1955 Iran joined Ira, England
Turkey security agreement Would become anti-Communist Baghdad
Pact
1961 KDP banned by Gen Qasim and several leaders arrested
due to Mustafa Barzani’s Kurdish revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1980 All Iranian air bases bombed Sep 22 were repaired and
launched attacks on 8 Iraqi airfields and the
Dora refinery in Baghdad Lost 7
planes Destroyed 3 Iraqi ones
(Musings
On Iraq Inauspicious Start To Iran-Iraq War)
1980 Iraq retaliated with airstrikes on 2 airbases with no
real results Lost 4 planes 3 by friendly fire
1980 Iran came up with Operation Kama to attack Iraqi planes
in flight because couldn’t destroy them on
the ground
1980 Iraq took Qasr e-Shirin across from Diyala to protect
road to Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1980 Iran bombed Fao port sinking 6 Iraqi navy ships
1980 King Hussein of Jordan said he backed Iraq in war
Didn’t want to lose an ally and face Israel Syria
Saudis and Iran alone Became major
route for trade and weapons to Iraq
1986 Iran ended Op Karbala 3 in Fao Peninsula and Majnoon
Island
1986 Soviet For Min Shevardnadze told UN that USSR was
attempting to negotiate end to Iran-Iraq War
(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)
1989 Kuwait Emir given medal by Saddam in Baghdad for help
during Iran-Iraq War
2001 Nat Sec Adv Rice told CNN Iraq would be stage two of
war on terror
(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 Guardian article claimed Iraq knew about 9/11 attacks
beforehand Said Iraq gave money and support
to Al Qaeda Claimed Iraqi intel met
with Al Qaeda in Pakistan 4 months before 9/11 Sent money to Al Qaeda Quoted
Israeli intel officer who said 9/11 probably funded by Iraqi intelligence
Quoted INC defector ex-nuke scientist Hamza who said Iraq probably behind 9/11 False
story
2001 Telegraph quoted INC defector ex-nuke scientist Hamza
that Iraq probably behind 9/11 Claimed
trained pilots for suicide attacks False
story
2002 PM Blair told cabinet Iraq dossier would show Iraq
expanding WMD capabilities and erosion of
sanctions one cause Educ Sec Morris
asked Blair what had changed about Iraq to go to war other than Bush being
elected
2002 Former UN inspector Albright for Inst for Science and
Intl Security issued report aluminum tubes Iraq
tried to buy were not for
centrifuges Probably rockets
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2003 Bush speech at UN said Iraq was frontline in war on
terror
2003 Fr Pres Chirac and UN Sec Gen Annan speeches at UN criticized
Iraq war saying US undermined
international system
2003 Gallup pol majority of Iraqis thought life would be
better in 5 years 2/3 of Baghdadis said removing
Saddam was worth hardships
2003 Iraqi Governing Council member Aqila Hashemi died after
being shot 3 days before outside her home
2004 PM Allawi visited White House asking for more
reconstruction money and bringing back old army
units
2006 Army chief of staff called Gen Petraeus to review Iraq
policy
2006 DefPolicyBoard member Adelman told Rumsfeld he was a
failure as SecDef and never took
responsibility for Iraq
2006 Report only 1000 of promised 4000 Iraqi soldiers
deployed to Baghdad for Op Together Forward II
Iraqi troops refusing to leave
their home provinces
2007 ISI accused Hamas of Iraq and 1920 Revolution Brigades
of killing its members
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2016 Sunni tribal Hashd began destroying 220 homes in Aithah
Salahaddin belonging to IS sympathizers
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