1941 Another British brigade landed in Basra to help secure Iraq
after
Anglo-Iraq
War
1979 Pres Assad arrived in Baghdad for more talks on
unifying Iraq and Syria
Came up
with United Arab Republic but disagreed on details
1979 Assad became mad at Iraqi demands and left ending talks
of unification Saddam
was key in
undermining talks Was afraid of lesser position within unified govt
1981 Iraq and Iran held 1st prisoner swap set up
by Red Cross during Iran-Iraq War
1991 Barzani said deal made with Baghdad over Kurdish
autonomy Talabani said not to
trust
Saddam
1992 Most of the Iraqi opposition met in Vienna Led to creation
of Iraqi National
Congress as umbrella organization Used
quotas 1st time to break up representatives by ideology and ethnosectarian
identity
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1992 Vienna conference)
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1992 Vienna conference)
2003 Gen Abizaid CENTCOM commander said that US was facing
classic insurgency in
Iraq White
House had been denying that
2003 Bremer said Development Fund for Iraq money could be
used by military for local
reconstruction
projects
2003 Bremer said failure to capture Saddam was helping
resistance and making Iraqis
scared to
help Coalition
2003 Head UN Inspector Blix said empty 122mm WMD artillery
shells were from
1980s after
US said they could be part of stocks
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2003 Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance 1st
US administration for
Iraq
officially closed
2004 Gen Accounting Office report Pentagon didn’t have good
planning or oversight
of
reconstruction projects in Iraq leading to cost overruns
2004 CIA adv told 9/11 Comm 1998 indictment that charged
Iraq and Al Qaeda agreed
to
cooperate in Sudan proved false
2004 CIA adv told 9/11 Comm that Al Qaeda was suspicious of
Saddam’s secular govt
2004 CIA adv told 9/11 Comm in 90s Iraq and Al Qaeda tried
to work out non-
interference
pact and talked about cooperation
2004 CIA adv told 9/11 Comm in 1999 report said if Saddam
wanted to attack US he
would
probably use Al Qaeda
2004 9/11 Comm said no operational relationship between Iraq
and Al Qaeda
Had
contacts but no cooperation
2004 9/11 Comm said 1994 bin Laden asked for Iraq’s help
with operations but never
got
response
2004 9/11 Comm said Iraq and Al Qaeda talked about
cooperation in Sudan in 1996 but
nothing
came of it
2004 9/11 Comm didn’t believe story that 9/11 hijacker Atta
met with Iraqi
intel
officer in Prague
2004 Powell said administration stuck by claim of Iraq-Al
Qaeda relationship
2004 White House said 9/11 Comm didn’t contradict admin
claims because it never
said Iraq
behind 9/11
2004 White House said Zarqawi being in Iraq before 03
invasion proved Saddam gave
safe haven
to Al Qaeda members
2005 Decision made to include Sunnis on constitutional
committee under heavy
US pressure
2005 Report Tehran cracking down on Zarqawi’s network in
Iran
2005 US diplomat in Mosul documented abuses of Inter Min Wolf
Brigade including
torture
beatings not releasing prisoners
2005 Report US declared Tal Afar cleared of insurgents in
Oct 04 but had to return in
May 05
2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council kidnapped 2 US soldiers in
Baghdad in revenge for
US troops raping
Iraqi girl and killing her and her family
2006 Kidnapping of 2 US soldiers derailed Iraq’s Operation
Together Forward to
secure Baghdad
2006 Bush told Iraq Study Group Maliki was going to solve
problems in Iraq and
Gen Casey
had situation under control
2006 Battle of Ramadi began with setting up 2 combat
outposts in southern section of
city
2007 Operation Phantom Thunder which was overreaching name
of a series of operations
began
2007 US deployed 4 brigades for operation going along Tigris
River near Arab Jabour
in south Baghdad known for
producing car bombs and had not had US forces in 3 years
2007 US cleared Salman Pak in Baghdad and tried to stop
insurgents from moving to
Baquba in
Diyala
2007 US forces in Taji north Baghdad tried to stop
insurgents fleeing Baghdad to
Salahaddin Also operations in
Adhamiya Rasheed Mansour neighborhoods of Baghdad
2008 Maliki gave ultimatum to militiamen to hand over
weapons in Amarah, Maysan
aimed at
Mahdi Army
2008 Sadrists said they would run in provincial elections
but not as a party
2009 43 police had been arrested for abuse in prisons Done
to placate Sadrists
complaining
about abuse of their followers
2010 Turkey sent troops into Kurdistan and bombed areas
chasing PKK fighters
after
attack on Turkish army base
2010 State of Law and National Alliance in talks to try to
limit powers of next
PM in
negotiations to form new govt
2010 Maliki met with Kurdish list claiming he would
implement Article 140 on
Kirkuk and
disputed areas
2011 Maliki gave TV speech saying militias had infiltrated
Interior Ministry and
carried out
assassinations
2011 Maliki said Baghdad protests were illegal and
threatened security
2011 Maliki said ISF would not be ready to secure Iraq after
US forces withdrew
at end of
year
2012 2 car bombs hit Shiite pilgrims heading for Kadhimiya,
Baghdad 32 killed
67 injured
2012 Sadr said that removing Maliki was God’s will but he
was already backing off
no
confidence vote due to Iranian pressure
2012 Sadrists and State of Law in talks to try to end no
confidence move against Maliki
2012 Kurdish list said their goal was still to remove Maliki
2013 Security op in Anbar to prepare for elections
criticized for arbitrary arrests and
raids
2013 Car bombs in Najaf and Wasit, IED in Basra
2013 KDP and PUK agreed to delay KRG presidential elections
supposed to happen Sep
2013 until
issues of Barzani’s term resolved
2013 Sadr-SIIC alliance won governor and head of council in
new Wasit govt
2013 State of Law-Solidarity alliance won governor and head
of council in Dhi Qar
2014 All work at Baiji refinery shut down because of insurgency
2014 US and Iranian diplomats met to discuss Iraq and ISIS
2014 275 U.S. troops sent to Iraq to help with war vs ISIS
2014 ISIS issued orders to start destroying churches in
Mosul
2014 12 insurgents killed in fighting between Naqshibandi
and ISIS for control of Mosul
2014 Insurgent Military Council in charge of Mosul
criticized ISIS for trying to
establish control
over city
2014 ISIS seized Hawija, Kirkuk
2014 Badr killed 51 prisoners in Tal Afar prison
2014 Hashd killed 50 prisoners at Baquba police station
2014 KRG asked for 25% of Iraqi budget claiming its
population had grown
2014 Maliki loyalist MP Fatlawi blamed Kurds for helping
insurgents take Mosul
2014 Liwa Abu Fadhl al-Abbas Iraqi
militia in Syria sets up branch in Iraq and
deployed
1500 fighters to Samarra
2014 KRG Premier Barzani went to
Tehran to assure it about its seizure of Kirkuk
and
disputed areas
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