1915 Ottomans and local tribes fought British in Rota Basra
province and stopped their
advance
1981 Saddam accused Iran of getting US spare parts despite
US embargo
1981 UN Envoy Palme warned that superpowers may get involved
in Iran-Iraq War
1987 Iran ended 1st phase Op Karbla 5 seized
western bank of Shatt al-Arab Iraq suffered 17,500
casualties Iran 20-30,000
(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 Iran-Iraq
War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1991 Iraqi terrorist tried to blow up US ambassador’s house
in Indonesia in retaliation for Gulf War
1993 US UK and France carried out air and missile strikes on
Iraq for not cooperating with UN
inspectors 21 killed
1996 Iraq agreed to talk about UN Resolution 986 that would
create Oil For Food program
2003 UN inspectors said sites named by US as WMD facilities
had been looked at and nothing
found
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2003 Report Saudis attempted to get Saddam to go into exile
to avert war
2004 Truck bomb hit US headquarters at Republican Palace
Baghdad Killed 20 wounded more than
100
2005 Bishop of Syrian Catholic Church in Mosul kidnapped
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq killed Sheikh Mohammed Sadiq al-Battah
in Baghdad Head of Albu Chlaib
tribe in Anbar
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions
of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2007 Baathist leader Izzat al-Douri offered to reduce
insurgent attacks upon US forces if US went
after militias
2008 Fighting broke out between Soldiers of Heaven and Iraqi
forces in Nasiriya and Basra
2010 KRG said it was willing to talk with Baghdad about
energy Said it would publish deals it
signed with foreign companies in
2009 something Baghdad had demanded KRG wanted to restart its independent oil
exports Kurds demanded that Baghdad pay the oil companies in KRG In return KRG
would share profits from exports
(Musings
On Iraq article on Baghdad-Irbil oil talks)
2011 Suicide bomber hit a police recruitment center in
Tikrit killing 54 wounded 137
2011 Iraq Supreme Court ruled that all independent
commissions and Central Bank of Iraq were
under PM Maliki instead of
parliament Directly contradicted constitution that said all commissions were
under the parliament
(Musings
On Iraq article on court ruling on commissions)
2011 PM Maliki and KRG PM Salah said they reached agreements
on renewed Kurdish oil exports
and 2011 budget Oil Min would pay
oil companies in KRG for their costs Issue of oil profits not resolved
(Musings
On Iraq article on Baghdad-Irbil oil-budget deal)
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