1937 Iraq-Iran Frontier Treaty signed attempting to resolve
long standing border
dispute Iraq
given most of Shatt al-Arab
1937 Political instability in Iraq and WW2 meant Iraq-Iran
Frontier Treaty never
implemented
1937 Iraq-Iran Frontier Treaty angered pan-Arabists and
helped lead to 1938 coup by
Golden
Square officers
1940 Regent of Iraq asked England to occupy Syria that had
joined Vichy France so that
pan-Arab
union could be formed of Iraq Syria and other Arab countries
1969 Iraq signed technical agreement with Soviets to help
with oil
1986 Iraqis launched counter attack but failed to retake
Mehran, Iran
1991 Parliament passed law allowing opposition parties but
with restrictions on their
activities
1992 Kurdistan Regional Government formed in safe zone
1994 Barzani and Talabani announced they were still unified
against Iraqi govt while
PUK and KDP
were in middle of civil war
1995 Turkey launched new operation to attack PKK in northern
Kurdistan
1998 IAEA report to UN Iraq did not have nuclear weapons
Iraqi scientists had not given
complete
access IAEA would focus upon long term monitoring
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2003 Marines in control of Najaf set provincial elections
for this date but were
cancelled
by CPA
2003 US arrested 32 Turkish special forces in Sulaymaniya
Accused them of plotting
to
assassinate Kurdish officials
2003 Arrest of Turkish Special forces led to protests in
Turkey and bombing of US
consulate
in Istanbul
2003 Saddam tape aired on Al Jazeera Blamed US and UK for
destroying Iraq looking
for WMD that didn’t exist Saddam
said he would lead resistance to occupation of Iraq
2005 US found 170 prisoners at secret prison in Baghdad run
by Interior Min
Were told
to leave it alone by commanders
2006 Abu Risha tribe in Ramadi district made first police
recruiting drive
2006 Bush told US troops they were winning war in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 US captured ISI media emir Mashadani Told US lie that
Abu Omar Baghdadi was
a fake and
ISI still under Al Qaeda control
2014 Baghdadi declared caliphate from Nouri Mosque Mosul ISIS
would now be Islamic
State He
was Caliph Ibrahim
2014 1st issue of IS’s English language Dabiq
magazine came out saying caliphate was
a de facto
state
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