1920 War Min Churchill wrote UK Cabinet that he was ready to
give up Mosul
province to
save costs
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia/Iraq)
1947 Mustafa Barzani revolt against govt put down and he
fled to Soviet Union
1957 PM Nuri al-Said made cover
of Time magazine
1966 KDP defeated govt forces near Hendrin
1966 PM Bazzaz made national speech saying Baghdad ready to
recognize Kurdish
nationalism
and rights
1968 Amid growing anti-Arif govt activity PM Yahya resigned
but was asked to stay
on
1994 Fighting broke out between PUK and KDP in Sulaymaniya
during funeral
leaving 12
dead more than 40 wounded
2003 Sadrist march in Basra against British occupation
2003 US scheduled elections for Najaf cancelled because
worried Sadrists might win
2003 Report British looked at captured Iraq trailers and
found not mobile WMD labs
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2003 Gen Sanchez became commander of Coalition forces in
Iraq
2003 Sr British official said that the CPA was chaotic
2003 US started Op Desert Scorpion to hunt down insurgents from
Baghdad to Kirkuk
2004 Bush said Zarqawi was best evidence that Saddam had
connections to Al Qaeda
2004 Powell said White House stuck with claims of Iraq-Al
Qaeda connections
2005 Report US recorded Peshmerga arresting hundreds of
Arabs and Turkmen in
Kirkuk and
putting them in KRG prisons
2006 Marine report murder of Iraqi civilians was covered up
by unit and commanders
didn’t show
any interest in investigating
2008 Report Sadr creating new militia units to attack US
forces
2009 Gen Odierno said foreign fighters coming to Iraq down
and Syria trying to
regulate
border
2010 1st session of new parliament held to meet
deadline Was supposed to elect new
speaker but
didn’t because of political disputes
2011 KRG opposition parties welcomed Pres Barzani’s reform
proposals Never
followed
through with
2011 Sadrists dared Maliki to try to form a majority govt
2012 Sadrist MP said movement now not for removing Maliki
anymore after pressure
from Iran
2013 ISIS’ Baghdadi said he would not follow Al Qaeda’s
Zawahiri’s decision to break
with Al-Nusra Front in Syria
2013 New Baghdad govt announced State of Law shut out of
major positions by
Sadrists
Supreme Council Mutahidun State of Law won governorship of Babil
2014 Baghdadi
issued audio message saying ISIS was going to create caliphate
2014 ISIS began posting pictures online of Camp Speicher
massacre
2014 Insurgents attacked power plant that supplied
electricity to most of Anbar Driven
off
2014 Insurgents attacked and turned back at Tal Afar, Ninewa
50 prisoners executed in
Tal Afar by
govt forces
2014 ISF fled Qara Tapa, Diyala and peshmerga moved in
2014 Yazidi leader in Sinjar district asked KRG for
protection from insurgents
2014 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq leader Khazali blamed ISIS Baathists
Kurds regional countries
for
security crisis in Iraq
2015 First displaced families returned to Tikrit after its
liberation
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