1974 Bakr govt held talks with
Mustafa Barzani and KDP
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1987 Iraq conducted missile and air strikes on Tehran and
other major cities 3rd War of the Cities
Iran-Iraq War
1987 Iran attacked Diyala but repulsed Lost 2 brigades
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper 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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The
Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1988 Mahdi Hakim killed in Sudan by Iraqi intelligence
1989 US report said Iraq was working on typhoid cholera
anthrax for its chemical weapons program
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1990 Iraq ended foreign travel ban for citizens
1990 Bush admin signed directive for normalized relations
with Iraq
1991 Saddam told advisers time to fire missiles at Israel to
see whether it would fight Iraq would
then alternate between hitting
Israel and Saudis Iraq fired missiles at Haifa and Tel Aviv
1993 US fired 45 Tomahawk missiles at Baghdad for not
allowing U.N. inspectors into country
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1998 Anniversary of Gulf War Saddam said Iraq met all
obligations of UN Res 687
Threatened
to raise 1 mil for jihad against UN if sanctions not lifted in 6 months
2002 Gen Franks briefed his commanders at CENTCOM on initial
Iraq war plans for 1st time
2003 CIA report said Iraq had rebuilt its nuclear program
Said were reports Iraq tried to buy
uranium from Africa
2003 CIA told Joint Chiefs of Staff that it had some reports
that Iraq tried to buy uranium from
Africa
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 Blair agreed to 1 UK division and 3 combat brigades for
Iraq War to be deployed in south
2003 UN inspectors after 4 inspections said Fallujah II chlorine
plant inoperative US claimed it was
producing WMD
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2007 Maliki claimed if ISF were better armed US forces could
start withdrawing in 3-6 months
Claimed he launched operation to
clear Karbala of militiamen and arrested 400 Mahdi Army members Was not true
2008 Hawija Dist Head said Sahwa would be formed there
Didn’t need Peshmerga
(Musings
On Iraq article on Sahwa)
2010 Chemical Ali sentenced to death for Halabja attack
2011 Protesters cut Kirkuk-Baghdad highway Set tires on fire
Blocked all traffic over lack of
electricity in Kirkuk Kirkuk
governor was diverting power from a local power plant from Baghdad to Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq article on power problems in Kirkuk)
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