1920 War Min Churchill wrote PM George that British army
over extended in
Mesopotamia and asked whether UK
should give up Mosul province because of costs
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia/Iraq)
1963 Govt forces attacked Dohuk killing 165 Peshmerga
1975 Iran-Iraq signed Reconciliation Treaty to resolve
border issues
1988 Iran launched counterattack in Shalmache, Basra Moved 7
miles into Iraq
1997 UN complained about Iraq’s obstruction of weapons
inspections
1998 UN inspectors met with Iraqi delegation led by Tariq
Aziz over UN inspections
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2002 UK Def Min paper said postwar planning needed to be
made before taking
military
action against Iraq
2003 US ground forces commander Gen McKirenan moved HQ from
Iraq to Florida
Denied US
forces remaining in Iraq intelligence and staff
2003 Gen Eaton arrived in Baghdad to head US training
program for new Iraqi army
2005 US held 2nd secret talk with insurgents in
Balad to try to break them away from
foreign
fighters and Al Qaeda in Iraq
2006 Bush made surprise visit to Baghdad told Maliki US
stood behind him
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey told Bush US had to withdraw and
make Iraqis take
more
responsibility Bush did not agree but went along anyway
2007 ISI bombed Askari shrine in Samarra 2nd time
Used agents in Iraqi police
2007 Sadrists begin boycott of parliament and pulled
ministers from cabinet when
Maliki
refused to set withdrawal date for US
2008 Sadr said that he was turning most of his movement into
social and political
organization
disbanded most of Mahid Army
2008 Maliki said talks over new Status of Forces Agreement
with US at dead end
2010 Iraq Central Bank attacked by ISI dressed in military
uniforms Started
with 7
suicide bombers 25 killed 50 wounded
2011 Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq press
conference on beatings of
protesters
in Baghdad broken up by plain clothes police
2012 ISI bombed Shiite pilgrims and KDP HQ 84 killed total
almost 300
injured
2012 Report Ayatollah Khamenei trying to persuade Sadr to
drop opposition to
Maliki Quds
Force commander Gen Suleimani already failed
2013 SIIC and Sadrists complained State of Law and Loyalty
to Najaf broke deal
and formed
new Najaf govt illegally
2014 Ayatollah Sistani issues fatwa for men to defend
country leading to creation of
Hashd
al-Shaabi
2014 3 Iraqi army divisions disintegrated in collapse of
Mosul Tikrit etc
2014 Peshmerga moved into Sadiya and Jawala, Diyala and
Kirkuk City after ISF fled
2014 North Oil Company shut down oil to Baiji refinery
because of fighting
2014 ISIS demanded that people return to their jobs in Mosul
after taking city
2014 Report up to 25 tankers with ISIS oil travelled into
Kurdish controlled areas
of Tuz
Kharmato per day
2014 Insurgents seized police station in western Ramadi
2014 Badr head Amiri given control of security in Diyala by
Maliki
2014 Report 500 Iranian Revolutionary Guards deployed to
Diyala
2014 Sunni imam and two aides arrested in Baghdad by ISF
later found dead
2015 2nd day of fighting between Hashd and
Peshmerga in Sadiya, Diyala over control
of town
2015 Report top US commanders didn’t want to get more
involved in Iraq war against IS
2015 Protests in Basra demanding governor resign for
corruption
2015 Abadi speech said Hashd non-sectarian under his command
in war against IS
2015 80 US soldiers arrived in Habaniya base Anbar to
support ISF operations in
province
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