1915 6th Army created by Ottomans under command
of German Gen von der
Goltz to
defend Mesopotamia from British
1922 King Feisal accepted Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1922 UK Sec of War Evans lobbied cabinet to withdraw from
Mosul province
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
1974 Kurdish parliament appointed by Baghdad took office
1975 Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz went to Damascus to discuss
uniting Iraq and Syria
1980 Iraq ended unilateral ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War after
Iran didn’t follow suite and
went back
to fighting
1982 UN Res 522 called for ceasefire Iraq accepted Iran
rejected
1982 Iranian Op Muslim ibn Aql invaded Diyala and attacked
Mandali
1985 Iraq ended air strikes on Kharg Island Iran’s main oil
terminal Hit 21 times but
no lasting
damage
(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 Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz addressed UN saying Iraq
wouldn’t compromise on
Kuwait
2000 During VP debate Cheney said US might have to take
military action to remove
Saddam in
future
2002 CIA Dir Tenet told White House to remove Iraq tried to
buy uranium from Niger
from Bush
speech Said intel was weak
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 Knight Ridder article quoted several intelligence
officers that Bush admin
ignoring dissenting
opinions on aluminum tubes
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2004 Bremer said US never had enough troops in Iraq while he
was running the CPA
Said
military thought troop levels fine
2005 Parliament changed decision from actual voters back to
registered ones for no
vote on
constitution
(Musings
On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s
constitution)
2005 Suicide bomber hit mosque in Hilla, Babil killing 27
wounding 87
2005 UK official claimed Iranian Revolutionary Guard and
Hezbollah providing EFPs
to Shiite
militias in Basra to attack British troops
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of
Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
2006 Sunni leaders told Sec State Rice Iraq breaking apart
They were victims of
sectarian
violence and no one protecting them
2006 SCIR head Hakim told Sec State Rice Shiites tried to
work with Sunnis but they
were obstructionists
2006 Sec State Rice told Maliki if there was no
reconciliation US would leave and
Maliki
would end up being hung
2006 Al Jazeera played tape by Islamic Army offering talks
with US Said Iraq facing
occupation by US and Iranians and
latter worse Said Zarqawi had made mistakes in Iraq
2017 Riyad and Hawija in Kirkuk liberated from Islamic State
2017 Turkey’s President Erdogan threatened to close border
and air space to Kurdistan
in
retaliation for KRG independence referendum
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