1922 King Faisal struck by appendicitis with no PM or govt
UK High Commissioner Cox ruled
until king returned Cox deported
and exiled opposition leaders banned opposition parties and papers Silenced
opposition and Shiite leaders
1924 American Consul in Iraq said King Faisal had no popular
support and many were openly opposed to him
1952 Communist led strike at Basra port over pay Broken up
by police Started year of protests called the
Intifada
(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)
1962 Govt census in Jazeera listed 120,000 Kurds as aliens
during Kurdish revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1986 1000 Turkish soldiers invaded Kurdistan Captured 40 KDP
Peshmerga
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
1988 UN said that Iraq used poison gas in attack on
Oshnaviyeh Iran on Aug 2 that wounded around 2,600
civilians 7th time UN
documented use of WMD by Iraq
(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 Saddam appeared on state TV with western hostages in
Iraq Told them they were being held to
prevent war
1996 Barzani said KDP stopped PUK offensive captured or
killed 400 PUK Peshmerga
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
2002 UK intel said it knew little about Iraq’s WMD since
1988
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 CPA created Dep of Border Enforcement but gave it
little money to control Iraq’s borders
2003 Turkmen protested in Kirkuk city over Turkmen being
killed Turned violent 3 killed 15-20 wounded
2005 US embassy report said Gen Casey’s plan for handing off
security to Iraq had no chance of succeeding
and argued for counterinsurgency to
defeat insurgency
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2005 Sunni members of constitutional committee said they
rejected draft Said committee didn’t create
consensus on draft
2005 Members of Allawi’s Iraqi National Accord also voiced
concerns over draft constitution
(Musings
On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s
constitution)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2006 Gen Barbero Joint Chief deputy chief of ops said Iran
training funding arming Iraqi militias
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments
to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2006 UK Intel report Said Maliki govt unable to deal with
militias because afraid of break up of United Iraqi
Alliance
2008 Report 2 Mahdi Army men said Hezbollah training the
militia in Lebanon
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iranian and Hezbollah training of Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
2009 Baghdad Operations Command aired taped confession of
man who said he was a Baathist and
involved in Aug 18 Baghdad bombings
Said attack ordered by Syria Was actually done by ISI
(Musings
On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
2015 Police opened fire on demonstrations in Babil wounding
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