1927 Turkish Petroleum Company struck oil at Baba Gurgur
field, Kirkuk starting Iraq’s oil
industry
1973 3rd day fighting
between Israeli and Iraqi forces in Syria
1980 Iraqi forces entered Khorramshahr Iranians began phased
withdrawal from city in south Took
Abadan-Ahwaz road Began attack on
Abadan but didn’t have numbers to take it
1982 Iraqi air force ended two month bombing campaign
against Kharg Island Iran’s
major oil
port
(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 Iran and Iraq officially restored diplomatic relations
as Saddam tried to secure his eastern flank
as war neared with US
1997 Britain, Turkey, US asked for KDP to withdraw from PUK
territory
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
2001 Frontline TV show interviewed INC provided Iraqi
defector Khodada who claimed Iraq trained
terrorists to hijack planes at
Salman Pak implying 9/11 connection
2003 White House told Congress 70,000 new Iraqi forces on
duty and 13,000 in training
2003 Sadrists tried to seize Karbala shrine leading to
fighting with Sistani followers
2003 Zarqawi suicide car bombing of Turkish Embassy in
Baghdad 2 dead 13 wounded
2004 Insurgents suicide bombers penetrated Green Zone killed
5 wounded 18
2004 US forces began encircling Fallujah and sending
reinforcements to Ramadi
2006 After 26 bodies of men from Balad found in Dhuluiya
Shiite gunmen set up checkpoints in
Balad and started killing Sunnis
2008 1795 Christians fled Mosul after 14 killed Maliki sent
2 National Police Brigades to try to stop
killings
(Musings
On Iraq article on Christians in Mosul)
2008 140 Iraqi refugee families returned from Syria as part
of PM Maliki’s campaign to encourage
refugees to come back to Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki’s refugee return policy)
2012 MP announced arrest warrant issued for head of Central
Bank of Iraq Shabibi after he refused
to cooperate with Maliki over the
dinar
2014 IS captured Hit, Anbar after Iraq army unit abandoned
base
2015 Baiji refinery in Salahaddin finally freed from IS
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