1973 Continued fighting between
Israeli and Iraqi forces in Syria
1996 PUK counterattacked Recaptured Sulaymaniya from KDP
with Iranian support Baghdad made deal
with Iran to allow PUK back into
Kurdistan to counter KDP
1997 Heavy fighting restarted between KDP and PUK during
civil war
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
2000 Iran’s Foreign Minister Kharrazi visited Iraq for 3
days Highest ranking Iranian official to visit
Iraq since 1979 Revolution After
Karrazi’s trip Iran announced Iran and Iraq would re-open discussion on border
and POW issue largely ended
2004 PM Blair told parliament that Iraq Study Group proved
Saddam wanted WMD and violated UN
resolutions
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2004 Mass grave with hundreds of Kurds killed by Saddam in
1987-88 discovered in Hatra Ninewa
2004 PM Allawi said that if Fallujah didn't turn over
Zarqawi would be major operation to take city
City council refused to do so
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council became ISI Announced Islamic
State in Baghdad Anbar Diyala
Kirkuk Salahaddin Ninewa Babil
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2006 New ISI announced Abu Omar al-Baghdadi emir of Islamic
State
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on who was Abu Omar al-Baghdadi)
2006 Report splits within ISI between Zarqawi’s lieutenants
and followers of military chief Masri
2006 Interior Min Bolani said he had PM Maliki’s backing to
purge ministry of sectarian actors Same time
denied its forces were involved in
sectarian killings Blamed Facilities Protection Service and imposters using
police uniforms
2006 Report Talk of PM Maliki stepping down and 5 man
council ruling Iraq and declaring martial
law
2006 Report Sadr complained about Shiite death squads using
the name of Mahdi Army and backed
by Iranian Rev Guard and Hezbollah
2006 Insurgents kidnapped 26 Shiite workers from Balad
Bodies were found decapitated in neighboring
Dhuluiya Was retaliation for ISI
commander being killed in Balad Shiite elders in Balad called on Mahdi Army in
Baghdad to send fighters to take revenge
2015 PM Abadi cabinet approved new pay scale for govt
workers to cut costs pushed as reform move Led
to protests by civil workers
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
2015 KRG PM Barzani removed four Gorran ministers from KRG
cabinet
2017 PUK Peshmerga withdrew from areas of Bashir and Taza in
south Kirkuk ceding territory to Iraqi
forces
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 PM Abadi gave Kurds 48 hours to vacate territory
military bases oil fields occupied in 2014 by
Peshmerga
2017 Fighting broke out between Peshmerga and Hashd in Tuz
Kharmato again
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurds withdrawal from disputed areas)
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