1958 Mustafa Barzani returned to
Iraq from exile in Soviet Union for talks with
new
Qasim govt
1980 Iraqi army surrounded Khorramshahr, Iran and street
fighting began Iraq bombed
Esfahan and
Qom in Iran
1980 Iranian air force sunk ships to block Shatt al-Arab
waterway to Persian Gulf
1982 Iranians withdrew outside Mandali Diyala Ended Op
Muslim ibn Aqil Iran lost
6,000 dead 15,000 wounded Iraq lost
2,000 dead Iran only gained 1.8 mil strip of Iraqi territory in Diyala
1986 Heavy Iraq 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)
1990 CENTCOM cmdr Gen Schwarzkopf given first draft of
Kuwait war plan He was
unhappy
with it and asked for more options
1991 Clashes between Kurds and Iraqi army in Kalar
1994 Iraq put troops on Kuwait border and threatened to stop
working with UN
weapons
inspectors Was meant to pressure UN to end sanctions
1997 UN inspectors report Some progress on chemical and
missile programs but nothing
with
biological weapons Iraqis had also banned inspections at presidential sites
1997 IAEA provided last report on inspections Said if any
info was left on Iraq’s nuclear
program was
a political decision
1998 Inspectors report to UN Iraq had blocked disarmament
and was now attempting to
block
monitoring work
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2002 Bush said Iraq could have a nuclear weapon in a year if
got enriched uranium
2002 Dep Nat Sec Adv Hadley asked CIA Dir Tenet if story of
Iraq trying to buy
uranium
from Niger could be put back in Bush speech Tenet said no
2002 CIA told NSC to drop mentioning Iraq-Africa uranium
story in draft of Bush
speech for
2nd time
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 1st battalion of Mahdi Army graduated in
Basra
2003 Iraq produced 4,518 megawatts of electricity exceeding
CPA target by 118
megawatts
2004 Iraq Survey Group report said Iraq’s WMD destroyed in
1991 Said no plans to revive
programs when US invaded in 03 Said
Saddam wanted to restart WMD programs after sanctions ended Iraq tried to tell
west it didn’t have WMD while also hinting that it still did to deter Iran WMD
was aimed at Iran Iraq issued 1300 oil vouchers under Oil For Food Program that
netted $11 bil in illegal funds 1990-03 Russian oil companies Lukoil Gazprom
Zarbuezhneft Sibneft Rosneft Tatneft got 30 % of oil vouchers
2004 Bush said Iraq didn’t have WMD stocks US intel thought
but invasion still right
because
Saddam wanted them
2004 Fallujah leaders offered to create joint security force
for city made up of Iraqi
National
Guardsmen and local US and Allawi govt rejected offer
2005 Blair said new explosive devices being used in Iraq
that pointed to Hezbollah or
Iranian
involvement Was talking about EFPs
(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)
2005 Bush said there was no peace in Iraq without victory
and that US would win At
time US had
no strategy to win war
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Bush told Maliki had to ignore news coming out of US
because domestic politics
Maliki said he couldn’t ignore US
news like talk about dividing Iraq or immediate withdrawal Maliki told Bush he
was going to push reconciliation fighting terrorism and militias
2010 Obama adm review of Iraq policy VP Biden said wanted
Maliki to stay as PM &
Obama agreed
2015 Badr’s Amiri criticized Abadi’s reforms as full of
mistakes and disorganized
2015 Teachers in Sulaymaniya and Halabja struck over unpaid
wages
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