1920 UK For Sec Lord Curzon replied to US complaints about
San Remo
agreement saying US would not be
shut out of Iraq oil and was just business deal not treaty
1920 Railway line to Baghdad cut by tribal fighters in
Diyala during 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq review of Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of
the Modern State)
1933 Shammar and Jabour tribes attacked 60 Assyrian villages
south of Dohuk
Captured
males given to Iraqi army who executed them
1966 Col Naji Talib became premier Proved to be completely
ineffective and was later
removed
1983 Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 3 to recapture Mehran, Iran failed
Did seize 60 sq mi half in
Iraq
1988 Iraq held victory celebrations for end of Iran-Iraq 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)
1988 Military campaign in southern marshes ended 400 homes
and 500 boats destroyed
along with
mass arrests
1990 US forces arrived in Saudi Arabia to protect it from
Iraq after invasion of Kuwait
1990 UN Resolution 662 said that Iraq’s annexation of Kuwait
was illegal
1990 Turkey and Saudi Arabia closed pipelines to Iraq due to
Kuwait invasion
2002 Def Policy Board Perle said that removing Saddam would
lead to more peaceful
and stable
Middle East
2003 3 US army battalions added to 1st Battle of
Najaf
2003 Bremer said Ansar al-Islam escaped to Iran during
invasion and were now
returning
to Iraq to carry out terrorist attacks
2003 Protests in Basra over lack of electricity Threw rocks
at British troops
2003 Mass robberies of oil tankers in Basra Police fled
Czech and British troops fired on
looters 2
killed 4 wounded
2003 AP story not much of Powell’s Feb 03 speech to UN on
Iraq’s WMD proved true
2004 PM Allawi Def Min US generals had meeting Decided 2nd
Najaf Battle had to end
quick over
concerns shrine might be damaged
2005 Baghdad city council chief Makkia of SCIRI led group of
Badr militiamen to oust
Baghdad
mayor Tamimi and installed himself in office
2005 Rumsfeld said weapons were being smuggled from Iran
into Iraq Most senior US
official to
accuse Tehran of arming militias in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of
Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
2005 Suicide car bomb hit US convoy in Baghdad killing 7 and
wounding more than
90
2015 Abadi announced reform program of ending quotas, cut
bodyguards, anti
corruption commission dismissing
VPs and Dep PMs
2015 Cabinet voted to reduce number of members on provincial
councils to save
money sold
as reform
2015 VPs Nujafi and Maliki said they supported Abadi’s
reform program
2015 Protests in Baghdad, Nasiriya, Maysan supporting
Abadi’s reforms
2015 Maliki TV interview said protests were becoming
anti-religious and could get
out of
control
2015 Chief of staff of Iranian military criticized protests
in Iraq saying they were
making govt
look bad
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