1920 British took Fallujah during 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1978 In Iran-Iraq deal Iraqi troops surround Imam Khomeini’s
house in Najaf Told he
could only
stay in Iraq if abandoned politics
1979 Iraq warned Iran to not to interfere in Bahrain after
Ayatollah Rohani called on Shiites
to rise up
against their Sunni rulers
1980 Iraq headed towards Zagros Mountains in slow advance
destroying timeline for
invasion
which was supposed to be a blitzkrieg Took Mehran in south
1980 Iranian planes attacked 6 Iraqi bases to try to destroy
Iraqi air force in the air Iraq
didn’t respond relying upon air defenses
4 Iranian planes shot down 2 others lost Destroyed 3 Iraqi planes on the ground
Also bombed 2 refineries in Baghdad and Basra Damaged Iraq-Turkey pipeline
1980 Iraq bombed Iran’s Bandar Khomeini petrochemical
complex and Ahwaz fuel
depot
1980 Iranian Navy attacked Basra and Fao Peninsula Destroyed
2 oil terminals limited
Iraq’s exports
1980 Iran started naval blockade of Shatt al-Arab, Basra
(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)
1990 Kurd Shiite and Communist opposition parties claimed
united front against Saddam
1991 UN Inspectors found over 53,000 documents on Iraq’s
nuclear program at Atheer
facility
but were held for 4 days by Iraqis until they could leave
1991 During standoff at Atheer facility US IAEA member
Galluci sent important info
about
seized documents to State Dept
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1991 Talabani accused Iraqi army of stopping 300,000
displaced Kurds from returning
to their
homes
2001 William Safire OpEd said clear link between Iraq-Al
Qaeda via Ansar al-Islam
2002 UK dossier on Iraq WMD released Blair told parliament
that Iraq had WMD and it
was producing them Dossier said
that Iraq could use WMD in 45 minutes That Iraq could build a nuclear bomb in 2
years Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa Said no definitive intelligence
that aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy were for nuke program
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 UK ForSec Cook was surprised dossier on Iraq was mostly
old WMD material
2002 CIA Dir Tenet briefed Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on intel on Iraq’s WMD
Told comm Iraq rebuilding its
nuclear program Proof bought aluminum tubes Mentioned Niger uranium deal Sen
Biden asked CIA Dir Tenet what technical evidence did CIA have of Iraqi WMD
Tenet said none but had good human source
2002 State and Energy Dept intel analysts testified to
Senate Foreign Relations Comm that
they did
not believe aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy were for centrifuges
2003 Bremer met Bush said he was optimistic about Iraq but
concerned about growing
attacks Bremer complained about
Congress number of US troops quality of intel training new Iraqi forces Bush
told Bremer he was too controlling and doing too much Bremer said he would work
on it
2003 CPA Governor of Anbar Mines warned that attacks and
public anger at US growing
2004 Bush and Blair talked about staying course in Iraq and
Allawi needing a
professional
staff
2004 Report Defense Science Board review found US didn’t
have enough troops
to
stabilize Iraq
2004 US forces claimed Tal Afar cleared of insurgents
2006 Report National Intel Estimate said that Iraq war led
ot new generation of Islamic
radicalism
Said Iraq war made terrorism worse
2008 Provincial Election Law passed allowing vote on Jan 31,
2009 by not including
Kirkuk and
KRG
(Musings
On Iraq article on passing 2008 Election Law)
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