1921 Gertrude Bell wrote US diplomat that England carried
King Faisal on its shoulders into power
(Musings
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And Iraq)
(Musings
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Explorer of the Middle East)
1979 22 coup plotters sentenced to death 33 others given
prison time
1982 Iran made final attack in Basra as part of Op Ramadan
Failed
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On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
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(Musings
On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
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The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
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(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1982 Dawa bombed Planning Ministry in Baghdad
1990 Iraq walked out on talks with Kuwait held in Saudi
Arabia Kuwait offered to cancel Iraq’s oil debts
worth $14-$15 bil and lease Werba
Island Kuwait and Saudis offered to pay $10 bil to Iraq for ending dispute Iraq
said no and demanded $27 bil
1990 Revolutionary Command Council and Regional Command met
to hear about meeting with Kuwait No
progress Invasion order given
1990 US intelligence found Iraq moved divisions within 3
miles of Kuwait border
1990 Chief DIA analyst for Middle East believed Iraq would
invade Kuwait CIA thought invasion imminent
1990 Pentagon meeting included SecDef Cheney and Joint
Chiefs head Gen Powell Agreed Iraq would not
invade Kuwait
1990 NSC Deputies Committee decided Iraq was going to invade
Kuwait after artillery units detected
Committee said Bush should send
Saddam warning not to invade Kuwait
1990 NSC’s Haas convinced Natl Sec Adv Scowcroft to talk to
Bush about warning Saddam not to invade
Kuwait
1990 NSC’s Haas and NatlSecAdv Scowcroft convinced Bush to
call Saddam to warn him about invading
Kuwait Then got news of invasion
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Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
2001 Paper on increasing pressure on Saddam and supporting
Iraqi opposition presented to NSC
2002 Senate Foreign Relations Committee began hearings on
possible postwar Iraq scenarios Senator Biden
warned that unless US gained
international support it could spend $70-$80 bil rebuilding Iraq
(Musings
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Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 Iraq invited Chief UN Inspector Blix to Baghdad for
talks about new inspection regime
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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)
2002 CIA made 1st paper explaining assessment of
aluminum tubes Said they were for nuclear program Said
high specifications showed they
were for centrifuges
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On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2002 Clinton’s National Security Adviser Sandy Berger OpEd
in Washington Post said just because US
could overthrow Iraq didn't mean it
should do it Berger said power did not mean legitimacy
2003 CIA Iraq station chief showed Bremer document from
Saddam’s secret police calling for
sabotage looting ambushes Suggested
Saddam planned insurgency Later proven false Was for guerrilla tactics against
invasion
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On Iraq article Did Saddam Plan the Insurgency?)
2003 New US training program to rebuild Iraq’s army began
2003 After trip to Iraq DepDefSec Wolfowitz said most Iraqis
glad US liberated them from Saddam
Said US commanders rejected more
troops to help secure Iraq Said Iraq could pay for its own reconstruction using
oil and frozen assets Said invading Iraq was crucial to fight international
terrorism Said invasion of Iraq and creating democracy could be start of
transforming entire Middle East
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq bombed 6 churches in Baghdad and Mosul
12 killed 71 wounded
2005 Battle of Haditha began
2005 Oil Minister Uloom announced gas cooking gas and
kerosene rationing to ease to help with shortages
2005 Constitution commission said it was deadlocked because
didn’t have authority to make major
decisions
(Musings
On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s
constitution)
2005 Ex-CIA officer claimed spring 01 received intelligence
that Iraq had ended its uranium enrichment
program years ago
2007 Iraqi Accordance Front withdrew 6 ministers from
cabinet claiming PM Maliki was excluding them
from govt that PM was sectarian and
no reconciliation
(Musings
On Iraq article on Accordance Front boycott)
2007 US intel report Iraq polarized State and ISF weak
Increased extremism US needed to increase ISF loyal
to govt Sectarian politics likely
to continue Iraqi elite unlikely to agree upon reconciliation Shiites insecure
about holding power Leads to mistrust and lack of reconciliation Many Sunnis
don’t accept minority status Sunnis think Shiites Iranian tools ISF short on
equipment and couldn’t handle security
2007 US Govt Accountability Office found Pentagon couldn’t
account for $19.2 bil worth of equipment it
gave to ISF Pentagon also said it
only delivered 1/3 of equipment meant for Iraqi army and less than half of
equipment for police
2008 Kurdish parties in Kirkuk asked for KRG to annex
province as symbolic protest of provincial election
law that included power sharing in
Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurdish protests over election law)
2012 Russia’s Gazprom signed deal for 2 oil blocks in KRG
2012 KRG said it would restart oil exports for Baghdad to
try to get a new revenue deal with the central
govt
2015 Protests in Basra and Karbala over lack of electricity
and services
2018 Protests in Dhi Qar Basra Muthanna Najaf 4th
day of sit in protest in Muthanna
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