1916 Ottomans retreated up Tigris after defeat at Battle of
Wadi only to lose again to British
at Battle of Hanna
1948 Demonstrators against Anglo-Iraq Treaty fired upon
again Led Regent to repudiate treaty
1970 Pres Bakr announced failed coup by ex-army officers and
special tribunal to try plotters
Accused Iran of backing coup
1970 Imam Khomeini started lectures in Najaf outlining his
concept of vilayat al-faqih
1987 Saddam sent letter to Iran Said he didn’t claim any Iranian
territory and wanted peace deal
Asked Iranians to challenge
Khomeini’s right to rule
1987 Iran captured Duaija east of Basra city Iraq launched 2
counterattacks but repulsed 1500 Iraqi
casualties
1987 Iraq suffered 10,000
casualties in Basra during Iran Op Karbala 5 leading Saddam to call for
volunteers
(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)
1993 Iraq declared ceasefire with Coalition over not
allowing UN weapons inspectors into country
Demanded US review no fly zones
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1999 SCIRI rejected any U.S. aid
2002 Weekly Standard OpEd by Robert Kagan and William
Kristol called for Iraq to be attacked as
next step in war on terror
2003 Bush said that Saddam was not interested in disarming
and that time was running out on Iraq
2003 Blair said 2nd UN resolution not necessary
for use of force against Iraq
2003 DeptSecState Armitage spoke at US Inst of Peace saying
US trying to avoid war but Iraq not
accounted for its WMD
2004 VP Cheney said there was overwhelming evidence Iraq and
Al Qaeda connected
2005 Knight Ridder analysis Violence in Iraq increased after
every US benchmark such as capture of
Saddam handing over sovereignty etc
2007 2 officials claimed that US had convinced PM Maliki to
stop protecting Sadr and Mahdi Army
Wasn’t true
2009 1st NSC meeting in Obama admin President
said he wanted to withdraw from Iraq but preserve
successes Wanted 3 options for Iraq
policy
2010 Report Iraq reconciliation committee holding talks with
insurgents and Baathists in Jordan
UAE Syria Before Maliki had
criticized US for similar talks
(Musings
On Iraq article on US-Iraq talks with Baathists and insurgents)
2011 3 bombs hit Shiite pilgrims during Arbayeen
2014 NGO warned that 5,000 had been forced from their homes
in Baghdad Diyala Ninewa Basra
Reports gunmen threatened and forced
Shammar tribe to flee Baquba Diyala ISIS forced 300 families out of province
Shabaks in Ninewa targeted in Mosul Sunnis threatened and attacked in Basra in
retaliation for terrorist attacks in rest of Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on forced displacement in Iraq)
2018 Federal Court ruled election date could not be changed
Would happen 5/12/18
(Musings
On Iraq article on Federal Court decision that 2018 elections would
happen on time)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with IRIS-Chatham House’s Mansour on 2018
elections)
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