1920 British worked out ceasefire with Iraqi rebels to end
siege of Abu Sukhair
1925 Frontier Commission report to League of Nations on
where border between Turkey
and UK controlled Iraq should be Said
Mosul vilyat should be in Iraq after British seized it after WW1 armistice
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
1951 Iraq made last payment to Turkey of oil revenues in
return for giving up claims
to Mosul
after WWI
1958 Gen. Qasim sent delegation to meet with Gen. Nasser of
Egypt to talk uniting 2
countries
1968 Baath coup overthrew Pres Arif Gen Bakr became
president Col Naif premier
and Col Daud Defense Minister
1968 Saddam had lawyer Shawkat executed in Baghdad for
refusing him money in
1966
1973 Baath created National Progressive Front with
Communists
1973 Pres Bakr claimed govt had implemented most of autonomy
plan for Kurds but
Kurds were
undermining it
1975 Pres Bakr on 7th anniversary of Baath coup
said Iraq would reach out to Gulf
countries
to improve relations
1978 Saddam interview with Newsweek said Palestinians could
come to Iraq to plan
terrorist
attacks
1979 Public celebrations held for Saddam’s election to
presidency
1979 Saddam called for Iraqi-Iranian friendship after
Iranian Revolution
1980 Iraqi govt took out ad in NY Times praising Saddam’s
rule and comparing him to
Abbasid
caliphate
1988 Saddam speech at 20th anniversary of Baath
seizing power Said Iraq wanted
to end Iran-Iraq
War
1988 Iran told UN it would accept ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War
if both sides withdrew
from each
others’ territory
1990 Saddam accused Kuwait and UAE of overproducing oil Said
some Gulf states were
working with US against Iraq Said
if Gulf states didn’t change their policies Iraq would take action to protect its
interests Said Iraq would protect itself from Israeli aggression
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saddam’s motivation for threatening Israel before the
Kuwait invasion)
1995 PUK accused KDP of working with Iraqi army to attack
Irbil
2001 Saddam speech on anniversary of Baath coup said tyrants
would not be able to
overthrow
him and he would not be defeated
2002 34th anniversary of Baath coup Saddam gave
speech saying he would defeat all
the
powerful and evil people arrayed against him
2002 Iraq issued arrest warrant for Zarqawi who had been
traveling through the
country from
Iran
2002 Rumsfeld told Gen Franks projected war preparations
costs by 12/1/02 would be
around $700 mil US was expanding
air fields and pre-positioning fuel in northern section of Kuwait
2003 CENTCOM cmdr Gen Abizaid said US facing classic guerrilla
war in Iraq
2003 Saddam tape aired on Al Arabiya TV on anniversary of
Baath coup Said Bush and
Blair lied
to justify war Condemned Iraqi Governing Council
2003 Report Pentagon set up its own intelligence office on
Iraq before war
2003 Time reporter govt officials told him fmr Amb Wilson’s
wife was CIA official
Talked with Cheney Chief of Staff
Libby about matter beforehand Libby leaking information about Wilson’s wife in
attempt to discredit him for opposing Iraq-Niger uranium story White House
promoted
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 Gen Moseley 02-03 US-UK aircraft conducted 21,736
sorties and dropped more than
600 bombs on 391 targets Air raids
were part No Fly zones but were aimed at weakening Iraqi defense before 03
invasion
2005 Iraqi court filed charges against Saddam for executing
people in Dujail in 1982
2005 Shiite MP Khuzai said time to bring back militias
because Interior and Defense
Ministries
had failed to stop terrorism
2005 Iraq-Iran deal signed for $1 bil line of credit to buy
Iranian products
2005 Report Bush signed and then rescinded order to provide
covert aid to candidates
in Iraq’s
2005 Jan elections
2005 Congressional Budget Office reported military and
reconstruction spending on
Iraq cost
U.S. $218.2 bil 03-05
2007 Truck bomb in Amerli Salahaddin killed 156
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