1914 Germany and Britain asked Ottomans for oil concessions
in Mosul and Baghdad provinces
1935 UK Ambassador to Iraq said King Ghazi was a playboy who
was completely absorbed by his hobbies
and neglected his country
1937 Pan-Arab military officers withdrew their support for
head of army Gen Bakr Sidqi
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Role of the
Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
1981 UN Resolution 487 condemned Israel’s destruction of
Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor
1985 Iran attacked Qasr e-Shirin central Iran across form
Diyala Diversionary attack before Op Al Quds 2
1988 Iraq captured Mehran Iran then handed it over to
Mujahedeen e-Khalq’s National Liberation Army
(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)
1996 UN and Iraq began talks on allowing UN inspectors
access to sensitive sites
1996 Dep PM Aziz told UN inspectors they got most of their
intel from US and UK that were trying to
remove Saddam and that inspectors
were making sensitive visits to provoke a crisis on US-UK’s behalf
(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)
1996 CIA was hoping to cause a crisis between Iraq and UN
inspectors to justify military action against
Saddam that would start coup CA
working with ex-Gen Shawani and his sons in Republican Guard
1996 Iraqi intelligence had captured an Iraqi operative involved
in CIA coup and rounded up everyone in
plot
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US used UN inspectors in coup plot)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iraq In The
Eye of the Storm)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
1998 UN Res 1175 increased Iraq’s oil export quota to $5.3
bil under Oil For Food program Allowed
importation of equipment to
maintain oil industry
2002 US told UK that it was ready for its input on military
planning against Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 Gen Franks briefed Bush on war plans
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld said that US only fighting small
groups of dead enders in Iraq Tried to
compare insurgency in Baghdad to
murder rate in Wash DC to say it wasn’t bad
2003 Dep Sec Def Wolfowitz told Congress insurgents were
“last remains of a dying cause”
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2003 US forces found an old buried centrifuge Claimed proof
that Iraq had a nuclear weapons program
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 US denied that captured Iraqi trailers were anything
but mobile weapons labs Inspections showed
they werent
2003 White House acknowledged that State Dep intel
questioned whether captured trailers were WMD labs
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2003 Report on Iraq-Niger uranium deal Said VP Cheney got
docs on deal from UK Asked for more info
leading to Fmr Amb Wilson’s trip to
Niger Article used Wilson as unnamed source who said White House knew Niger
story was a lie
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2006 Bodies of 2 US soldiers kidnapped by Mujahedeen Shura
Council in Baghdad found
2007 Iraq ranked No 2 on failed states list by Fund for
Peace/Foreign Policy due to civil war Was No 4 in
2006
2008 ISF launched Op Promise of Peace against Sadrists in
Maysan
(Musings
On Iraq article on Op Promise of Peace)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Sadr’s strategy)
2009 Speaker of KRG parliament said KDP and PUK taking $30
mil of KRG budget for themselves
2009 2 British guards kidnapped and killed by Asaib Ahl
Al-Haq returned to British embassy In return
AAH members released from prison
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2010 Protest in Basra over power shortages 1 demonstrator
killed by police
2010 Sahwa leader in Diyala warned that ISI using carrot and
stick against sahwa members in attempted
comeback in province
2011 Def Sec Gates blamed Iran for giving weapons to Special
Groups who were attacking US forces
before withdrawal
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2011 1st Iraqi army unit received artillery from
US
2011 PM Maliki govt accused Communist party and civil groups
for protests in Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq book review Red Star Over
Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)
2011 2 killed in electricity protests in Basra
2012 Report Iran trying to stop no confidence vote against PM
Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2012 PM Maliki said Exxon deal with KRG could lead to break
up of Iraq Baghdad asked US for help to
stop deal
2012 PM Maliki’s media adv said Baghdad would stop any
KRG-Exxon oil deal that involved disputed
areas
2013 Pres Barzani sent draft constitution back to KRG
parliament for discussion and passage
2013 Iraqi army claimed it was responsible for split between
ISIS and Al Nusra in Syria because it
controlled Iraq-Syria border
2013 Iraqiya Diyala-Sadr list formed new govt in Diyala
shutting out State of Law State of Law held
protests against new govt in Diyala
Militias blocked roads around Baquba
2013 State of Law and local lists alliance formed new govt
in Karbala Sadrists and SIIC shut out
2013 State of Law won head of council in Karbala Sadrists
boycotted session
2013 All 12 provinces that had elections formed new govts
2014 PM Maliki ordered govt to pay salaries and benefits to
Hashd
2014 State Dept’s McGurk denied US was pushing for removal
of PM Maliki
2014 ISIS set up 8 courts in Mosul to run city Was pushing
out other insurgent groups that helped take city
2014 Sadr offices announced taking volunteers for new Peace
Brigades to fight insurgency
(Musings
On Iraq Moqtada al-Sadr And Iraq’s Militia Mobilization)
2014 Fighting in Saqlawiya Anbar after it was declared freed
Ishaqi Salahaddin declared freed 2nd time
but fighting continued
(Musings
On Iraq Security In Iraq’s Anbar Shows Battle Against Insurgents Will Be
Long And Often Futile)
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Western Front Is Anbar Next To Fall?)
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Northern Front Stalemate In Salahaddin)
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