1948 Kurds from Iraq and Iran met
in Baku, Soviet Union Mustafa Barzani led plans for
Kurdish
movement
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1987 Iran started phase II of Op Karbala 5 reaching Jasim
River 6 miles from Basra City Caused
2000 Iraqi casualties Population of
Basra started leaving
(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 Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim said that Supreme Council was
against U.S. aggression vs Iraq
over its Kuwait invasion
1991 US 5th Special Forces Group entered Iraq to
carry out covert ops behind Iraqi lines during Gulf
War
1991 Iraqi terrorist tried to bomb US Information Service HQ
in Philippines in retaliation for Gulf
War
1992 Report Saudis pushed US to help foment military coup in
Iraq to topple Saddam
2003 US offered Saddam immunity if he departed Iraq to avert
war
2003 Pentagon officials opposed to Rumsfeld’s invasion plan
complained to Time that Rumsfeld
was taking over deployment orders
for invasion
(Musings
On Iraq article on how pro/anti-Rumsfeld factions leaked stories to
press over 2003 Iraq invasion plans)
2003 Fmr UN inspector David Kay OpEd in Wash Post said UN
weapons inspectors would never
find any hard evidence against Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2004 Iraqi Governing Council went to UN to ask it for help
with transition to sovereignty against
wishes of CPA
2004 100,000 marched in Baghdad supporting Ayatollah
Sistani’s call for early elections
2004 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Sanchez ordered secret
investigation into Abu Ghraib prison abuse
2007 Iraqi cabinet committee finished draft of Hydrocarbon
Law Was never passed
2007 US arrested Abdul al-Daraji and Ali Smaisin for running
death squads for Sadr
2007 Sadr ordered his MPs and ministers back to work Started
boycott after PM Maliki met with
Bush and refused to demand US
forces leave
2007 Report Gen Abadi Deputy Chief of Staff of ISF said
corruption was eating away at the armed
forces US got rid of Iraqi army
commander in Fallujah who was connected to militias was stealing fuel and
weapons and selling them on black market in Baghdad and taking pay from
soldiers Iraqi govt report said that police were kidnapping people for money forging
documents and gave info to insurgents
2010 Report Maliki govt claimed 15,000 Sahwa gotten jobs in
ISF 33,000 positions in govt Said by
middle of 2010 all Sahw would be
integrated Never happened
(Musings
On Iraq article on integration of Sahwa)
2014 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his fighters to march towards
Baghdad
View the Iraq History Timelines
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