1980 Iraq held first parliamentary
elections since end of monarchy in 1958 Baath
won
187 seats Independents 63
1982 Ayatollah Khomeini said Iran-Iraq War would end when
Saddam was out
1987 Peshmerga mounted offensive in Sulaymaniya supported by
Iran
1987 Ali Hassan al-Majid issued order for random attacks on
Kurdish areas to kill as
many people as possible Also said
that any Kurd captured between 15-70 should be interrogated then executed
2004 Interim PM Allawi said special commando units would be
created
2004 Head of 9/11 Commission said Al Qaeda was closer to
Iran and Pakistan than
Iraq
2004 9/11 Comm member said captured Iraqi docs showed 1
Fedayeen Saddam was an
Al Qaeda member Attacked press for
claiming Comm report contradicted Bush admin claims on Iraq-Al Qaeda
connections
2004 White House claimed 9/11 Comm proved its argument of Al
Qaeda-Iraq
ties when
Commission said no cooperation
2005 UK UN diplomat Ross said he saw 4 ½ yrs of intel on
Iraq WMD and it didn’t
support Blair’s
argument for war
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism
Group said Al
Qaeda’s Libi and INC reported Iraq
providing training to Al Qaeda Feb 04 Libi recanted his story which was given
under torture
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism
Group said back
in 1990 Ansar al-Islam was working
on WMD in Kurdistan Ansar not created until 2002
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism
Group said Iraq
supported
Ansar al-Islam Was not true
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism
Group said Iraq
ran terrorist training camp in
Salman Pak with a plane fuselage next to a WMD facility raising fears Iraq
giving terrorists WMD
2006 Was no active WMD facility in Salman Pak and terrorist
training camp was spread
by INC
before invasion
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism
Group said he
believed 9/11 hijacker Atta met
with Iraqi intel in Prague in 2001 and never disproven
2006 2001 Czech intel said Atta-Iraq intel story untrue CIA
FBI 9/11 Commission never
found
evidence of meeting
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy
Counterterrorism Group claimed
2002 NIE was attempt by CIA to win
back debate on Iraq to WMD instead of terrorism
2006 Fmr head State Dept Intel Bureau Carl Ford said
pre-Iraq war intel showed failure
of
tradecraft and analysis of US intel
2006 Car Ford said US got reports of things like Iraq-Niger
uranium story and aluminum
tubes and
failed to analyze and question them thoroughly
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2006 Fmr Dep Dir CIA McLaughlin said that Feith’s Counter
Terror Group found lots of
articles of
Al Qaeda-Iraq meetings but no control or operational connections
2006 Fmr Dep Dir CIA McLaughlin thought Feith’s Pentagon
group was put together to
counter
CIA’s intel on Iraq-Al Qaeda
2006 Fmr CIA bin Laden desk chief Scheuer said Iraq war
devastated CIA’s
counterterrorism
office by draining resources
2006 CIA’s Scheuer said it didn’t see any threat from Iraq
compare to Al Qaeda Said
Dep Sec Def Feith’s office was set
up to counter the CIA’s reporting no ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda
2006 Scheuer headed CIA’s report on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties and
found no relationship
2006 Gen DeLong Gen Frank’s deputy commader at CENTCOM said
he believed Iraq
working
with Ansar al-Islam and Al Qaeda in Kurdistan pre-invasion
2008 Report several insurgent groups reaching out to parties
to try to get involved in
politics
2008 ISF arrested Sadrist deputy governor and 2 councilmen
in Maysan during security
op there vs
Sadrists
(Musings
On Iraq article on Op Promise of Peace)
2008 20 police accused of kidnapping and running death
squads arrested Were
members of
Mahdi Army
2008 Report 4 political parties formed from 2 Anbar
Awakening groups and 2 from
insurgent Islamic
Army
2009 Head of Kurdish list in Ninewa told Bashiqa teachers
they should stop teaching
in Arabic
and switch to Kurdish Dispute with Hadbaa
2009 ISI bombed Shiite mosque killing 73 in Taza Kirkuk
2010 2 car bombs in front of Trade Bank of Iraq in Baghdad
27 killed 55 wounded
2010 Funeral for protester killed in Basra led to march
calling for Maliki to step
down
2010 Ayatollah Najafi issued statement condemning
electricity shortages and supported
right of
people to protest problem
2011 Sadr statement called for arrest and punishment of
ex-Mahdi Army Abu Dura
and his
followers Known as Shiite Zarqawi
2011 Maliki and other political leaders met at Pres
Talabani’s house in Baghdad to
discuss
power sharing
2012 Sadr MP said 3rd term for Maliki would lead
to dictatorship
2012 Sadrist protest in Baghdad claimed govt cracking down
on independent
press
2013 Chevron signed new exploration deal with KRG for work
in Irbil
2013 Gazprom met with Pres Barzani to discuss oil deals in
KRG
2013 Shahristani claimed Iraq’s electricity problems would
be solved by end of year
2013 Election Comm said voter turnout only 35% in Ninewa and
37% in Anbar in
delayed provincial
elections
2014 Tanker sold Kurdish oil to Israel exported through
KRG’s independent pipeline to
Turkey
2014 Fighting between Naqshibandi and ISIS in Hawija killed
17 as IS tried to assert
control
over area
2014 45 bodies found executed by insurgents in Tigris River
in Salahaddin
2014 Turkman leaders in Tuz Kharmato said happy Peshmerga
moved into city but
wanted
power sharing
2014 Sistani spokesman called for new govt that “avoids past
mistakes” Most took
that as
criticism of Maliki
2015 Hashd killed a Kurdish civilian in a car leading to
gunfight between Hashd
and
Peshmerga in Tuz Kharmato
2015 Civil group claimed Peshmerga killing civilians and
displacing people in
Diyala’s
Khanaqin Dist
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