1920 UK Cabinet decided to send Sir Percy Cox to Baghdad to
help deal with
1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq review of Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of
the Modern State)
1933 rumors spread that Assyrians had massacred Iraqi
soldiers blown up bridges
poisoned
water
1981 Cuba China India Zambia PLO sent delegation to Tehran
to try to end Iran-Iraq
War
1986 Iraq air strike hit 5 of Iran’s 11 tankers at Kharg
Island Iran’s main oil terminal
1988 Saddam said he would accept ceasefire to end Iran-Iraq
if Iran would hold direct
talks Iran said no Saddam was
trying to add his own demands to UN proposal
(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 U.N. Resolution 661 placed economic sanctions on Iraq
for its invasion of
Kuwait
1990 Iraq issued statement saying reports about its forces
heading towards Saudi border
were false
1990 Saddam met with US Charge De’Affaires Wilson Said he
respected US interests
and was not
going to attack Saudi Arabia
1990 US delegation convinced King Fahd to invite US troops
to Saudi Arabia after
Iraq’s
invasion of Kuwait
1990 Bush authorized Def Sec Cheney to start deploying
troops to Saudi Arabia
1990 Bush met Thatcher Both agreed to confront Iraq
1991 Iraq told UN weapons inspectors that it worked on
anthrax and botulin toxin as
part of its
biological weapons program
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1999 Jim Hoagland in WashPost reported Clinton Natl Sec Adv
Berger told Iraqi
opposition
president wanted Saddam removed by end of his term
2002 National Security Adviser called Secretary of State
Powell and told him he did a
great job with Bush Said there
should be more discussions on what Iraq policy should be
2002 White House Chief of Staff Card called Powell asking
for same briefing on Iraq
he’d given
Bush day before
2002 Gen Franks told his commander to switch to Hybrid War
plan which could start
immediately
2003 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Sanchez said limiting arrests and
raids looking for Baathists
Said few
returns and angering Iraqis
2004 After 2 days of fighting in Najaf US claimed killed 300
Mahdi Army fighters
2004 Report US intel officers were involved in Abu Ghraib
prison abuse
2006 Report ISF not able to secure Baghdad and US doubling
troops in city from 7200
to 14200 to
help Iraqis
2007 Iraqiya’s 4 ministers started boycott of cabinet Were
now 15 ministers total
not going
to Maliki cabinet
2008 US Govt report Iraq revenues up and could take more
responsibility for
reconstruction but most of budget
going to salaries and benefits and barely spending investment money Only 23% in
2005 19% in 2006 28% in 2007 Iraq was now outspending US however on
reconstruction
(Musings
On Iraq article on US and Iraqi reconstruction spending)
2008 Iran and Iraq signed trade agreement to create free
trade zone Tehran one of Iraq’s
top 2 trade
partners
(Musings
On Iraq article on trade deal)
2008 Govt gave squatters 1 month to leave or be sued or
arrested Would be given
limited compensation Part of Maliki
displaced program to force people to return home Complaints that govt had no
real plan or funding for program
(Musings
On Iraq article on govt return program)
2015 Protests in Karbala, Najaf, Baghdad, Basra, Hillah,
Nasiriya and Rumaitha,
Muthanna demanding reform
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