1974 Iraq deployed 84,000 troops and 20,000 Kurdish militia
to fight KDP
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1987 Dawa set off car bomb in Baghdad killing 20
1988 Ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War announced 350 UN
peacekeepers deployed along border
(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)
1990 NSD 45 signed saying U.S. would get withdrawal of Iraq
from Kuwait restore Kuwaiti govt
restore security of Gulf protect
U.S. citizens in Kuwait and Iraq
1990 Iraq withdrew from last piece of Iranian territory
taken during Iran-Iraq War Meant to secure
east front
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1991 Barzani left Baghdad effectively ending autonomy talks
with Baghdad
1995 Iraq admitted to UN inspectors that its crash program
to build a nuclear bomb failed
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD
and 2003 Invasion)
1996 PUK attacked KDP positions in Sulaymaniya with Iranian
artillery and helicopter support
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
1997 Iraq agreed to allow Iranian pilgrims to go to Najaf
and Karbala as way to get around UN sanctions
2002 Rumsfeld said Al Qaeda operatives were in Iraq and that
US needed to launch pre-emptive strike
because couldn't wait for Iraq to
get stronger
(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 UnderSecDef Feith’s intel group met with CIA to discuss
Iraq-Al Qaeda ties Complained CIA didn’t
believe Iraq involved in 9/11
Brought up story that 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intel in Prague in 2001
2003 Bush at NSC meeting said US had to re-evaluate enemy in
Iraq after Zarqawi bombed UN in
Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2003 UN said bombing of its Baghdad offices wouldnt stop
reconstruction of Iraq UN would withdraw most
of its staff
2003 Bremer told Iraqi Governing Council they had to act
quicker to rebuild country and give public
confidence
2004 PM Allawi called for Sadr to give up Imam Ali shrine in
Najaf or face US-Iraq assault
(Musings
On Iraq article on 2nd battle of Najaf)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Battle For The
City Of The Dead)
(Musings
On Iraq book review US Marines in Battle An-Najaf August 20014)
2005 Report Islamic Party talked with insurgents to try to
ensure large turnout in constitutional referendum
2005 Report Shiite parties took over police in Basra Carried
out assassinations of ex-Baathists Sunni leaders
and rival Shiites
2005 Report Peshmerga ran 5 prisons and carrying out mass
arrests of Sunnis Turkmen and minorities in
Mosul
2007 ISCI governor of Muthanna assassinated by Sadrists
Sadr-Hakim rivalry
2007 Report Mahdi Army fighters said they’d gone to Lebanon
to train with Hezbollah Sadr said there was
a formal alliance between the two
groups
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
2007 Protest in Bagdhad’s Ghazilyia against Sahwa there
Ghazailya Guardians Said they were former
insurgents
2008 As part of Maliki-Pres Barzani deal Peshmerga began
withdrawing from Qara Tappa and Jalawla in
Diyala after Baghdad sent in army
and demanded them to withdraw from disputed area
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki-KRG dispute over Khanaqin dist)
2011 On ISI’s 5th anniv released video with
message that it was going to Syria
2012 US warned that oil companies signing deals with Kurds
without Baghdad’s approval were taking risks
2015 Pres Barzani’s term expired but he refused to leave
office
2017 Operation to free Tal Afar began
2018 Protests in Muthanna and West Qurna 1 oil field in
Basra over services and jobs
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