1915 British forces took Kut,
Wasit from Ottomans
1917 2nd Battle of Ramadi ended with Ottomans
losing city to British
1980 Iraq took Geilan Zarb across from Maysan
1981 Iran retook Abadan 2nd largest city in Iran
2000-3000 Iranians 600-1500 Iraqis
died 5000 Iranian wounded 2500
Iraqis captured Opened road to allow supplies and reinforcements to western
Iran Iraqi forces withdrew to Khorramshahr
1986 Heavy Iraqi air strikes on Kharg Island Iran oil
terminal
(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)
1998 Iraq Liberation Act introduced into Congress
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iraq In The
Eye of the Storm that includes Iraq Liberation Act)
2001 Sec of Def Rumsfeld ordered review of all existing Iraq
war plans
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Bush admin went from 9/11 to Iraq invasion)
2003 Islamic Army of Iraq founded
2004 Briton Kenneth Bigley beheaded by Zarqawi
2005 Balad bombing killed 95
2005 NYTimes reporter Miller told grand jury VP Cheney’s
chief of staff Libby told her
fmr Amb Wilson’s wife was a CIA
agent Was retaliation for Wilson challenging White House over Iraq-Niger
uranium story
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2005 Gen Abizaid and Gen Casey told Congress number of Iraq
army battalions that
could
operate independently dropped from 3 to 1
2006 Sadr told Mahdi Army commanders they needed temporarily
disarm Cut size of their
units to make them more manageable
All militiamen to go through orientation and be issued new IDs
2006 British launched Op Sinbad against militias in Basra
2006 Report Senior British officers were lobbying Blair govt
to withdraw forces from Iraq
Said forces could achieve little
and frustrated with slow development of new ISF
2006 Report 3 Iraqi reporters in south arrested for accusing
a governor a judge and police
officers of
being corrupt
2006 Special Inspector Gen Iraq Recon Bowen testified to
Congress Said 13 of 14 projects
by Parsons Corp were substandard
and had serious problems Also criticized projects by KBR and Bechtel
2017 Pres Barzani’s office threatened unilateral
independence if talks with Baghdad weren’t
opened
immediately
2017 Secretary of State Tillerson issued statement that US
didn’t recognize the KRG
referendum
2017 Intl flights cancelled out of Irbil airport after
travel ban imposed by Baghdad in
retaliation
for referendum
2017 Iran threatened to ban fuel shipments to Kurdistan in
retaliation for referendum
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