1925 Head of League of Nations
Mosul Commission called King Faisal a “poor creature”
1925 British intel report Iraqi
govt picked MPs privately Political parties had no power and no programs
1972 Saddam went to France
Finalized oil deal Said French holdings in Iraq would be last to be
nationalized
Also said Iraq wanted to buy weapons
1984 2nd time UN got
Iran and Iraq to agree to not attack each others cities Didn’t last
(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)
1991 Iranian Amb to UN warned that Iraqi army ready to
launch op against displaced in
southern
Iraq hiding after 91 uprising
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld said Iraq had chemical weapons and an
active nuclear program
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Undersecretary of State and CIA official told Cheney
chief of staff Libby that Fmr Amb Wilson’s
wife worked
for CIA Would later leak her identity
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 UK intel report on Iran’s Iraq policy Said Iran wanted
a stable Iraq that was not a threat, wanted
influence in Baghdad, wanted a
unified state, opposed US presence but didn’t want chaos
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2007 Report Gen Petraeus and staff decided to spread
Awakening model to Baghdad Diyala Babil
Salahaddin Talks with 1920
Revolution Brigades to fight ISI in Anbar and Diyala PM Maliki adviser didn’t
like policy
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
(Musings
On Iraq article on split within insurgency in Diyala)
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2007 130 sheikhs in Salahaddin agreed to set up sahwa unit
(Musings
On Iraq article on Sahwa)
2007 Report Sheikh Suleiman breaking form Anbar Salvation
Council Called Sheikh Abu Risha a traitor
who sold out for money Suleiman
said he would form his ow rival Awakening group
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2007 Speaker Mashadani voted out of office by Iraqi parliament
2007 Sadr spokesman said Sadr had replaced 11 leaders in
attempt to regain control of movement Said
Sadr rejected violence but Mahdi
Army still trying to expel Sunnis from Amil and Baya in Baghdad and fighting US
and British forces
2007 Gen Lynch in south Iraq said 7 of 9 national police
brigade commanders and 14 of 24 battalion
commanders replaced due to abuses
and sectarianism Said many of the Iraqi police in south were corrupt Iraqi
politicians constantly ordered prisoners released Said US wanted to set up
provisional police in south including arming Sunni tribes
2008 Report foreign fighters coming to Iraq down to single
digits per month
2008 UK intel report Predicated large Sunni turnout for 09
provincial elections Said many insurgents
considering participating in vote
Sunnis wanted economic development services release of prisoners reforming
deBaathification reviewing constitution
2009 PM Maliki said Asaib Ahl Al-Haq head Khazali was a
problem for the US not his govt
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2011 Protest organizers held press conference complaining
about pro-Dawa tribesmen
beating
them in Baghdad day before
2012 After Pres Talabani rejected no confidence vote KRG
Pres Barzani and Iraqiya said they
would still
push issue
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2012 Pres Talabani’s office announced it was holding talks
with PKK to work out a ceasefire with Turkey
2013 Sadrist rally in Kadhimiya Baghdad led to shootouts
with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq in northern and eastern
Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2014 ISIS executed 17 police at Mosul airport 12 ISF killed
in Dawasa, Ninewa after Mosul seized
2014 ISIS kidnapped staff of Turkish consulate in Mosul
2014 Salahaddin provincial police chief went to Camp
Speicher demanding army help vs ISIS Turned down
2014 ISIS seized Tikrit without a fight 30 police executed
Burned provincial council building and 4 police
stations in city
(Musings
On Iraq How Northern Iraq Fell To The Insurgency)
2014 ISIS executed 10 ISF in Riyad, Kirkuk Burned all the
police stations in Zab
(Musings
On Iraq article Islamic State of Iraq’s 2014 Uprising And Security Forces
Collapse)
2014 ISIS took Baiji burned down police station Also took
Dour district
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Northern Front Stalemate In Salahaddin)
2014 Separate reports that Tikrit and Baiji had been freed
by ISF proved false
2014 ISIS attack upon Samarra turned back by ISF
2014 ISIS spokesman Adnani said that group was going to
attack Baghdad and overthrow government
2014 US said it was sending Hellfire missiles light and
medium weapons to aid Iraq PM Maliki
later
claimed this didn’t happened
2014 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq said that it would defend Iraq and
holy shrines
(Musings
On Iraq Iran And Its Shiite Militias Mobilize In Iraq Interview With
Phillip Smyth)
2014 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq accused of kidnapping 53 Sunni men in
Hillah Babil and executing them
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2014 Ammar Hakim said he was calling for volunteers to fight
insurgency
2014 Sadr called for his Saraya al-Salam militia to protect
Iraq’s shrines from insurgents
(Musings
On Iraq Moqtada al-Sadr And Iraq’s Militia Mobilizaton)
2014 Militiamen took 137 men from Latifiya market south
Baghdad 30 later found dead
2014 150 man Iranian Revolutionary Guard unit sent into Iraq
to assist govt against insurgents
(Musings
On Iraq Continued Collapse Of Iraqi Security Forces And Fighting In Baghdad
Leads to Militia Mobilization And Arrival Of Iran)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Vanguard of the
Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
2014 UNAMI warned that it didn't have funds to deal with
displacement crisis caused by insurgency
2015 Video showed US Special Forces taking part in firefight
supporting Peshmerga in northern Iraq vs IS
2015 Mutahidun MP complained parts of Diyala had been
cleared of Sunnis and not allowed to return for
political reasons
2016 Anbar governor investigation found Hashd killed 49 men
from Saqlawiya and Sjar and 643 others
detained not seen again
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