1922 Turkish troops testing border with Iraq attacked Rania
in Sulaymaniya
1987 Iraq attacked 2 Iranian merchant ships 40 ships hit by
both Iran and Iraq in next 2 weeks
(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 Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1988 Bazi Gorge in Kurdistan attacked by Iraqi forces with
chemical weapons killing around 3,000 Kurds
during Anfal campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1996 Iraqi National Accord discovered impending Iraqi attack
on Kurdistan and KDP had made deal with
Saddam
2002 Bush signed Iraq: Goals, Objectives, Strategy that said
US would use all means to remove Saddam
Said US would work with Iraqi
exiles and not occupy Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein,
Deciding on Conflict)
2002 Bush and PM Blair talked about tough UN resolution on
Iraq disarmament and how Saddam wouldn't
comply leading to conflict
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.4 Development of UK Iraq Strategy and
Options, Late July to 14 September 2002)
2002 VP Cheney spoke at Veterans of Korea War about Iraq
threat Said Iraqis would welcome US invasion
with joy
2002 UK Foreign Office paper said rebuilding Iraq would be a
long and costly affair
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 IAEA spokesman in London Times no evidence Iraq
rebuilding nuclear facilities Would be easy to
find by spy satellites
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2002 Pres Chirac said France opposed unilateral and
pre-emptive action by US against Iraq
2003 SCIRI head Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim killed in Najaf Imam
Ali shrine car bombing by Zarqawi 125
killed 500 wounded Bomb driven by
Yassin Jarrad father of Zarqawi’s second wife
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2007 Sadr announced freeze of Mahdi Army after fighting with
Badr in Karbala Sadrists said some Mahdi
Army following Iran and freeze
would allow purge
(Musings
On Iraq article on Sadr freezing Mahdi Army)
2007 Gen Petraeus wrote about Anbar Awakening and Sahwa and
how they improved security in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Sahwa)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
2008 PM Maliki in confrontation with KRG warned that if
Peshmerga operated outside of Kurdistan they
would be breaking the law
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki dispute with Kurds over disputed areas)
2009 Interior Min announced it arrested 14 ISI members
behind Aug 18 Baghdad bombings PM Maliki had
blamed Baathists and Syria
(Musings
On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
2016 KDP-PUK delegation went to Baghdad Talked about Kurdish
independence and Battle of Mosul Pres
Barzani
said status quo couldn’t continue and Kurds needed independence
2017 Anbar council elected Halbusi new governor after
finally dismissing Governor Rawi on corruption
after 3 tries
2017 Kirkuk council voted to be included in Kurdistan
independence referendum Condemned by Arab and
Turkmen politicians
2018 Protests in Dhi Qar and Baghdad for jobs and reform and
one in Basra demanding ISF member that
killed a demonstrator be arrested
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