1920 War Min Churchill wrote UK Cabinet that he was ready to
give up Mosul province to save
costs
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia/Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Churchill’s
Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Inventing Iraq:
The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1947 Mustafa Barzani revolt against govt put down and he
fled to Soviet Union
1957 PM Nuri al-Said made cover
of Time magazine
1966 KDP defeated govt forces near Hendrin
1966 PM Bazzaz made national speech saying Baghdad ready to
recognize Kurdish nationalism and rights
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1968 Amid growing anti-Arif govt activity PM Yahya resigned
but was asked to stay on
1985 War of Cities ended as both sides ran low on missiles
1985 From Mar to Jun 1985 43 Iraqi air raids on Tehran Only
12 Iranian SCUDs hit Baghdad in response
Iraq caused little damage in war of
cities and failed to push Iran towards peace talks
1988 Iraqi counterattacks pushed
Iran Op Beit al-Moqaddas 7 in Basra back to starting point
(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 Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
(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)
1994 Fighting broke out between PUK and KDP in Sulaymaniya
during funeral leaving 12 dead more than
40 wounded
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
2003 Sadrist march in Basra against British occupation
2003 US scheduled elections for Najaf cancelled because
worried Sadrists might win
2003 Report British looked at captured Iraq trailers and
found not mobile WMD labs
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2003 Sr British official said that the CPA was chaotic
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 US started Op Desert Scorpion to hunt down insurgents
from Baghdad to Kirkuk
2004 Bush said Zarqawi was best evidence that Saddam had
connections to Al Qaeda
2004 Sec State Powell said White House stuck with claims of
Iraq-Al Qaeda connections
2005 Report US recorded Peshmerga arresting hundreds of
Arabs and Turkmen in
Kirkuk and
putting them in KRG prisons
2006 Marine report murder of Iraqi civilians was covered up
by unit and commanders
didn’t show
any interest in investigating
2008 Report Sadr creating new militia units to attack US
forces
2009 Gen Odierno said foreign fighters coming to Iraq down
and Syria trying to regulate border
2010 1st session of new parliament held to meet
deadline Was supposed to elect new
speaker but
didn’t because of political disputes
2011 KRG opposition parties welcomed Pres Barzani’s reform
proposals Never
followed
through with
2011 Sadrists dared PM Maliki to try to form a majority govt
2012 Sadrist MP said movement now not for removing PM Maliki
anymore after pressure
from Iran
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2013 ISIS’ Baghdadi said he would not follow Al Qaeda’s
Zawahiri’s decision to break
with Al-Nusra Front in Syria
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2013 New Baghdad govt announced State of Law shut out of
major positions by Sadrists Supreme Council
Mutahidun State of Law won
governorship of Babil
2014 Baghdadi
issued audio message saying ISIS was going to create caliphate
2014 ISIS began posting pictures online of Camp Speicher
massacre
(Musings
On Iraq How Northern Iraq Fell To The Insurgency)
2014 Insurgents attacked power plant that supplied
electricity to most of Anbar Driven off
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Western Front Is Anbar Next To Fall?)
2014 Insurgents attacked and turned back at Tal Afar, Ninewa
50 prisoners executed in Tal Afar by govt
forces
2014 ISF fled Qara Tapa, Diyala and peshmerga moved in
2014 Yazidi leader in Sinjar district asked KRG for
protection from insurgents
2014 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq leader Khazali blamed ISIS Baathists
Kurds regional countries for security
crisis in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
(Musings
On Iraq Iran And Its Shiite Militias Mobilize In Iraq Interview With
Phillip Smyth)
2015 First displaced families returned to Tikrit after
its liberation View the Iraq History Timelines
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