1929 Fmr Iraq High Comm Dobbs
said if Iraq moved forward in its own dysfunctional way
and was better
off than it was under Ottomans England would have succeeded
1998 U.S. began attacks upon
Iraqi air defense system in north as part of no fly zones
1998 Italian paper claimed
Saddam and bin Laden made pact to act against US and Iraq offered
Saddam safe
haven False story
2001 Gen Franks presented Bush with latest version of Iraq
war plan Included 7 lines of operation
that could be used independently or
in conjunction and 9 parts of Iraq that could be targeted Franks wanted to
start building up US forces in Gulf and information campaigns immediately
Franks said that US would be ready for war with Iraq by April to June 2002 Franks
also wanted US to start working with Iraqi opposition inside Iraq
2001 CIA Dir Tenet said Iraqi opposition wouldn't work with
US without seeing strong commitment
from Washington
2001 Bush asked Franks if plan good enough to win Franks
said yes with some work
2001 Bush ordered State and Defense Depts to start building
up support amongst regional countries
for Iraq invasion
2001 Richard Perle of Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board OpEd
in NY Times said US had to attack
Iraq
2002 Report NSC Sr Dir Near East Abrams drafted plan for US
to seize control of Iraq’s southern oil
fields
2003 Iraqi Governing Council wrote letter to UN about CPA’s
plans to hold caucuses instead of
elections for new Iraq parliament
2004 Bin Laden online statement praised Zarqawi giving him
allegiance
(Musings
On Iraq interview with former CIA analyst Nada Bakos that tracked
Zarqawi)
2005 UN endorsed December elections for a permanent Iraqi
parliament
2006 Report Mahdi Army moving block by block across
Ghaziliya Baghdad forcing out Sunnis Many
displaced Sunnis moved to center of
district where sheikh set up militia to protect them from Mahdi Army
2006 NSC agreed that Petraeus would be new Iraq commander
for Surge
2010 PM Maliki said no changes would be made to the SOFA
agreement with the US and all its
troops would leave Iraq
2010 Sadrist Dway became governor of Maysan in return for
Sadr’s support for Maliki’s 2nd term
(Musings
On Iraq article on Sadr-Maliki quid pro quo Maysan governorship for
2nd term for Maliki)
2012 Protests spread from Fallujah to Diyala Ninewa and
Salahaddin in response to Maliki issuing
warrant for Fin Min Issawi
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s moves against Fin Min Issawi)
2013 Maliki ordered arrest of MP Alwani for taking part in
protests Gun battle ensued killing
Alwani’s brother and some of his
bodyguards
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki crackdown on Anbar protests)
2013 Speaker Nujafi said arrest of PM Alwani illegal due to
parliamentary immunity Called for
investigation
2013 Speaker Nujafi’s parliamentary investigative group into
arrest of PM Alwani blocked from
entering Anbar by ISF
2013 Curfew imposed in Ramadi
2014 Iran announced Iranian Rev Guard Gen Taqavi died in
Salahaddin fighting IS 5th IRGC
member killed in Iraq during war
(Musings
On Iraq article on death of IRGC general)
2015 Iraqi forces freed Ramadi
2016 Last bridge crossing Tigris in Mosul destroyed by
Coalition airstrike to prevent IS retreating
from eastern to western section of
city
2017 KRG PM Barzani said that pM Abadi was punishing the
Kurds and unwilling to compromise
while Maliki was offering
reconciliation Came afer Maliki gave interview to Rudaw saying that
Baghdad-Irbil relations needed to be improved
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki-KDP reconciliation)
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