1921 Churchill wrote Sir Percy Cox saying too expensive to
maintain British forces in
Mesopotamia therefore Arab govt
should be created to run things
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
1948 College student strike in Baghdad over Anglo-Iraq
Treaty ended when arrested students were
released by police
1956 Interior Minister announced conspiracy against govt by
Egypt Based upon evidence Egypt
involved in bombings of Turkish
embassy in Baghdad and assassination attempt on PM Said
1966 Govt forces attacked KDP in Panjwin
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1981 Iranian commander thought he’d destroyed most of Iraqi
forces so tried one more attack in Op
Hoveyzeh Attacked failed and
Iranians retreated In operation Iran lost 214 Chieftain tanks and 8 Cobra
helicopters Iraq lost 100 T-55 and T-62 tanks End of 1st Iranian
counteroffensive in war Failed
1987 Iranian cmdr said Op Karbala 5 needed to start
immediately before Iraq discovered it
(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 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1993 Iraq warned that it was in material breach of weapons
inspections and would suffer
consequences
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1999 Kurdish parties met to discuss how to implement peace
plan in civil war
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
2003 Bush met with Congressional leaders and said he would
make case to Congress and US public
for war with Iraq
2003 Bush met with Republican leaders saying Saddam wasn’t
complying with UN resolution and
he would have to address US about
war
2006 Bush admin meetings said US was on strategic defensive
in Iraq
2007 Human Rights Watch report Militias killing torturing
and dumping bodies with protection of
Interior Ministry
2008 6 churches in Mosul and Baghdad bombed
2008 US Op Phantom Phoenix began to secure Baghdad and belts
in Diyala Salahaddin Ninewa
2011 Inter Min Bolani claimed investigation into fake bomb
detectors was a political move and no
corruption in purchase
2011 Sadr gave homecoming speech after returning from Iran
Said was religious obligation to resist
the US occupation of Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Sadr’s return to Iraq from Iran)
(Musings
On Iraq article on why Sadr left Iraq during Surge)
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