1917 Start of Battle of Hai
salient between British and Ottomans
1928 Abdul Sadoun become premier for 3rd time Replaced
Askari who was forced to resign over
opposition to his conscription plan
for army
1972 Kurds started rebellion against govt with support of
US, Iran, Israel
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Killing
Hope that includes Iran-US aid to Kurds)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1999 Newsweek report Iraq and Al Qaeda had meetings
2003 UK naval task force left for Persian Gulf for Iraq
invasion
2003 Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs head Gen Myers met Saudi Amb
to US Bandar to get Saudi support
for invasion Bandar told Rumsfeld
and Gen Myers he needed Bush’s word to get Saudi support
2003 CIA report Iraqi missile brigade outside Baghdad given
missiles to hide from UN inspectors
some with WMD agents Report used in
Powell’s Feb 03 UN speech
2004 Ayatollah Sistani rejected CPA’s plans for transition
to Iraqi sovereignty and constitution
2004 Blair told BBC he didn’t know whether he was wrong or
not about Iraq’s WMD
2004 Kurdish party headquarters
bombed in Kirkuk city
2004 Fmr Treasury Sec O’Neill said
Bush admin was focused upon Saddam from when it entered
office Jan 2001
2006 Supreme Council head Hakim ruled out any substantive
changes to Iraqi constitution Blamed
US and Sunni parties for insurgency
claiming they encouraged terrorism
2006 Spanish police broke up recruiting network that raised
money and sent fighters to Iraq in
coordination with Al Qaeda in Iraq
2007 Sec State Rice announced provincial reconstruction
teams to head new US civilian effort to
rebuild Iraq’s govt economy and
civil society to aid Surge
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Savage on US reconstruction effort in
Iraq)
2007 US arrested 5 Iranian Rev Guard Quds Force operatives
in Irbil as part of new US crackdown
on Iranians Were trying to arrest
Jafari deputy head of Iran’s NSC and Gen Frouzanda head of IRGC intelligence
Secretary of State Rice warned Iran and Syria to stop destabilizing Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on US arrest of Iranian operatives in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on
history of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
2007 KRG complained about raid Jafari and Frouzanda had
invitations from Pres Talabani and were to
meet Pres Barzani
2007 Joint Chief head Gen Pace accused Iran of sending
weapons to Iraq that were killing US soldiers
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian
arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
2007 Dawa and ISCI MPs voiced opposition to US troop Surge
2011 State of Law head of Baghdad council wrote law banning alcohol
sales in province under
Islamic Law Police started raiding
bars and clubs selling alcohol including Iraqi Writers Union
2016 After suicide bombing at café Hashd killed Sunnis
burned mosques shops and homes in
Muqtadiya for several days
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hashd revenge attacks in Muqtadiya)
2018 Alliances for 2018 parliamentary elecitons announced
Nishtiman 3 Kurdish opposition parties
Abadi Nasr list with ISCI Sunni
alliances Speaker Jabouri VP Allawi Mutlaq lead one VP Nujafi Jamal Karbuli
Khamis Khanjar the other 20 pro-Iran Hashd led by Badr’s Amiri formed Fatah
Hakim’s Hikmat and Sadr along with Communists running separately
(Musings
On Iraq article on alliances in 2018 elecitons)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with IRIS-Chatham House’s Mansour on 2018
elections)
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