1920 UK Cabinet decided to send Sir Percy Cox to Baghdad to
help deal with 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1921 Gertrude Bell wrote that Iraq might be the best chance
England had to straighten out
the Mideast
and if it worked it would change relations between Europe and Asia
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
1933 Assyrians captured by Kurds trying to return form Syria
turned over to army and executed Gen Sidqi
said retaliation for Assyrian
attack on army camp Rumors spread that Assyrians had blown up bridges and
poisoned water
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1981 Cuba China India Zambia PLO sent delegation to Tehran
to try to end Iran-Iraq War
1983 Iranian forces attacked hills around Mehran Iran during
Op Wa al-Fajr 3
1986 Iraq air strike hit 5 of Iran’s 11 tankers at Kharg
Island Iran’s main oil terminal
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1988 Saddam said he would accept ceasefire to end Iran-Iraq
if Iran would hold direct
talks Iran said no Saddam was
trying to add his own demands to UN proposal
(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 U.N. Resolution 661 placed economic sanctions on Iraq
for its invasion of Kuwait
1990 Iraq issued statement saying reports about its forces
heading towards Saudi border were false
1990 Saddam met with US Charge De’Affaires Wilson Said he
respected US interests
and was not
going to attack Saudi Arabia
1990 US delegation convinced King Fahd to invite US troops
to Saudi Arabia after
Iraq’s
invasion of Kuwait
1990 Bush authorized Def Sec Cheney to start deploying
troops to Saudi Arabia
1990 Bush met Thatcher Both agreed to confront Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1991 Iraq told UN weapons inspectors that it worked on
anthrax and botulin toxin as
part of its
biological weapons program
(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)
1999 Jim Hoagland in WashPost reported Clinton Natl Sec Adv
Berger told Iraqi
opposition
president wanted Saddam removed by end of his term
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
2002 Nat Sec Adv Rice called Sec State Powell and told him
he did a great job with Bush Said there should
be more discussions on what Iraq
policy should be
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
2002 White House Chief of Staff Card called Sec State Powell
asking for same briefing on Iraq he’d given
Bush day before
2002 Natl Sec Adv Rice paper Liberation Strategy for Iraq Said
when US overthrew Saddam couldn’t act
like an invader Had to pose war as
a liberation of the Iraqi people Same time US would have to stay in Iraq for
many years
2002 Gen Franks told his commanders to switch to Hybrid War
plan which could start immediately
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Sanchez said limiting arrests and
raids looking for Baathists Said few returns and
angering Iraqis
2004 After 2 days of fighting in Najaf US claimed killed 300
Mahdi Army fighters
(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)
2004 Report US intel officers were involved in Abu Ghraib
prison abuse
2006 Report ISF not able to secure Baghdad and US doubling
troops in city from 7200 to 14200 to help
Iraqis
2007 Iraqiya’s 4 ministers started boycott of cabinet Were
now 17 ministers total not going to Maliki
cabinet
2007 US audit found couldn’t account for 190,000 rifles and
pistols it gave to the ISF
2008 KRG moved 2 Peshmerga brigades outside Kirkuk city
Baghdad sent Defense Minister to check on
situation Was protest over provincial
election law that called for power sharing in Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurdish protests over election law)
2008 US Govt report Iraq revenues up and could take more
responsibility for reconstruction but most of
budget going to salaries and
benefits and barely spending investment money Only 23% in 2005 19% in 2006 28%
in 2007 Iraq was now outspending US however on reconstruction
(Musings
On Iraq article on US and Iraqi reconstruction spending)
2008 Iran and Iraq signed trade agreement to create free
trade zone Tehran one of Iraq’s top 2 trade partners
(Musings
On Iraq article on trade deal)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2008 Govt gave squatters 1 month to leave or be sued or
arrested Would be given limited compensation Part
of PM Maliki’s displaced program to
force people to return home Complaints that govt had no real plan or funding
for program
(Musings
On Iraq article on govt return program)
2015 Protests in Karbala, Najaf, Baghdad, Basra, Hillah,
Nasiriya and Rumaitha, Muthanna demanding
reform
2018 9th day of sit in protest in Muthanna also demos
at Safwan border crossing and West Qurna 1 oil field
in Basra Baghdad
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