1965 Gen Nasser said he supported Iraqi govt against Mustafa
Barzani’s Kurdish rebellion
1980 Iraqi forces surrounded and began siege of Abadan Iran
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1981 UN backed Islamic Conference Organization’s attempt to
end Iran-Iraq War
1983 Iranian Op Wa al-Farj 4 reached Penjwin Kurdistan Iraqi
counterattack pushed Iranians back
(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 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1991 Baghdad told Kurdish workers that if they wanted to
keep their jobs they had to move to govt
controlled areas of Kurdistan due
to clashes with Peshmerga
2004 Sistani aide Safi in Friday sermon said voting in 2005
elections was a religious duty
2006 Report criticized Lancet report that est
400,000-800,000 Iraqis deaths since 2003 Lancet claimed 40
consecutive households were
questioned within one day Public health researcher Hicks didn’t think that
possible One Lancet author Roberts said 80% of deaths recorded had a death
certificate and that deaths had been underreported Report criticized for main
street bias only surveying main streets where violence more likely Lancet
author Burnham said off streets were included Then said he actually didn’t know
how survey was conducted Lancet author Roberts said some of the raw data was
destroyed to protect people’s safety Also said that findings could easily be
replicated by other studies
(Musings
On Iraq article Major Flaws in Lancet Report Pt 1)
(Musings
On Iraq article Major Flaws in Lancet Report Pt 11)
(Musings
On Iraq article New Study Refutes Lancet Reports)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mark Van Der Laan on Lancet Reports)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Michael Spagat on Lancet reports)
2006 Report US in talks with Islamic Army in Jordan
2006 Fmr Finance Min Allawi said $750-$800mil in defense
spending under PM Allawi stolen Ziad
Cattan head of military procurement
convicted in absentia for stealing from defense deals
(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)
2007 bin Laden message to Iraq said insurgency was winning
Had to overcome differences and not work
with US Said insurgency would undo
the division of the Ottoman empire and a new Islamic age was coming
2007 Report Sadiya Bagdhad used to be majority Sunni Now 60%
Shiite Mahdi Army worked with Inter
Min Wolf Brigade to cleanse
neighborhood of Sunnis Sunnis turned to ISI US then organized Sadiya Guardians
in Sep 07 Mahdi Army shelled Guardians Was protest by Shiite against Guardians
claiming there were killers Sunnis held counter demonstration PM Maliki said he
wanted Shiites to join Guardians but they objected
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq
Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2007 Report US campaign plan now had militias bigger threat
to Iraq than insurgency Couldn’t defeat
militias so hoped that
reconciliation would happen Dropped legislative benchmarks as sign of progress
2010 Wikileaks released thousands of classified US reports
on Iraq
View the Iraq History Timelines
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