1940 Iraq For Min Said said England and France should grant
Syria and
Palestine Independence
to counter Axis propaganda
1941 Hitler Order 30 Germany would support Arabs against
British especially in Iraq
1948 Iraqi forces took Geulim and reached Kfar Yona and Ein
Vered 1st Arab-
Israeli War
1983 7,000 Turkish troops moved 18 mi into Kurdistan to
attack PKK bases Iraq and
Turkey had
agreement to allow cross border ops vs Kurds
1988 Iraq using chemical weapons pushed Iran out of
Shalmache bridgehead in
Basra
1999 Clinton Natl Sec Adv Berger met with 7 Iraqi opposition
parties receiving US
funds Told
them president wanted Saddam removed by end of his term
2003 5,000 Iraqis protested outside Green Zone demanding a
new govt security
salaries
for soldiers
2003 CPA order 5 created DeBaathification Council Would be
run by Ahmed Chalabi
2003 Inspection team examined 2 captured trailers Immediately
found they were not
mobile WMD
labs as originally thought
2003 Kirkuk council elected 6 members then arrested by US
for alleged Baathist
ties
2007 Ret Gen Keane told VP Cheney Surge needed to be
sustained until 2008
2008 Report insurgents fled to Tikrit and Ramadi during
Mother of Two Springs
operation
in Mosul
2008 Mayor of Mosul escaped 4th bombing attempt on his life
in 10 days
2008 USAmb Crocker said ISI had been severely disrupted in
Iraq
2008 US and ISF conduct weapons searches in Sadr City
Arrested 200 Mahdi Army
militiamen
in Amil and Baya
2008 Report Sadrists paid $300 for anyone that attacked
British forces in Basra Money
came from
Iran
2009 Maliki accepted resignation of Trade Min Sudani charged
with corruption
2011 Iraq ranked 2nd to last in Global Peace
Index
2011 Dep PM Shahristani said Iraq could not defend itself
after US withdrawal at
end of year
2012 Dawa held march in Baghdad to support Maliki during no
confidence drive
against him
2012 Baghdad said that all Kurdish oil deals with Turkey had
to be approved by the
central
govt
2013 Mutahidun accused Maliki of backing militias with
government money
2014 Anbar Operations Command claimed 90% of Ramadi freed
ISIS still occupied
major parts
of city
2014 Anbar Operations Command said 40 attempts to take
Fallujah from Jan-May
2014 and
all failed
2014 Sadrists threatened to go into opposition if Maliki got
3rd term as PM
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