1920 Gertrude Bell called
mujtahids a group of popes standing in the way of British plans Claimed
Shiites were
problem in Iraq Said Sunnis should rule Iraq because Shiites would impose a
religions state That was why Mosul province had to be included in Iraq to add
more Sunnis Said that British were looking for Iraqi to be new ruler but
couldn’t find one so had to pick a son of the Sharif of Mecca
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
1932 Iraq gained independence
from Britain
1968 Soviet Union called for negotiations between Baghdad
and KDP rebels
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1978 Ayatollah Khomeini left Najaf for Paris after Baghdad
demanded he reject politics in deal made with
Shah of Iran
1980 Iraq Foreign Minister Hamadi presented Iraq’s case to
UN claiming it acted in self-defense in Iran-Iraq
War
1980 Khomeini speech said goal of war was to punish the
Baath and rejected negotiations to end it
1980 Iraq began bombing Tehran
1982 Sudan said it would send troops to help Iraq in
Iran-Iraq War
(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)
1996 Iraq admitted to UN inspectors that it hid part of its
missile program and then secretly destroyed them
in March 92
(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 Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
2002 Bush signed executive order to train 5,000 Iraqi exiles
to help with invasion
2002 US planes dropped flyers over Iraq telling them not to
fight Americans
2002 Report US using No Fly Zones to practice attacking Iraq
2003 Bush said interim report by Iraq Survey Group justified
invasion because found WMD programs
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Natl Sec Adv Rice US went to war with Iraq because most
likely place terrorists could get WMD
2003 CBS/New York Times poll found 53% of respondents in US
thought Iraq war a mistake
2003 Report aluminum tubes were one of the main arguments US
had Iraq restarted nuke program but was
always contested Senior White House
officials claimed Natl Sec Adv Rice knew about differences over tubes
Administration overstated argument for tubes
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2006 Report Albu Mahal tribe fought Al Qaeda in Iraq in Qaim
(Musings
On Iraq article on Albu Mahal tribe)
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
2006 Report various Anbar sheikhs Iraqi army general and
Association of Muslim Scholars all criticized the
new Awakening Claimed it would only
lead to more violence Were just going to kill other Sunnis and were puppets of
the US
2006 Interior Min Bolani ordered commander 8th
Natl Police Bgd and unit suspended Officer arrested for
suspected involvement in kidnapping
of 26 workers in Amil Baghdad 10/1/06 10 later found dead
2006 US military said 50-70 foreign fighters entered Iraq
each month Jan-Sep 06 US-ISF captured 630
foreign fighters Total number of
foreign fighters in Iraq est 800-2,000 Most from Saudi Arabia Egypt Syria
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saudi role in insurgency)
2006 Car bomb on Industry Min motorcade in Baghdad killed 14
wounded 75
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2006 Intl Org for Migration 9,000 people fleeing per week
190,000 displaced in central and southern Iraq
2008 US turned over control of security in Babil to Iraq 12th
of 18th province to do so
(Musings
On Iraq article on Babil handover)
2014 IS released video of beheading of UK hostage Alan
Henning and threatened to behead US hostage
Peter Kassig
2014 Australia authorized air strikes against IS and Special
Forces to be sent to Iraq
2017 Former Iraq President Talabani died
2017 Central Bank of Iraq said it would halt all foreign
currency transfer to KRG and stop selling dollars to
four Kurdish banks in retaliation
for independence referendum
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 Parliament said it would not work with 4
telecommunications companies with contracts in Kurdistan
2017 Parliament threatened to take away immunity for Kurdish
MPs that voted in the referendum
2017 Kurdish MPs were either blocked or boycotted the
parliamentary session
2017 Report Irbil and Baghdad in secret talks to try to
defuse tensions after referendum
2017 Turkey offered to mediate between Irbil and Baghdad to
end crisis over referendum
2017 Pres Masum’s office announced that Kirkuk Governor
Karim would stay in office until his court
challenge over his dismissal was
heard
2017 KRG Election Comm rejected Change candidate for
president saying he missed deadline when he
didn’t
(Musings
On Iraq In Face Of Referendum Fallout Kurdish Ruling Parties Decide To Hold
Onto Power)
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