1916 British leaders told troops to continue advance in
Mesopotamia vs Ottomans after huge loss
at Kut One of biggest British
defeats in WWI
1950 PM Said threatened to expel Jews from Iraq over Israel
1980 Iran’s Foreign Minister rejected Iraq’s claim to Shatt
al-Arab
1980 Saddam sent Tariq Aziz to Arab countries to argue
Iraq’s case to back it against Iran
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
1980 Iraqi artillery hit Iranian city of Abadan
1980 2 Iranian F-5 Tiger IIs fired upon Iraqi troops along
the Iran-Iraq border and were shot down by Iraqi
anti-aircraft fire
1980 2 Iraqi divisions seized border posts in Iran’s
Khuzistan province
1980 Iraq’s generals made final battle plans for invasion of
Iran and set 9/22/80 as invasion date
1985 Iranian Op Al Quds 5 in Kurdistan ended with Iranian
forces largely pushed back after Iraqi
counteroffensive
(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 Iraq Army Chief of Staff Gen Khazraji told Saddam Iraq
would lose any war with US Saddam
dismissed warning
(Musings
On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 1)
1995 Hussein Kamal interview with Time Said he defected to
Jordan to help Iraq Said Iraq had been at war
too long since Iran-Iraq War
Criticized Saddam for executions and arrests
1996 KDP attacked Kurdish displaced camp along Iranian
border killing 11 wounding 30 during campaign
against PUK
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
2001 Richard Clarke’s counterterrorism office sent Natl Sec
Adv Rice memo saying no Iraq-9/11 links
found
2001 DepDefSec Wolfowitz wrote Def Sec Rumsfeld that Iraq
backed terrorists and might have been behind
1993 World Trade Center bombing
using conspiracy theorist Mylroie’s argument
(Musings
On Iraq article on Mylroie’s Iraq conspiracy theories)
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq, 9/11 And The Bush Administration)
(Musings
On Iraq From 9/11 To The Invasion of Iraq: Analysis of Bush Administration
Decision Making)
(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)
2001 Reuters reported 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi
intelligence in Europe Story was false
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld told House Iraq was close to acquiring
materials to build a nuclear bomb Said going
to war important decision and why
Bush had not decided on it yet Said war would not be costly and would not last
more than 2 years Said US would not occupy Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Bush At War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 CIA Paris Station chief met with Lebanese journalist
who said Iraq’s Foreign Min Sabri willing to
work with US Lebanese journalist
told CIA Sabri said no WMD or nuke programs Station chief went to CIA HQ to
tell about Iraq Sabri’s claims about WMD and nuke programs
2002 CIA’s Iraq Operations Group said Iraq Foreign Min
Sabri’s claims WMD and nuke programs inactive
was dinsinformation
2003 Head weapons inspector Blix said he believed Iraq
destroyed its WMD in 90s
(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)
2003 Report wave of kidnappings for ransom across Baghdad
2004 Zarqawi front group Jihad and Unification video aired
on Al Jazeera saying it had kidnapped 2
Americans and a Briton in Baghdad
Demanded release of Iraqi women prisoners
2005 Iraq draft constitution presented to UN
(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)
2005 UK General Brims reported 12 car bombs in Baghdad
weekly casualties up 122% after Zarqawi
declared war on Shiites
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2006 US turned over central Salahaddin to Iraq’s 4th
Division Was second such handover to ISF
2007 Report Shiite religious parties in Basra city banned
public parties selling music CDs in stores and
alcohol Criticized artists Put up
signs telling women to cover themselves
2008 Iraqi army demanded Peshmerga withdraw from Jalawa
Diyala after negating deal with Kurds to allow
them to remain in town Part of
Maliki policy to pressure Kurds in disputed areas
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s pressuring Kurds in Diyala)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2012 Cabinet approved new oil export-revenue sharing deal
with KRG
2015 Protests in Baghdad Babil Karbala Najaf Qadisiyah
Muthanna Dhi Qar Wasit Maysan Basra Diyala
over reforms
2018 Kataib Hezbollah threatened to overthrow next govt if
it didn’t respect the sacrifices of the Hashd
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