1925 UK Colonial Secretary wrote Arab elites knew Iraq was
being held
together by
British
1935 Iraq air force bombed rebel villages in Diwaniya held
by Abu Hassan Bani
Zurayij
and Zawalim tribes
1941 British forces left Haifa, Palestine heading for
Habaniya, Anbar
1941 More British planes landed as reinforcements at
Habaniya air base
1941 German military aid began arriving from Syria by train
Stored in Mosul but
never used
1941 German diplomat Dr. Grobba arrived in Baghdad along
with 3 German planes and
20,000
Pounds for PM Gaylani
1985 Iran launched attack into southern Iraq marshes to
seize Basra-Baghdad highway
Iran-Iraq
War
1991 UK PM Major said was against ending UN sanctions on
Iraq until Saddam
overthrown
1991 CIA hired Rendon Group for propaganda ops in Iraq Would
help create Iraqi
National
Congress
2002 Gen Frans briefed Bush on war plans Said he would
attack Iraq on 5 fronts
west south
north information front Baghdad by air
2003 UK envoy to Iraq said US had no leadership no strategy
for rebuilding Iraq
2003 Report US military team searching for Iraq’s WMD found
nothing
2003 UN report Iraq farming could collapse threatening
widespread hunger
2004 Zarqawi released video of himself beheading US hostage
Nick Berg Zarqawi
claimed
revenge for Abu Ghraib abuses
2004 Bush put training of new Iraqi security forces under
CENTCOM
2004 Bush signed NSPP 35 okayed 1st interagency
plan to rebuild Iraq Happened year
after
invasion ended
2004 Bush signed NSPP 36 giving State Dept control of Iraq
after CPA closed
2004 Conspiracy theorist Mylroie claimed 9/11 hijacker Atta
met with Iraqi intel in
Prague in
2001 after story discredited
2004 Report Red Cross pointed out only 600 out of 43,000
Iraqis arrested by US in 03
went to
court
2005 Congress approved $5.3 bil to rebuild Iraqi security
forces
2010 US arrested Kataib Hezbollah commander accused of
attacking US and Iraq forces
2010 Report that Gen Suleimani helped negotiate State of
Law-National Alliance
merger into
National Coalition
2011 Maliki said US forces could stay past end of year if
ruling parties agreed
2011 Tribes in Basra threatened revolt if US forces stayed
past end of year
2012 Maliki said Turkey was not respecting Iraq
2014 Gen Austin and US diplomats met Maliki who asked for
drones and air strikes
Obama
turned him down
2014 Protest in Basra about lack of electricity
2015 Kataib Hezbollah attacked SIIC office in Basra accusing
official of corruption
2016 3 suicide car bombs in Baghdad killed 113 wounded 187
Deadliest day in years
in Iraq
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