1921 Gertrude Bell wrote US diplomat that England carried
King Faisal on its
shoulders
into power
1979 22 coup plotters sentenced to death 33 others given
prison time
1982 Dawa bombed Planning Ministry in Baghdad
1990 Iraq walked out on talks with Kuwait held in Saudi
Arabia Kuwait offered to
cancel Iraq’s oil debts worth
$14-$15 bil and lease Werba Island Kuwait and Saudis offered to pay $10 bil to
Iraq for ending dispute Iraq said no and demanded $27 bil
1990 Revolutionary Command Council and Regional Command met
to hear about
meeting
with Kuwait No progress Invasion order given
1990 US intelligence found Iraq moved divisions within 3
miles of Kuwait border
1990 Chief DIA analyst for Middle East believed Iraq would
invade Kuwait CIA
thought
invasion imminent
1990 Pentagon meeting including SecDef Cheney and Joint
Chiefs head Gen Powell
agreed Iraq
would not invade Kuwait
1990 NSC Deputies Committee decided Iraq was going to invade
Kuwait after artillery
units detected Committee said Bush
should send Saddam warning not to invade Kuwait
1990 NSC’s Haas convinced Natl Sec Adv Scowcroft to talk to
Bush about warning
Saddam not
to invade Kuwait
1990 NSC’s Haas and NatlSecAdv Scowcroft convinced Bush to
call Saddam to warn
him about
invading Kuwait Then got news of invasion
2001 Paper on increasing pressure on Saddam and supporting
Iraqi opposition
presented to
NSC
2002 Senate Foreign Relations Committee began hearings on
possible postwar Iraq
Scenarios Senator Biden warned that
unless US gained international support it could spend $70-$80 bil rebuilding
Iraq
2002 Iraq invited Chief UN Inspector Blix to Baghdad for
talks about new inspection
regime
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2002 CIA made 1st paper explaining assessment of
aluminum tubes Said they were for
nuclear
program Said high specifications showed they were for centrifuges
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2002 Clinton’s National Security Adviser Sandy Berger OpEd
in Washington Post said
just because U.S. could overthrow
Iraq didn't mean it should do it Berger said power did not mean legitimacy
2003 New US training program to rebuild Iraq’s army began
2003 After trip to Iraq DepDefSec Wolfowitz said most Iraqis
glad US liberated them
from Saddam Said US commanders
rejected more troops to help secure Iraq Said Iraq could pay for its own
reconstruction using oil and frozen assets Said invading Iraq was crucial to
fight international terrorism Said invasion of Iraq and creating democracy
could be start of transforming entire Middle East
2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq bombed 6 churches in Baghdad and Mosul
12 killed 71 wounded
2005 Battle of Haditha began
2005 Oil Minister Uloom announced gas cooking gas and
kerosene rationing to ease to
help with shortages
2005 Constitution commission said it was deadlocked because
didn’t have authority
to make
major decisions
2005 Ex-CIA officer claimed spring 01 received intelligence
that Iraq had ended its
uranium
enrichment program years ago
2006 NY Times reported 3,438 civilians killed in July
2007 Iraqi Accordance Front withdrew 6 ministers from
cabinet claiming Maliki was
excluding
them from govt that PM was sectarian and no reconciliation
(Musings
On Iraq article on Accordance Front boycott)
2012 Russia’s Gazprom signed deal for 2 oil blocks in KRG
2012 KRG said it would restart oil exports for Baghdad to
try to get a new revenue
deal with
the central govt
2015 Protests in Basra and Karbala over lack of electricity
and services
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