1955 Iran joined Iraq, England,
Turkey security agreement Would become
anti-Communist
Baghdad Pact
1961 KDP banned by Gen Qasim and several leaders arrested
due to Mustafa Barzani’s
Kurdish revolt
1980 All Iranian air bases bombed Sep 22 were repaired and
launched attacks on 8 Iraqi
airfields
and the Dora refinery in Baghdad Lost 7 planes Destroyed 3 Iraqi ones
1980 Iraq retaliated with airstrikes on 2 airbases with no
real results Lost 4 planes 3 by
friendly
fire
1980 Iran came up with Operation Kama to attack Iraqi planes
in flight because couldn’t
destroy
them on the ground
1980 Iraq took Qasr e-Shirin across from Diyala to protect
road to Baghdad
1980 Iran bombed Fao port sinking 6 Iraqi navy ships
1980 King Hussein of Jordan said he backed Iraq in war
Didn’t want to lose an ally and
face Israel Syria Saudis and Iran alone Became
major route for trade and weapons to Iraq
1986 Iran ended Op Karbala 3 in Fao Peninsula and Majnoon
Island
1986 Soviet For Min Shevardnadze told UN that USSR was
attempting to negotiate
end to
Iran-Iraq War
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War,
The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War)
1989 Kuwait Emir given medal by Saddam in Baghdad for help
during Iran-Iraq
War
2001 Rice told CNN Iraq would be stage two of war on terror
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Bush admin went from 9/11 to Iraq invasion)
2001 Guardian article claimed Iraq knew about 9/11 attacks
beforehand Said Iraq gave
money and support to Al Qaeda Claimed
Iraqi intel met with Al Qaeda in Pakistan 4 months before 9/11 Sent money to Al
Qaeda Quoted Israeli intel officer who said 9/11 probably funded by Iraqi
intelligence Quoted INC defector ex-nuke scientist Hamza who said Iraq probably
behind 9/11
2001 Telegraph quoted INC defector ex-nuke scientist Hamza
that Iraq probably behind
9/11
Claimed trained pilots for suicide attacks
2002 Blair told cabinet Iraq dossier would show Iraq expanding
WMD capabilities and
erosion of sanctions one cause Educ
Sec Morris asked Blair what had changed about Iraq to go to war other than Bush
being elected
2002 Former UN inspector Albright for Inst for Science and
Intl Security issued report
aluminum
tubes Iraq tried to buy were not for centrifuges Probably rockets
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2003 Bush speech at UN said Iraq was frontline in war on
terror
2003 Fr Pres Chirac and UN Sec Gen Annan speeches at UN
criticized Iraq war saying
US
undermined international system
2003 Gallup pol majority of Iraqis thought life would be
better in 5 years 2/3 of
Baghdadis said
removing Saddam was worth hardships
2003 Iraqi Governing Council member Aqila Hashemi died after
being shot 3 days
before
outside her home
2004 Allawi visited White House asking for more
reconstruction money and bringing
back old
army units
2006 Army chief of staff called Gen Petraeus to review Iraq
policy
2006 DefPolicyBoard member Adelman told Rumsfeld he was a
failure as SecDef and
never took
responsibility for Iraq
2006 Report only 1000 of promised 4000 Iraqi soldiers
deployed to Baghdad for Op
Together
Forward II Iraqi troops refusing to leave their home provinces
2007 ISI accused Hamas of Iraq and 1920 Revolution Brigades
of killing its members
2016 Sunni tribal Hashd began destroying 220 homes in Aithah
Salahaddin belonging
to IS
sympathizers
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