1958 Communists held large demonstration in Baghdad against
uniting with
Egypt
1968 Pres Bakr govt announced
amnesty for KDP rebels Reconciliation attempt
by
new Bakr govt with Kurds
1980 Saddam went to Riyad to tell King Khalid Iraq was going
to invade Iran and
asked for financial backing King
questioned war and was afraid of repercussions Said Saudi military was weak and
was afraid of Soviet intervention Couldn’t change Saddam’s mind and gave him
tacit support
(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)
1990 Pres Bush said Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait would not
stand
1990 Saudi King asked for briefing on US military plans to
respond to Kuwait invasion
Sec Def
Cheney went to get basing rights
1990 NSC meeting Bush said that Kuwait problem wouldn’t be
solved until Saddam
removed and
defending Saudis and invading Kuwait two different things
1991 2,000 Turkish troops invaded 3 districts of Kurdistan
in retaliation for PKK attack
in Turkey
KDP and PUK supported Turkey PKK criticized them for doing so
2002 CENTCOM cmdr Gen Franks briefed Bush on latest version
of Iraq war plan
Franks had running start war plan
and Running Start and a new Hybrid Plan for immediate start to war
2002 Sec of State Powell told Bush that Iraq invasion would
dominate 1st term and US
would be responsible for Iraq
afterward Powell said US had to go through UN to disarm Iraq and build
international coalition Bush said wanted coalition
2003 Rumsfeld announced US forces had been finding buried
Iraqi fighter jets in desert
Explained
why Iraqi air force didn't fight during invasion
(Musings On Iraq article
on why Iraq buried its jets before the 2003 invasion)
2003 Rumsfeld said “Absence of evidence is not evidence of
absence” about Iraq’s
WMD not
found yet
2003 Rumsfeld death of Uday and Qusay Hussein showed Iraq
that Baathists not
returning
to power
2004 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Casey issued first military campaign
plan for Iraq since
2003 invasion Said US had to
confront insurgency Build Iraqi forces Pursuade Sunnis to give up insurgency
Rebuild country
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2004 Sadr called for his followers to rise up against the US
occupation
2004 Mahdi Army attacked main police station in Najaf city
and US forces in Baghdad
starting 2nd
Battle of Najaf
2004 Anbar governor resigned after his son was kidnapped by
insurgents
2005 US said that EFPs were being shipped from Iran into
Iraq to attack American
forces
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of
Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
2006 Sec of State Rice told Bush Iraqis pulling their
country apart
2015 Protests in Sulaymaniya over lack of services broken up
by police
2018 Report parliamentarian said Iraqi National Intel
Service proved voting machines
were not
secure
2018 Continued sit ins by West Qurna 1 oil field in Basra
and Muthanna Protests in
Basra City West Qurna 2 and
Barjisiya fields Safwan border crossing South Gas Company all in Basra, 2 in Qadisya
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