1920 British took Fallujah during 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1978 In Iran-Iraq deal Iraqi troops surrounded Imam
Khomeini’s house in Najaf Told he could only stay in
Iraq if abandoned politics
1979 Iraq warned Iran to not to interfere in Bahrain after
Ayatollah Rohani called on Shiites to rise up
against their Sunni rulers
1980 Iraq headed towards Zagros Mountains in slow advance
destroying timeline for invasion which was
supposed to be a blitzkrieg Took
Mehran in south
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1980 Iranian planes attacked 6 Iraqi bases to try to destroy
Iraqi air force in the air Iraq didn’t respond
relying upon air defenses 4 Iranian
planes shot down 2 others lost Destroyed 3 Iraqi planes on the ground Also
bombed 2 refineries in Baghdad and Basra Damaged Iraq-Turkey pipeline
1980 Iraq bombed Iran’s Bandar Khomeini petrochemical
complex and Ahwaz fuel depot
1980 Iranian Navy attacked Basra and Fao Peninsula Destroyed
2 oil terminals limited Iraq’s exports
1980 Iran started naval blockade of Shatt al-Arab, Basra
(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 Iran-Iraq War
Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
1990 Kurd Shiite and Communist opposition parties claimed
united front against Saddam
(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)
1990 Joint Chiefs head Gen Powell briefed Bush arguing for
sanctions over war with Iraq Bush said he had
to take action
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein,
Deciding on Conflict)
1991 UN Inspectors found over 53,000 documents on Iraq’s
nuclear program at Atheer facility but were
held for 4 days by Iraqis until
they could leave During standoff US IAEA member Galluci sent important info
about seized documents to State Dept
(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)
1991 Talabani accused Iraqi army of stopping 300,000
displaced Kurds from returning to their homes
2001 William Safire OpEd said clear link between Iraq-Al
Qaeda via Ansar al-Islam
(Musings
On Iraq Why Didn’t Bush Strike Zarqawi And Ansar al-Islam In 2002?)
2002 UK dossier on Iraq WMD released PM Blair told parliament
that Iraq had WMD and it was producing
them Dossier said that Iraq could
use WMD in 45 minutes That Iraq could build a nuclear bomb in 2 years Iraq
tried to buy uranium from Africa Said no definitive intelligence that aluminum
tubes Iraq tried to buy were for nuke program
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 UK ForSec Cook was surprised dossier on Iraq was mostly
old WMD material
2002 CIA Dir Tenet briefed Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on intel on Iraq’s WMD Told comm Iraq
rebuilding its nuclear program
Proof bought aluminum tubes Mentioned Niger uranium deal Sen Biden asked CIA
Dir Tenet what technical evidence did CIA have of Iraqi WMD Tenet said none but
had good human source
(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)
2002 State and Energy Dept intel analysts testified to Senate
Foreign Relations Comm that they did not
believe aluminum tubes Iraq tried
to buy were for centrifuges
2003 Bremer met Bush said he was optimistic about Iraq but
concerned about growing attacks Bremer
complained about Congress number of
US troops quality of intel training new Iraqi forces Bush told Bremer he was
too controlling and doing too much Bremer said he would work on it
2003 CPA Governor of Anbar Mines warned that attacks and
public anger at US growing
2004 Bush and PM Blair talked about staying course in Iraq
and PM Allawi needing a professional staff
2004 Report Defense Science Board review found US didn’t
have enough troops to stabilize Iraq
2004 US forces claimed Tal Afar cleared of insurgents
2006 Report National Intel Estimate said that Iraq war led
ot new generation of Islamic radicalism Said Iraq
war made terrorism worse
2008 Provincial Election Law passed allowing vote on Jan 31
2009 by not including Kirkuk and KRG
(Musings
On Iraq article on passing 2008 Election Law)
2008 Natl Command Center said 2000 Diyala Sanwa had been
hired into police since July and looking to
recruit 4000 more Def Min said 3000
Diyala Sahwa joined army Came after arrest of Sahwa leaders in May who wanted
to run in elections and raids upon Islamic Party aligned with Sahwa Part of PM Maliki’s
attempt to divide and conquer Sahwa in Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki carrot and stick approach to Diyala Sahwa)
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