1906 Protests in Mosul ended
against Ottoman census that included counting women
1927 1st successful
oil well started at Baba Gargur field in Kirkuk
1960 Islamic Party complained to Gen Qasim that his govt
neglected religion while accepted Communists
Asked Qasim to ban Communists and
their media while releasing any cleric arrested since 1958 coup
(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)
1973 Syrian-Jordanian-Iraqi offensive in southern Syria
failed to achieve results
1980 Iraq Foreign Minister Hamadi presented Iraq’s case to
UN claiming it acted in self-defense in Iran-Iraq
War
1980 Iran launched large counter attack against Iraqi forces
around Andimeshk
(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)
1984 Iraq and Turkey made deal to fight PKK Allowed each
country to enter 3 miles into others
territory to combat group
1994 Iraq withdrew troops from Kuwait border after Russian
diplomacy and UN Res 949 that
demanded withdrawal UN Res 949
demanded Iraq’s full cooperation with UN inspectors
1995 Saddam won referendum for 7 more years as president
with 99.9% of vote Was meant to
show public was behind Saddam after
Hussein Kamal defected to Jordan
1997 Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr gave sermon saying No!
Yes is just for God mocking
Yes to Saddam slogan
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Univ of Haifa’s Prof Baram on legacy of Ayatollah
Sadiq al-Sadr)
1997 Turkey’s Op Dawn ended against PKK in Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
2000 Iran announced it was returning to 1975 Algiers Treaty
Meant rapprochment with Iraq but
also Iraq gained nothing from
Iran-Iraq War
2001 CIA report from Rome said that Italian intel said Iraq
tried to buy uranium from Niger but
didn’t see much merit in it
2001 CIA DIA Energy Dept thought Iraq-Niger uranium deal was
possible State Dept thought
story suspect
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
2001 White House spokesman said no connection between Iraq
and anthrax letters sent to Wash DC
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld wrote list of 29 things that could go
wrong with Iraq War Including finding no
WMD ethnosectarian conflict List
was to point out possible problems so war could be successful Had no follow up
on how to deal with any problems listed
(Musings
On Iraq article on Part I Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Hard Lessons Planning for Postwar
Iraq September 2001 to May 2003)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 Italy’s SISMI intel agency told CIA of Iraq-Niger
uranium deal documents
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 Under Sec of Def Feith briefed NSC on plan for
governing postwar Iraq with 3-star general in
charge of military and civilian
administrator
2003 Sec of State Powell said that his claims about Iraq’s
WMD program had been proven
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Natl Sec Adv Rice said CPA’s schedule for Iraq wouldn’t
work and new one had to be created
(Musings
On Iraq book review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the
Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2003 Sadr followers failed to take over Karbala shrine
2003 UK intel report Worried that Iraq would become new base
for jihadists Significant number of Islamists
had already travelled to Iraq Could
become base for recruiting training and attacks and could get worse
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2004 US put Zarqawi on its terrorist list
2004 VP Cheney said Iraq could have given WMD to terrorists
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2005 Referendum on new Iraqi constitution held
(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)
2006 Reconciliation conference indefinitely postponed due to
weekend violence Setback for PM
Maliki’s
reconciliation plans
2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council again announced ISI and
Islamic State in Baghdad Anbar Diyala
Kirkuk Salahaddin Ninewa Babil Said
its goal was to govern
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
2006 Report auditors found ¼ of US funded water projects had
broken down since being turned
over to Iraqis
2006 2 days Shiite gunmen killed 47 Sunnis in Balad in
retaliation for 26 dead Shiites being found
in Dhuluiya
2006 6 car bombs in Kirkuk killed 10 and wounded dozens 52
killed in attacks in Baghdad
2006 500 Sunni sheikhs held meeting condemning federalism
plan by SIIC objected to breaking
up Iraq
2006 Islamic Party accused Interior Min of Oct 9 murder of
VP Hashemi’s brother
2007 State Dept official told reporters corruption in Iraq
was systemic and hindering govt Claimed PM
Maliki was
dealing with it
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen
on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption
in Iraq)
2015 Immediately after Baiji refinery liberated Hashd began
looting facility and selling off equipment to
Iraqi and Iranian businesses
2017 Hashd burned PUK office in Tuz Kharmato after fighting
stopped there over independence
referendum
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
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