
2003 US forces surrounded Iranian opposition group
Mujahadeen e-Khalq camp and
demanded
they disarm
2004 Human Rights Min Turki told Guardian Bremer warned in
2003 about prisoner
abuse by US
soldiers
2004 Blair denied he knew about British forces abusing Iraqi
prisoners
2005 Parliament created 55 member constitution drafting
committee but with no
Sunni
members
2008 Sadr announced ceasefire ending most fighting in Baghdad
Led to many
Special
Groups and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq to flee to Iran
2008 Op Lion’s Roar started in Mosul after Charge of Knights
ended
2010 Kurdish list in Ninewa said open to deal with Hadbaa to
join provincial council
which Kurds
had boycotted since 09
2010 ISI carried out coordinated car bombings in Baghdad
Hillah Iskandiriya Basra
2010 Iranian helicopters attacked Kurdish villages and got
into shootout with
Peshmerga trying to target PJAK
2011 Analyst est Iraq had lost $493 bil 03-11 due to bad
administration planning and
project
delays
2011 Army chief of staff Gen Zebari said US withdrawal would
be bad for security in
Iraq
because ISF not ready to defend country until 2020
2011 Allawi released insulting letter to Maliki
2011 Protest in Mosul demanding US withdrawal release of
prisoners govt reform
2012 KRG complained about Maliki holding cabinet meeting in
Kirkuk Listed all
grievances
with Baghdad over oil Article 140 etc
2012 KRG Natural Resource Min said if Baghdad didn’t deliver
regions’ share of
budget it
would truck oil for exports independently
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