1958 Qasim govt gave amnesty to
Kurdish rebels
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1981 Iranian attack pushed back Iraqi forces in central
front in thrust to retake Qasr e-Shirin
1986 Iran started Op Karbala 3 attacking Fao Peninsula and
Majnoon Island Built bridge across Shatt al-
Arab Didn’t gain much
1986 Iraq recaptured Umaya oil platform in Basra
1987 Iran Op Fath 10 Iranian army and KDP attacked Iraqi 33rd
and 45th Div’s supply lines Kurdistan
(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 The Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1988 Iraqi army said it recaptured all territory lost to
Kurdish rebels
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1990 Def Sec Cheney told Senate comm White House didn’t need
anymore congressional authorization to
take action vs Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein,
Deciding on Conflict)
1996 2nd day of US cruise missile strikes on Iraq
for Saddam helping KDP vs PUK and invading Irbil
1996 Iraq retaliated against US cruise missile attack by
firing at US UK and French planes patrolling
northern No Fly Zone
1997 UK intel report said Iraq was still hiding parts of its
biological weapons program
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
2002 PM Blair press conference said Saddam threat because of
WMD that had to be dealt with
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 White House Iraq Group met for 1st time
Decided on 1st propaganda campaign to promote war with
argument Iraq could get a nuclear
bomb and the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud Campaign started Sep 8
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 White House Iraq Group decided to ask for Congressional
resolution of force vs Iraq before midterm
elections
2002 Iraqi opposition met with US officials in London to
draft part of Future of Iraq Project
2002 UK Amb to UN warned that body did not believe in using
force against Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.4 Development of UK Iraq Strategy and
Options, Late July to 14 September 2002)
2003 1st post-Saddam Iraq cabinet sworn in with
17 new ministers
2003 US forces gave southern and central Iraq security to
Multi-National Force under Polish command
2003 CPA Order 28 created Iraqi Civil Defense Corps as
separate from police and army but would be folded
into ISF later
2003 EU Japan US World Bank agreed to create trust fund for
reconstruction funds for Iraq independent of
CPA
2003 UK intel report on security in Iraq Said security would
remain poor and could get worse in next year
leading to more spectacular attacks
Former regime elements Islamists main threats Said Islamists now saw Iraq was
the main front for Jihad
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2006 US Dep Iraq Cmdr Gen Chiarelli told Iraq Survey Group
US needed reconciliation and political not
military solution
2006 US Cmdr training ISF Gen Dempsey told Iraq Survey Group
Iraq needed reconciliation otherwise
training useless
2007 PM Maliki said new deBaathification law would be sent
to parliament Law wasn’t passed until 2008
2007 Baghdad took control of Basra Palace as British troops
withdrew from central Basra
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2007 Bush made surprise visit to Anbar to meet with Sheikh
Abu Risha of Awakening
2008 ISF began removing displaced squatters in Baghdad and
helped them return to their homes Govt
claimed 275 families returned to
homes showing plan worked
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki policy on squatters/displaced)
2018 New parliament met for 1st session 2
opposing camps led by Sadr-Abadi vs Amiri-Maliki each claimed
to have largest bloc Issue left to
Supreme Court to decide matter
2018 3 Protests in northern and central Basra over services
1 killed by ISF
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