1922 Anglo-Iraq declaration to League of Nations talked
about giving Kurds rights and own
govt in their region
1938 Golden Square army colonels overthrew PM Jamil Midfai
for trying to remove pan-Arab
officers Coup backed by Nuri
al-Said who became PM and Taha al-Hashimi who became Def Min Rashid al-Gaylani
became Chamberlain of Royal Office
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Role
of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
1938 PM Said moved to punish ex-PM Sulaiman
1963 Arif govt promised to settle problems with foreign oil
companies
1980 Iraq air force bombed Iran’s main oil terminal at Kharg
Island for 1st time Iran bombed Basra
refinery in retaliation
1980 Iraqi division moved into Iran in north Took control of
Rashah and Rayat Passes to block any
Iranian move upon Sulaymaniya
(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)
2002 UK For Sec Straw told Sec of State Powell a 2nd
UN resolution was needed to gain UK political
support and legal justification for
war
2002 Niger Premier said that his country did not try to sell
uranium to Iraq
2003 Report President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
found White House disregarded
warnings by CIA about Iraq-Africa
uranium story
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2004 Rumsfeld told troops in Iraq insurgency could be
defeated
2005 National Security Adv Rubaie met with Ayatollah Sistani
Said Sistani rejected calls for revote
due to complaints and violations Rubaie
said Iraq would re-arrest Baathist officials just released by US
2005 Iraq court barred 90
candidates from election for Baathist ties
2008 Iraqi National Dialogue Council left the Iraqi
Accordance Front (IAF) claiming that the Islamic
Party was attempting to monopolize
power Ended IAF
(Musings
On Iraq article on break-up of the Iraqi Accordance Front)
2013 Maliki ordered ISF to surround Ramadi protest site
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki crackdown on Anbar protests)
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