1915 British forces captured Amarah after convincing Ottoman
garrison to
surrender
1941 3rd train load of German military aid
arrived from Syria Stored in Mosul after
war ended
1941 British troops occupied Mosul after overthrowing PM
Gaylani govt
1944 Hamdi al-Pachachi became premier of Iraq
1950 Grenade attack in Jewish neighborhood of Baghdad 3rd
of 7 such attacks on Jews
1950-51
1982 Iraqi intelligence made attempt on life of Israeli amb
to UK using Abu Nidal
terrorist
group
1982 Evidence Iraq tried to provoke Israeli invasion of
Lebanon to end Iran-Iraq
War by
uniting countries vs Israel
1991 Survey found Gulf War damage to Iraq infrastructure far
more than originally
claimed
Destroyed most of electrical grid
1991 Protests and clashes continued in 3 Kurdish cities
Dohuk 4 Kurs and 2 Baath
officials
killed
1998 Inspector report to UN Iraq not accounted for missiles
warheads VX amounts of
ingredients and final products made
from them Russia France China refused to approve the report
2001 Saudi Amb to US Prince Bandar gave presentation to Bush
saying Saddam taking
advantage
of instability in Middle East
2002 Gen Franks briefed Rumsfeld on new Running Start war
plan to begin before all
forces in
theater Rumsfeld liked new war plan and wanted more on it
2003 Sadrist march in Baghdad against US occupation
2003 Iraqi nuke scientist who day before turned over centrifuge
plans to CIA arrested
by US
Special Forces
2004 US forces attacked Mahdi Army at Kufa mosque
2004 US began extending tours of US units serving in Iraq to
maintain troop levels
2005 US held secret talks with insurgents in Balad to try to
break them away from
foreign
fighters and Al Qaeda in Iraq
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq kidnapped and killed 4 Russian
diplomats in Iraq
2007 US claimed Iranian arms shipments to militias in Iraq
increasing including
large
caliber rockets
2010 Pres Barzani went to Turkey for first time in 6 years
Said he would stop PKK
operations
2011 Suicide bomber in mosque in Tikrit during Friday
prayers and then suicide
bomber on
hospital where casualties taken
2011 Diyala governor threatened to resign if federal troops continued
to carry out raids
and arrests
in province
2011 Maliki led raid on Trade Bank of Iraq after it refused
to back deal he brokered with
S. Korean
company
2011 VP Hashemi accused Maliki of monopolizing power
2011 Protest in Baghdad for better services
2012 Dep PM Mutlaq said no confidence vote against Maliki
would reflect
popular
mood in Iraq
2012 Sadrists again said they supported no confidence vote
against Maliki
2012 Ayatollah Haeri issued fatwa against voting for secular
candidates as pressure
on Sadr to
drop no confidence vote vs Maliki
2013 Shahristani claimed Iraq’s electricity crisis would be
solved by end of year
2013 Protests over lack of electricity started in Nasiriyah
2013 Kirkuk governor said all the displaced Arabs in
province fleeing violence
should be
made to leave
2013 Sadr issued statement accusing Asaib Ahl Al-Haq of
trying to assassinate
one of his
aides
2014 11 tribes in Fallujah district declared war on ISIS
2015 IS held ceremony in Ramadi where sheikhs gave it baya
2015 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq asked govt to give its men immunity
before it attacked
Fallujah
2015 Badr MP called for Fallujah to be destroyed
2015 Badr’s Amiri blamed Abadi for fall of Ramadi claiming
he listened to US and kept
Hashd out
of fight
2016 Govt shut down social media in Baghdad to try to stop
organizing protests
2016 Protests in Baghdad Babil Karbala Dhi Qar Qadisiyah
Najaf Basra demanding
political reform
2016 Reports Federal Police and Hashd executed displaced
fleeing IS from Sjar, Anbar
2016 Large number of displaced from Saqlawiya stopped by
Hashd 1,300 men taken
away and beaten and tortured 643
men detained by Hashd in Saqlawiya never seen again
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