1915 Battle of Es Sinn began between Ottoman and British
forces
1980 Muslim countries’ committee
visited Tehran to try to mediate Iran-Iraq War
1984 Japan offered ceasefire proposal to UN to end Iran-Iraq
War
1985 At UN Iraq For Min Aziz blamed Iran for starting and
continuing the Iran-Iraq
War Said
Tehran wanted to overthrow the Iraqi govt
(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 Bombing in Baghdad’s British Club done by unnamed
Kurdish group No
casualties
2001 Ahmed Chalabi said Iraq and Al Qaeda linked since 1990s
and wanted to use
bin Laden
against US
2003 Insurgents fired 3 rockets at Rashid Hotel in Baghdad
2004 Sec of State Powell said US forces would retake
Fallujah to ensure January 05
elections
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 British and ISF announced plan to purge Basra city of
militias as part of Op Sinbad
Was to last
until Feb 07 and prepare for British withdrawal from Iraq
2006 Joint Chiefs created Council of Colonels that would in
part review Iraq strategy
2006 Anbar sheikhs met with PM Maliki asked that Anbar
Salvation Council replace
Anbar provincial council Maliki
aide later said PM didn’t trust Awakening or US helping them
(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 State Dept poll almost ¾ of Iraqis would feel safer if
US forces left Iraq 65% wanted
immediate US withdrawal Univ
Maryland poll 71% wanted Iraqi govt to ask Coalition to leave within a year Most
thought US would refuse 77% said US wanted permanent bases in Iraq Sunni
support for US withdrawal dropped from 83% in Jan 06 to 47% in Sep 06
2006 Report West Point published letter by Al Qaeda leader
Attiya l-Jazari to Zarqawi Told
Zarqawi he had to look at bigger
picture in Iraq instead of just military strategy Had to unite insurgency Reach
out to Sunnis and tribes Needed to consult with Al Qaeda before making major
decisions Said didn’t do that before starting attacks upon Shiites and bombing
in Jordan Also called for greater cooperation with fellow Islamist insurgents
like Ansar al-Sunna Warned vanity led to defeat of Algerian insurgency in 1990s
2008 Iraqi police and Asayesh got into gun battle in Jalawla
east Diyala over dispute
with Asayesh Ended deal with Kurds
to withdraw from govt buildings in district Maliki moved ISF into district to
pressure Kurds leadings to these confrontations
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s pressuring Kurds in Diyala)
2012 ISI attacked Tikrit prison with car bombs mortars
suicide bombers & released 100
prisoners
2017 72% of registered voters took part in KRG independence
referendum Around 2.9
mil voted
yes, 224,000 voted no
2017 IraqiCivilAviationAuthority sent notices that
international flights to Irbil and
Sulaymaniya
suspended in retaliation for referendum
2017 Parliament passed resolution saying Abadi should
maintain unity of Iraq Called
for Pres
Barzani to be brought to court over referendum
2017 KRG said it was willing to allow observers from Baghdad
at its airports
2017 Kataib Hezbollah compared Pres Barzani to IS’s Baghdadi
and said he would be
dealt with
same way as Islamic State was
2017 Kirkuk Governor Karim rejected parliament’s call to
deploy troops to disputed
areas
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