1941 Another British brigade landed in Basra to help secure
Iraq after Anglo-Iraq War
(Musings
On Iraq book review Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The Nationalist Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Persian Gulf
Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq 1941, The
Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq And Syria
1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1975 Iraq protested Algiers Treaty by placing pontoon bridge
across Shatt al-Arab and sending troops
into Iran’s Khuzistan province Iran
expelled Iraqis killing 88 of its soldiers
1979 Pres Assad arrived in Baghdad for more talks on
unifying Iraq and Syria
Came up
with United Arab Republic but disagreed on details
1979 Assad became mad at Iraqi demands and left ending talks
of unification Saddam
was key in
undermining talks Was afraid of lesser position within unified govt
1981 Iraq and Iran held 1st prisoner swap set up
by Red Cross during Iran-Iraq War
1986 Planning cell created in
Baghdad to prepare for retaking Fao Peninsula from Iranians
(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)
1991 Barzani said deal made with Baghdad over Kurdish
autonomy Talabani said not to
trust
Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1992 Most of the Iraqi opposition met in Vienna Led to creation
of Iraqi National
Congress as umbrella organization
Used quotas 1st time to break up representatives by ideology and
ethnosectarian identity
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1992 Vienna conference)
2003 Gen Abizaid CENTCOM commander said that US was facing
classic insurgency in
Iraq White
House had been denying that
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2003 Bremer said Development Fund for Iraq money could be
used by military for local
reconstruction
projects
2003 Bremer said failure to capture Saddam was helping
resistance and making Iraqis
scared to
help Coalition
2003 Head UN Inspector Blix said empty 122mm WMD artillery
shells were from
1980s after
US said they could be part of stocks
(Musings
On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD
and 2003 Invasion)
2003 Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance 1st
US administration for
Iraq
officially closed
2004 Gen Accounting Office report Pentagon didn’t have good
planning or oversight
of
reconstruction projects in Iraq leading to cost overruns
2004 CIA adv told 9/11 Comm 1998 indictment that charged
Iraq and Al Qaeda agreed
to
cooperate in Sudan proved false
2004 CIA adv told 9/11 Comm that Al Qaeda was suspicious of
Saddam’s secular govt
2004 CIA adv told 9/11 Comm in 90s Iraq and Al Qaeda tried
to work out non-
interference
pact and talked about cooperation
2004 CIA adv told 9/11 Comm in 1999 report said if Saddam
wanted to attack US he
would probably
use Al Qaeda
2004 9/11 Comm said no operational relationship between Iraq
and Al Qaeda
Had
contacts but no cooperation
2004 9/11 Comm said 1994 bin Laden asked for Iraq’s help
with operations but never
got
response
2004 9/11 Comm said Iraq and Al Qaeda talked about
cooperation in Sudan in 1996 but
nothing
came of it
2004 9/11 Comm didn’t believe story that 9/11 hijacker Atta
met with Iraqi
intel
officer in Prague
2004 Sec State Powell said administration stuck by claim of
Iraq-Al Qaeda relationship
2004 White House said 9/11 Comm didn’t contradict admin
claims because it never
said Iraq
behind 9/11 Cheney said there was a connection
2004 White House said Zarqawi being in Iraq before 03
invasion proved Saddam gave
safe haven
to Al Qaeda members
2005 Report Tehran cracking down on Zarqawi’s network in
Iran
2005 US diplomat in Mosul documented abuses of Inter Min
Wolf Brigade including
torture
beatings not releasing prisoners
2005 Report US declared Tal Afar cleared of insurgents in
Oct 04 but had to return in
May 05
2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council kidnapped 2 US soldiers in
Baghdad in revenge for
US troops
raping Iraqi girl and killing her and her family
2006 Kidnapping of 2 US soldiers derailed Iraq’s Operation
Together Forward to
secure
Baghdad
2006 Bush told Iraq Study Group PM Maliki was going to solve
problems in Iraq and
Gen Casey
had situation under control
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Battle of Ramadi began with setting up 2 combat
outposts in southern section of
city
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Sheriff of
Ramadi, Nvy SEALS and the Winning of Anbar)
2007 Operation Phantom Thunder which was overreaching name
of a series of operations began to clear
Baghdad Belts began Suburbs and
towns around Baghdad city US deployed 4 brigades for operation going along
Tigris River near Arab Jabour in south known for producing car bombs and had
not had US forces in 3 years US cleared Salman Pak in west and tried to stop
insurgents from moving to Baquba in Diyala in the east US forces in Taji in
north tried to stop insurgents fleeing Baghdad to Salahaddin Also operations in
Adhamiya Rasheed Mansour neighborhoods of Baghdad
2008 PM Maliki gave ultimatum to militiamen to hand over
weapons in Amarah, Maysan
aimed at
Mahdi Army
2008 Sadrists said they would run in provincial elections
but not as a party
(Musings
On Iraq article on Sadr’s strategy)
2009 43 police had been arrested for abuse in prisons Done
to placate Sadrists
complaining
about abuse of their followers
2010 Turkey sent troops into Kurdistan and bombed areas
chasing PKK fighters
after
attack on Turkish army base
2010 State of Law and National Alliance in talks to try to
limit powers of next
PM in
negotiations to form new govt
2010 PM Maliki met with Kurdish list claiming he would
implement Article 140 on
Kirkuk and
disputed areas to get their support for 2nd term
2011 PM Maliki gave TV speech saying militias had
infiltrated Interior Ministry and
carried out
assassinations
2011 PM Maliki said Baghdad protests were illegal and threatened
security
2011 PM Maliki said ISF would not be ready to secure Iraq
after US forces withdrew at end of year
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
2012 2 car bombs hit Shiite pilgrims heading for Kadhimiya,
Baghdad 32 killed
67 injured
2012 Sadr said that removing PM Maliki was God’s will but he
was already backing off
no
confidence vote due to Iranian pressure
2012 Sadrists and State of Law in talks to try to end no
confidence move against PM Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2012 Kurdish list said their goal was still to remove PM Maliki
2013 Security op in Anbar to prepare for elections
criticized for arbitrary arrests and
raids
2013 Car bombs in Najaf and Wasit, IED in Basra
2013 KDP and PUK agreed to delay KRG presidential elections
supposed to happen Sep
2013 until
issues of Pres Barzani’s term resolved
2013 Sadr-SIIC alliance won governor and head of council in
new Wasit govt
2013 State of Law-Solidarity alliance won governor and head
of council in Dhi Qar
2014 All work at Baiji refinery shut down because of
insurgency
(Musings
On Iraq How Northern Iraq Fell To The Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Northern Front Stalemate In Salahaddin)
2014 US and Iranian diplomats met to discuss Iraq and ISIS
2014 275 U.S. troops sent to Iraq to help with war vs ISIS
2014 ISIS issued orders to start destroying churches in
Mosul
2014 12 insurgents killed in fighting between Naqshibandi
and ISIS for control of Mosul
(Musings
On Iraq Precarious Relationship Between The Islamic State of Iraq And The
Baathist Naqshibandi)
2014 Insurgent Military Council in charge of Mosul
criticized ISIS for trying to establish control
over city
2014 ISIS seized Hawija, Kirkuk
2014 Badr killed 51 prisoners in Tal Afar prison
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
(Musings
On Iraq Iran And Its Shiite Militias Mobilize In Iraq Interview With
Phillip Smyth)
2014 Hashd killed 50 prisoners at Baquba police station
2014 KRG asked for 25% of Iraqi budget claiming its
population had grown
2014 Maliki loyalist MP Fatlawi blamed Kurds for helping insurgents
take Mosul
2014 Liwa Abu Fadhl al-Abbas Iraqi
militia in Syria sets up branch in Iraq and deployed 1500
fighters
to Samarra
(Musings
On Iraq Iran And Its Shiite Militias Mobilize In Iraq Interview With
Phillip Smyth)
2014 KRG Premier Barzani went to
Tehran to assure it about its seizure of Kirkuk and disputed
areas
2014 1st Iranian Rev
Guard member killed during war vs IS Officially died in accident in Karbala
Friends
claimed he was a martyr in war
(Musings
On Iraq Iranian Mobilization In Iraq In The Face Of The Insurgent Surge)
(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)
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