1915 British forces began campaign to capture Nasiriya from
Ottomans
1923 Govt arrested cleric Khalisi and others blaming them
for posting fatwa on Khadmiya shrine against
Iraqis defending Mosul against
Turks Khalisi would be deported to Persia
1923 Persian mujtahids and businesses in Najaf protested
arrest of cleric Khalisi for his opposition activities
1923 2 mujtahids led protest in Karbala trying to get
clerics and religious students to leave for Persia to
protest Khalisi’s arrest
1954 Parliament dismissed as part of Nuri al-Said’s demands
before he returned as premier
1983 France agreed to lend Iraq 5 Super Etendard fighter
bombers that Baghdad wanted to use to attack
shipping heading towards Iran
1988 Saddam agreed upon offensive to destroy Iranian army to
prevent postwar threat
(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 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1990 Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council meeting gave
Saddam okay to use force against Kuwait
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
2003 Cheney Chief of Staff Libby told Bob Woodward 2002 Natl
Intel Estimate on Iraq included Iraq trying
to buy uranium from Africa Part of
plan to counter fmr Amb Wilson who said Iraq-Niger deal didn’t happen
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2004 Bremer got OK from Bush to close CPA Jun 28 to try to
fool insurgency
2006 Under pressure PM Maliki revised amnesty offer made 2
days before to include just those that had not
killed anyone
2007 UK intel report on ISF Maliki govt working on national security
strategy but unlikely to change
situation without reconciliation
Maliki govt had multiple committees on security that competed and didn't cooperate
and ineffective Army developing slowly Police full of insurgents and militias
and probably unreformable Said ISF couldn’t operate without US support
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
2008 Senior judge assassinated in east Baghdad during spate
of attacks upon judiciary in capital
(Musings
On Iraq article on attacks on judges)
2008 Suicide bomber attacked meeting of Anbar Awakening
killing 20 including several sheikhs
(Musings
On Iraq article on Awakening bombing)
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2 comments:
thanks for the valuable history .
Glad you enjoy it. Lots of hard work that I'm constantly adding to.
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