1922 Cleric Khalisi informed southern tribes British were
trying to get their
way in new
Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1941 Mufti of Jerusalem told Italians Arab revolt hinged on
Iraq and it needed more
support
1980 Iraq backed failed coup vs Khomeini in Iran
1982 Iran’s Op Beit al-Moqaddas ended with Iraqi forces
pushed back to Iran-Iraq
border in Khuzistan province 12,000-15,000
Iraqis captured Iran regained 2077 sq mi of Iranian land
1982 Israeli press reported US sent arms to Egypt which were
then sold to Iraq
1990 US National
Security Council deputies meeting told that US still sharing
intelligence
with Iraq
1999 Sec State Albright met with 7 Iraqi opposition groups
receiving US funds Said US
would
provide them nonlethal aid
2002 Rumsfeld issued order to Joint Chiefs to begin Phase
Four postwar planning
for Iraq
2004 Bush said US would stay the course in Iraq and move
towards returning
sovereignty
and creating democracy in Iraq
2005 SCIRI’s Hammoudi named head of constitutional drafting
committee
2006 Joint Chiefs intel report said insurgency enduring
despite political progress and
growth of
ISF
2006 Report police and army full of militias insurgents and
criminals carrying out
abuses and
sectarian violence
2006 Report US officials and military apologized for former
Inter Min Jabr from ISCI
and Badr
saying they weren’t responsible for police abuses
2006 Maliki said he wanted to reign in militias and
demobilize them Went to Najaf to
try to get
Ayatollah Sistani to make statements against militias
2006 Iraqi Army’s 16th Brigade in charge of Dora
south Baghdad ran death squads and
assassinations
in conjunction with insurgents Killed its own commander
2007 Sheikh
Issawi assassinated and funeral hit by suicide bomber in Anbar
leading to parts of his tribe to
join fight against ISI in Fallujah
2009 Hashemi resigned as head of Islamic Party
2011 Anbar councilman blamed Syria for allowing insurgents
to cross its
border into
Iraq
2011 Trade Min Sudani accused of wasting $245 mil while in
office
2011 Report US forces coming under increased attacks as
withdrawal date at end of
year
approached
2011 US Def Sec Gates went to Iraq to lobby for US troop
presence past end of year
2012 KRG PM Barzani said that if Baghdad cut off fuel
deliveries KRG would
export oil
independently
2012 Sadr asked National Alliance to replace Maliki
2013 Integrity Comm said it was opening investigation into buying
fake bomb
detectors
Went nowhere
2013 Clash at Ramadi protest site between those for and
against turning Anbar
into
federal region
2013 Imam at Mosul protest site argued for making Ninewa
federal region
2013 Sadrist killed fighting in Syria had funeral attended
by movement members
showing
Sadr’s participation in Syria war
2015 Iranian Ground Forces commander said Iranian military
moved 40km into
Diyala to
protect border from IS
2015 KRG claimed it met its oil export quota set in 2015
budget and therefore
should
receive it full monthly payment from Baghdad
2015 US Def Sec Carter questioned Iraqis’ will to fight
after Ramadi fell to IS
2017 Interior Min announced investigation into abuses by
Iraqi forces during Mosul
campaign in
response to Der Spiegel article Nothing came of it
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