1918 UK For Sec Balfour British war in Mespotamia should be justified
by
securing water that would also give
it control of oil Balfour’s statement prompted Premier Lloyd George to call for
British to seize Ottoman’s Mosul province
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
1933 Assyrians in Zakho and Sumail were attacked by Iraqi
army led by Gen Sidqi One
group massacred sheltering in
police station in Sumail 300 killed Another 40 Assyrian villages attacked and
600 more killed mostly by Kurds Iraqi govt considered Assyrians foreigners and
tools of British imperialism for their service in the British Levies
1937 Gen Bakr Sidqi head of 1936 coup was assassinated in
Mosul by pan-Arab
rivals in
military
1937 PM Sulaiman ordered Mosul garrison commander Gen Umari
to arrest officers
responsible
for Gen Sidqi’s assassination He refused order
1987 Iran told UN that Resolution 598 only included Iraq’s
view of war
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The
Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
1991 US flew U2 spy plane over Iraq claiming it was for UN
inspectors
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1992 U.N. Iraq Rapporteur went to Security Council about
Iraq draining southern
marshes and
new counterinsurgency campaign against rebels in south
1992 UK France US condemned Iraq campaign to clear southern
marshes and warned
of possible
consequences
1995 Saddam gave speech denouncing son-in-law Hussein Kamal
for defecting to
Jordan Said
he stole millions and spied for the CIA
1995 Ali Hassan al-Majid issued statement saying Hussein
Kamal was a traitor for
defecting
to Jordan
1995 US brokered KDP-PUK ceasefire during civil war
2004 Ceasefire in 2nd Battle of Najaf cancelled
due to heavy fighting
2005 SCIRI’s Hakim announced idea for southern federal
region in Iraq SCIRI held
march in Najaf calling for federal
region in southern Iraq Had posters of Ayatolah Khomeini
2005 Salah al-Mutlaq said SCIRI’s call for a southern region
would turn Iraq over to Iran
2005 Dawa rejected SCIRI’s call for a southern federal
region in Iraq
2005 Bush said US had to stay the course in Iraq Said free
democratic Iraq in center of
Middle East
would be blow to terrorism
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Diyala council fired police chief Gen Qureysi for
tensions with Sahwa accusing
them of sectarian attacks Had
arrested Sahwa leaders Gotten into gun battles with them Sahwa went on strike
in Feb demanding removal of chief
(Musings
On Iraq article on removal of Diyala police chief)
2007 ISCI governor of Qadisiya killed by an EFP in Baghdad
laid by Mahdi Army
Sadr vs
Hakim rivalry
2008 During Op Omens of Propserity Maliki sent ISF into
Khanaqin dist east Diyala
and told Peshmerga they had to
withdraw Kurds refused Maliki attempting to pressure Kurds and establish
control over disputed areas
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s pressuring Kurds in Diyala)
2008 Maliki’s private jet brought back 236 Iraqi refugees
from Egypt Part of Maliki’s
new refugee
policy to encourage people to return with improved security
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s refugee policy)
2014 IS attacked Jalawla Diyala with suicide truck bomb and 12
suicide bombers
dressed in
Peshmerga uniforms
2015 Parliament approved PM Abadi’s reform program that
included ending 3 vice
presidents
2015 Abadi said he wanted to cut cabinet to just 15
ministers and reduce local councils to
cut money
due to budget crisis
2015 Protesters stormed Babil council building demanding
better services
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