1920 Sayid Abu Tabikh made head of Iraqi provisional govt
during 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1922 Anglo-Iraq Treaty signed Opposed by opposition who were
anti-British Treaty
gave British control of Iraq’s govt
King Faisal military finances foreign relations Basra port railroad Was to last
20 years
1922 British promised to push for Iraq independence in
return for Anglo-Iraq Treaty
being passed
1940 UK official told UK Amb Iraqi politicians pan-Arab
London unwilling to change
Palestine policy meant Iraq would
be lukewarm towards UK until it started winning in WWII
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Persian
Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid
Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
1961 Qasim govt ended ground offensive to put down Mustafa
Barzani’s Kurdish
revolt
1980 Iraqis crossed Karun River took Darkhovin forcing
Iranians to retreat to Ahwaz in
south
1982 Iran made 2nd attack on Diyala Entered
Mandali but forced out Aim was reaching
Baghdad Recaptured
80 sq mi of Iranian territory from Iraqis
1984 Tariq Aziz complained that Western Europe was still
sending military equipment
to Iran
despite US efforts to stop them
1986 Iran carried out commando raid on pipeline near Kirkuk
(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 CENTCOM presented war plans at Pentagon to expel Iraq
from Kuwait
1994 Clinton decided to continue Bush’s policy of
undermining Saddam
2001 FBI issued warning may be more possible anthrax attacks
Pundits began blaming
Iraq for
attacks
2002 UK intel report said that Iraq would only launch
terrorism if attacked by US and
couldn't
use WMD outside its territory
2002 UK intel report found no cooperation between Iraq and
Al Qaeda and attack on
Iraq would lead to more terrorism
and radicalization Rejected Iraq-Al Qaeda ties Was leaked to press
2002 US House of Representatives approved use of force
resolution against Iraq 296-33
2003 Sadr announced his own shadow govt
2003 Sadrist funeral in Sadr City turned into anti-US
demonstration of 10,000
2003 Cheney cited Iraq Survey Group report to claim that
Iraq in material breach of UN
resolutions and had WMD programs
Said Iraq had a relationship with Al Qaeda and trained Al Qaeda in poisons and
bomb making Said if Saddam still in power he would be training terrorists and
producing WMD
2003 Powell said overwhelming evidence that Iraq violated UN
resolutions about its
WMD program
2003 Iraqi diplomat that went to Niger said his trip was
about trade and breaking
sanctions
not buying uranium for nuke program
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2006 US brought Anbar Gov Mamoun and Sheikh Abu Risha
together for meeting Two
had heated
argument Abu Risha wanted Mamoun replaced
(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 Meeting of ruling parties over ending sectarian
violence in Baghdad broke up
when Sunnis accused Shiite militias
of killing VP Hashemi’s brother Fadhila MP and National Dialogue Front MP said
parties lost faith in each other Meetings would descend into Sunnis and Shiites
blaming each other for violence
2008 Sadrists marched in Baghdad to protest assassination of
MP Auqaeili day before
(Musings
On Iraq article on Auqaeili’s assassination)
2017 Hawija operation officially ended
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