1920 Ramadi fell to British during 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1980 Khomeini issued message saying Iran was fighting for
God vs Iraq Called on Iraqi
soldiers to return to Islam and not
follow Saddam Called on Iraqis to rise up and overthrow Saddam
1980 Iran and Iraq temporarily stopped oil shipments due to
attacks on each others’
facilities
1980 Saddam letter to UN Said Iran refused to recognize
Iraqi territory and sovereignty
to explain
war
1980 Muslim countries created committee to try to mediate
Iran-Iraq War
1980 After 4 days of combat Iraq lost 16 planes vs 5 Iranian
ones in air combat Another
24 Iraqi and 19 Iranian ones
damaged Was too high attrition rate Iraq ordered end to air raids upon Iran as
a result
1981 Iran Op Samen ol-Ameh to break siege of Abadan began
Infiltrated Iraqi lines and
forced
Iraqis to retreat to Darkhovin in south
(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)
1981 International Atomic Energy Agency condemned Israel’s
destruction of Osirak
nuclear
reactor and suspended aid to Israel
1996 KDP announced it was forming its own cabinet to run
Kurdistan without PUK
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
2001 Bush told Rumsfeld to review military plans against
Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Bush admin went from 9/11 to Iraq invasion)
2002 Bush met with 18 Congressmen to lobby them on Iraq Told
them Iraq had WMD
Building facilities to make more If
it got uranium could build a bomb in 6 months Repeated British claim that Iraq
could use WMD in 45 min
2002 CIA Dir Tenet had warned Bush not to use the 45 min
claim because came from
questionable
source
2002 Bush told press Al Qaeda could become an extension of
Iraq and Iraq and Al Qaeda
were both part of war on terror Said
each day Iraq could give WMD or a nuke to terrorists
2002 Powell told Senate Foreign Relations Comm that
Iraq-Niger uranium deal was proof
had nuke
program Said Iraq tried to buy aluminum tubes for nuke program
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2002 Rumsfeld said Iraq had active WMD programs Said
bulletproof confirmation of ties
between
Iraq and Al Qaeda
2002 White House spokesman claimed Iraq trained Al Qaeda in
chemical weapons
2002 Pentagon and intel officials questioned White House
claims of Iraq-Al Qaeda
ties in the
press
2002 32 foreign policy experts ran full page ad in New York
Times “War with Iraq is
not in
America’s national interest”
2004 Iraqi National Guard commander in Diyala arrested by US
for ties to insurgency
2005 NSC report on Iraq Security better but insurgents
adapting Not enough US troops
PM Jaafari
not doing well
2006 NSC report Interior Ministry carrying out extra
judicial killings
2006 Awakening of Anbar conference held in Ramadi Issued 11
point program Called for
talks with Baathists reviewing
make-up of ISF Securing highway through Anbar Stand against terrorism No arms
unless okayed by govt Condemned tribes working with insurgents Wanted to
rebuild economy Strengthen sheikhs Respect rule of Law New Anbar govt
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2006 US brigade from 1st Armored Div extended
tour in Ramadi by 6 weeks Would be
crucial to
support Awakening and secure city
2006 Bush forced to release parts of secret intel report
after it was leaked to the press on
international terrorism that said
Iraq was creating new generation of jihadists and created resentment in Muslim
world against US
2006 UN report said that Iraq war providing recruits and
training for Al Qaeda Said
inspiring Taliban Said new IEDs
used in Iraq were found in Afghanistan less than month after first use
2017 PM Abadi said if KRG released info on oil revenue
placed oil under Baghdad
control KRG
could get share of budget grants loans
2017 Turkey’s For Min said KDP’s representative to Ankara
could not return to country
after KRG
referendum
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