1941 German planes attacked British forces in Fallujah Iraqi
artillery shelled
Town
1941 UK Mid-East cmdr Gen Wavell and Indian cmdr Gen
Auchinlek met in Basra
Decided to
send forces to Baghdad and more to be sent from India to Iraq
1969 Pres Bakr offered
self-determination to Kurds
1982 Iraq invoked Arab League 1950 defense agreement to get
military aid from
members Got
nothing League divided over war
1988 Iraq launched offensive to re-capture all of its lost
territory from Iran
1988 Towns in Balisan Valley, Sulamaniya hit by chemical
weapons in 5th Anfal
campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1991 For third time Kurds attacked police station in Zakho
2002 During trip to Germany Bush said he had no Iraq war
plans
2003 Bush said he supported Bremer’s political plan for Iraq
2003 CPA Order 2 disbanded Iraqi military
2003 Congress asked CIA to look into its pre-war intel on
WMD after none found
2004 Sadr’s brother in law Riyadh Nouri arrested
2005 Sunni MPs accused Badr Brigade of carrying out
sectarian killings
2007 Dep PM Zubaie wounded by suicide bomber
2008 Clerics denied Sistani issued fatwa allowing attacks on
U.S. forces
2010 ISF blamed U.S. releasing prisoners for increase in
violence In 2008 Maliki had
negotiated
quicker release of prisoners by US
2011 Adviser to Diyala governor arrested by Maliki to
intimidate province to not
move
towards federal region
2012 Iraq hosted nuclear talks between Iran and six
countries
2013 Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri said that Baghdadi was wrong for
declaring ISIS without
asking
permission first
2013 Mutahidun accused Maliki of supporting militias and
targeting civilians
2013 Sheikh Hayes said Ramadi protesters had 2 days to turn
over those who killed
5 soldiers
2013 State of Law offered SIIC control of 3 southern
provinces in return for control of
Basra SIIC
turned down offer
2014 Babil Operations Command claimed Jurf al-Sakhr freed from
IS Would not be
liberated until
Oct 2014
2014 Gorran accused PUK of cheating in Sulaymaniya vote
2014 KRG said it sold 1st tanker of independent
oil exports Oil Ministry filed legal
papers over
sale
2015 Report Iranians operating rockets, artillery and drones
in Baiji operation
2016 Final campaign to liberate Fallujah started Five weeks
later city would be freed
2017 Der Spiegel article on abuse and torture by Rapid
Reaction Division unit during
Mosul campaign Unit denied story
released video of its victims denying that they had been abused Attacked author
2017 Joint Operations Command claimed Der Spiegal story of
abuse during Mosul
campaign made up and if any torture
had taken place magazine was partly responsible
2017 Hashd freed Qairawan subdistrict of Sinjar Ninewa
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