1941 2nd trainload of German military aid arrived
from Syria Stored in Mosul
but never
used
1941 12 Italian planes landed in Kirkuk from Syria to
operate under Germans
Immediately
attacked British forces in Anbar
1941 Mussolini met with German military attache and
expressed concern about Iraq
Asked
whether Belin would give substantive or symbolic support to Iraq
1941 Mussolini told German military attache Iraq could turn
tide in Mediterranean
Attache
said Berlin serious about Iraq
1964 Pres Arif established Joint Presidency Council with
Egypt in failed attempt to
unite 2
countries under pan-Arabism
2002 During trip to France Bush said he had no Iraq war
plans
2004 NYTimes said some of its reporting on Iraq before war
was questionable and not
sufficiently
vetted
2005 PM Jaafari said govt would crackdown on those taking
law into their own hands
in response
to reports of Shiite death squads
2006 Pentagon report to Congress on Iraq said insurgency had
not started civil war
Said violence
only in 4 provinces Said insurgency would decline in early 2007
2006 Sec State Rice said 48 US govt workers signed up to
work in Iraq Gen Casey said
not enough
Rice told him he was out of line
2006 Report Maliki wanted to increase number of Iraqi forces
from 250,000 to 325,000
by end of
year Was trying to purge militias from Iraqi forces
2006 Report Maliki wanted Iraqi forces to control all of
Iraq’s provinces except Baghdad
and Anbar
by end of 2006
2008 US military reported attacks in Iraq at lowest level
since May 2004
2008 Iraq brokered deal to have quicker release of Iraqi
prisoners Year later Iraq
would
complain about releases increasing terrorism
2008 ISI elements that that fled Mosul during govt crackdown
began attacking Yazidis
in Sinjar
2009 Integrity Comm head attacked Maliki for allowing Trade Min
Sudani to resign
Said it
helped him escape questioning for corruption
2011 Inter Min Explosive head Gen Jabri released after
arrested for involvement in
buying fake
bomb detectors
2011 ISI killed Accountability & Justice Comm head Ali
al-Lami in east Mosul
2011 Sadr told BBC that his militia was attacking US forces
as they were withdrawing from Iraq
2011 Sadrists held rally in Baghdad against US occupation
2015 IS executed Iraqi soldiers from Sadr City in Fallujah
Hung him from bridge
Hashd used
it to justify attacking city in July
2015 Report over 400 buildings in Dour district in Tikrit
destroyed by Hashd after
city freed
2016 Abadi called on reform protests to stop due to Fallujah
operation
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