1918 British invaded Ottoman’s
Mosul vilayet after WWI armistice
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
1978 Arab summit in Baghdad VP Saddam worked to expel Egypt
for Camp David Accord with
Israel Backed by Syria
1978 Pres Bakr told Arab summit Iraq and Syria needed to
deal with Camp David Accord as a single
country
1982 Iranian Op Holy Muharram attacked Maysan Iraq withdrew
from Iran back into Maysan
1983 Iraq warned merchant ships to avoid northern end of
Persian Gulf due to Iran-Iraq War
(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)
2003 Rumsfeld said both Clinton and Bush administrations
believed Iraq had WMD
2003 US Chinook helicopter shot down near Fallujah Killed 13
soldiers Deadliest post-invasion
attack on US up to that point
2003 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Sanchez said violence in Iraq was
strategically insignificant
2004 Association of Muslim Scholars said if Fallujah
attacked it would call for national civil
disobedience and boycott of January
2005 elections
2006 Joint Chiefs briefing US Iraq strategy not working US
running out of time to change things
Said US not winning in Iraq meant
US losing
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2015 Parliament voted to support Abadi’s reforms but had to
approve his moves
2015 Supreme Court ruled vice presidents could not be
dismissed as office was in constitution
overturning Abadi’s move
View the Iraq History Timelines
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