1915 Ottoman campaign to try to retake Basra from British failed
1948 2nd Railway
strike against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1969 Bakr govt
executed opponents in central Baghdad
1983 Iraq claimed it
repulsed Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 1 after counterattack
1983 Iraqi High
Command warned Iran that had new modern weapons and would use them for first
time in war Meant new WMD capabilities
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1987 Iran Op Fath5
Iranian Rev Guard and PUK attacked Iraqi 27th Div supply lines in
Kurdistan
1992 US UK France
warned Iraq to stop military buildup along border with Kurdistan
1993 During trip to
Kuwait Iraqi intelligence attempted to assassinate fmr Pres Bush
1995 UN Res 986
created Oil for Food Program allowing $1 bil in Iraq oil exports every 90 days
for food and
humanitarian aid
1995 Saddam
initially rejected UN Res 986 thinking that inspectors would clear Iraq of WMD
and sanctions
would soon end Proved wrong
2002 Vanity Fair article
talked with Iraqi defector Saadi who claimed Iraq building WMD
2003 Pentagon said
major fighting in Iraq was over Bush claimed there was some evidence Saddam was
dead
2003 White House
said Iraq had WMD that was what war was about and they would be found
2003 Local tribes in
Najaf scattered Sadrists threatening to expel Ayatollahs Sistani Hakim and
Fayadh
from city
2003 Association of
Muslim Scholars founded by Harith Dhari
2003 1st
joint patrol in Baghdad between Iraqi police and U.S. forces
2003 Final IAEA
report given to UN Found no active Iraq nuclear program Niger docs were fakes
aluminum
tubes for rockets not centrifuges
(Musings On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq
rebuilt its nuclear weapons program)
2003 Report PUK was
telling Arabs to leave villages around Kirkuk city
2003 Report 40
people killed in fighting between Kurds and Baathists in Kirkuk City
2004 UN
representative Brahimi outlined power of interim Iraqi govt including positions
2004 5 bridges
connecting central to southern Iraq destroyed limiting movement of US forces
2004 Russia
announced it would withdraw 800 civilian contractors from Iraq due to security
concerns
2004 Italian
security guard became first foreign hostage executed by insurgents
2006 US Amb to Iraq
Khalilzad said militias were bigger problem than insurgents due to sectarian
violence
2006 Iraqi general
said militias would not put down their weapons as long as ISF couldn’t provide
security
2007 Report
Mujahadden Army taken up against ISI in Diyala Set up checkpoints in Baquba
More than 100
ISI arrested in Buhriz and Tahrir in province
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2008 Sadr returned
to Iraq from Iran Fled to Qom during Surge fearing US would target him
2008 Awakening
Council in Baghdad and Abu Ghraib formed political party to run in 09 provincial
elections
2008 Kurd delegation
met with Maliki over peshmerga budget oil law and Kirkuk
2009
Parliamentarians picked Iyad al-Samarraie to become new speaker
2009 Was
reconciliation meeting in Abu Saifan, Baghdad between Sahwa, tribes and Mahdi
Army
2009 VP Mahdi said
Sahwa had been infiltrated by ISI while Anbar Awakening was legitimate
2009 Army had to
take over 10 checkpoints in Iskandiriya after Sahwa walked off job because
hadn’t been
paid
2009 Insurgents blew
up 4 houses belonging to displaced families that had returned in Baquba Flyers
said
returnees would be attacked
2010 State of Law
complained about parties going to other countries to discuss putting together
new govt
2010 Dep PM Issawi
went to Iran to talk about forming new govt
2010 Pres Talabani
said when Shiite parties agreed on premier Kurds would support them
2010 Iraq asked to
buy 24 F-16 fighters from US
2010 Iranian Amb to
Iraq said trade between two countries had reached $7 bil in 2009 Was almost all
Iranian imports to Iraq
2011 State of Law
parliamentarians walked out of session to vote on vice presidents stopping
election
2011 Media activist
beaten by Asayesh in Kalar
2012 KRG official
said there were around 700 advisers experts and general managers in Kurdish
govt
2012 Dep PM Mutlaq
said arrest warrants for Election Commission members was political move
2012 Pres Barzani said
arrest of Election Commission head was another attempt by Maliki to centralize
control over govt
2012 Sadr said
Maliki was behind arrests of Election Commission head so that he could control
future votes
2012 Integrity Comm
reported prisons not following orders to release prisoners found not guilty or
who had
served sentences unless got payoffs
2012 Followers of
Mahmoud Sarkhi held protest in Baghdad demanding release of their followers
2013 Maliki said he
would expose politicians connected with terrorism if he was made to appear
before
parliament for questioning
2013 Maliki said
provincial elections would be step to forming majority govt
2013 Were
coordinated bombings in Baghdad, Babil, Dhi Qar, Salahaddin, Anbar, Kirkuk,
Diyala and
Ninewa
2013 Sulaymaniya
mayor died in custody Asayesh said he hung himself His family claimed he was
tortured
2013 Gorran leader
said he was against 3rd term for Pres Barzani
2015 Haider Sesho
said that his arrest by KDP was illegal That he would work with Peshmerga but
not
follow their orders
2015 New offensive
to take Garma from IS in Anbar launched
2016 Maliki Allawi
and Sadr MPs voted to dismiss Speaker Jabouri but didn’t have votes Maliki and
Allawi
wanted to weaken Abadi
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