1920 UK PM George wrote that French objected to Faisal
becoming king of Iraq George and French
both thought he was weak leader
1921 Feisal said he wouldn’t accept restrictions on
sovereignty included in UK’s Iraq mandate Wanted an
Anglo-Iraq treaty that would give
him full power
1921 Churchill wrote Iraq Commissioner Cox that Feisal
needed to stop making demands of UK and do
what London told him
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On Iraq article on Churchill’s policy towards Iraq)
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On Iraq book review Churchill’s
Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1933 King Feisal ordered Interior Min Suleiman to investigate
massacre of Assyrians in Sumail
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On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1982 Iraqi planes started attacking shipping at Khor Musa
channel leading to Bandar Khomeini port in Iran
Sank 2 ships
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1982 Iraqi planes started bombing campaign against Kharg
Island Iran’s major oil port
(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)
1986 Turkey launched raid into Kurdistan after PKK destroyed
a Turkish military post in Anatolia Turks
killed 165 PKK
1990 Iraqi opposition in Iran claimed they could field
50,000 to fight Saddam
1990 Iraq offered to fully implement UN Res 598 and Algiers
Agreement to try to win favor with Iran after
Kuwait invasion
1991 UN Resolution 706 proposed Iraq import petroleum
products to alleviate humanitarian situation
caused by sanctions Iraq rejected
plan
1991 UN Resolution 707 Said Iraq was in flagrant violation
of weapons inspectors Allowed inspectors to use
planes and helicopters for flights
inside Iraq
1991 Baghdad objected to Res 707 saying US had flown U2 spy
plane over Iraq claiming it was for
inspectors
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
1995 Supreme Council denounced Jordan taking in Saddam’s
son-in-law Hussein Kamal calling him a
murderer
2002 NatlSecAdv Rice said US needed to launch pre-emptive
strike against Iraq before it got too strong
(Musings
On Iraq book review America at the
Crossroads, Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Feith’s office
briefed CIA officials on its findings that Iraq and
Al Qaeda had cooperated for years
2002 1st Bush NatlSecAdv
Scowcroft wrote Wall St Journal OpEd saying Saddam not threat to US and not
connected to
9/11
2002 Sec State Powell called
Scowcroft thanking him for OpEd saying it would help for arguments within
administration
over Iraq
2002 Dep head of UK embassy to US wrote that White House
talking about when war would start
not if it would happen
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.4 Development of UK Iraq Strategy and
Options, Late July to 14 September 2002)
2003 White House objected to CPA’s request for $20.3 bil
after administration said it would not ask
Congress for any more money for
Iraq
2003 Oil pipeline to Turkey bombed in Baiji Salahaddin
shutting down exports for 2nd time in a week
2004 Peace talks between Allawi govt and Sadr broke down
over ending 2nd Battle of Najaf
(Musings
On Iraq article on 2nd battle of Najaf)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Battle For The
City Of The Dead)
2005 One week extension given to Constitutional committee to
finish work
(Musings
On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s
constitution)
2008 Report US intel officer said that Iranian Revolutionary
Guard and Hezbollah had 4 training
camps in Iran for Asaib Ahl Al-Haq
and Kataib Hezbollah in Tehran Qom Ahaz Mashhad
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran training Iraqi militias)
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On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
(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)
2011 ISI attacked Sahwa in mosque in Yusifiya during Ramadan
and bombed St Ephraim Syriac Orthodox
church in Kirkuk
2012 PM Maliki said he wanted better relations with Turkey
but also complained about Ankara’s ties to
Kurdistan
2015 Chief Justice Medhat said that judiciary supported PM Abadi’s
reforms but made no changes
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
2018 Protester killed by police beating outside West Qurna 2
oil field Basra Led to more demonstrations in
province
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