1920 US complained 2nd time to England about San
Remo agreement that divided Iraq’s oil between
England and France
1927 British report Difficult to settle Assyrians in north
because land already inhabited
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1959 Qasim govt disbanded communist led Federation of Trade
Unions, arrested members Part of
push back
against communist influence
(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)
1982 Iran made fifth attack in Basra as part of Op Ramadan
but failed
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1982 During Iranian Op Ramadan
Ayatollah Baqir al-Hakim crossed into Iraq from Iran
Called
for uprising vs Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq history of Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq)
1983 Iraq counterattack against
Iran Op Wa al-Fajr 2 with heliborne assault that recaptured Mount
Kerde Mand in
Iraqi Kurdistan
(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 Bush letter to Saddam asked him not to use force in
region and hoped for continued good US-Iraq
relations Pentagon tried to block
Bush note to Saddam fearing an Iraq invasion of Kuwait
1990 CIA briefed Bush warning that Iraq was going to invade
Kuwait
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1996 Iranian Revolutionary Guard entered Kurdistan to fight
the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
but also to support the PUK against
the KDP Guard went 40 miles into Kurdistan and stayed 72 hours When withdrew
left behind weapons for PUK
2002 PM Blair told Bush UK would be with US on Iraq but had
to consider difficulties and work on politics
of war
(Musings
On Iraq article Chilcot Report Volume 2 Sec 3.3 Development of UK Iraq
Strategy and Options April to July 2002)
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.4 Development of UK Iraq Strategy and
Options, Late July to 14 September 2002)
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 Wash Post article on Iraq war plans Said many in
military wanted containment of Iraq
2003 Blair govt accused of crimes against humanity for Iraq
war in Greek court
2004 68 killed in suicide car bomb on police center Baquba
Diyala
2007 US Inspector General found from 2005-07 Iraqi govt only
accepted 435 out of 2797 reconstruction
projects Since Maliki govt took
power in 06 had accepted few if any projects Finance Min Jabr blamed for not
releasing money to take over projects US spent $90 mil to fix 2 turbines at
Dora power plant Iraqis didn’t know how to work turbines and used wrong fuel
Iraqi govt wouldn’t accept project Meant US turning over projects to provincial
and city govts that didn’t have money or know how to run them Problem was US
didn’t include Iraqis in projects who had no say in what was built
2008 3 female suicide bombers hit Shiite pilgrims in
Baghdad’s Karrada 32 dead 100
wounded
(Musings
On Iraq article on female suicide bombing in Karrada)
2008 Suicide bomber attacked Kurds protesting provincial
election results in Kirkuk 24 killed Crowd burned
down Turkmen Front office and
attacked Arab councilman’s house afterward
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurdish protests and violence in Kirkuk)
2017 Protest in Baghdad Governor said demos legitimate and
trying to improve services
Also demo
in Muthanna over electricity
2018 Protests in Baghdad outside West Qurna 1 oil field in
Basra
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