1979 Saddam demanded end of Algiers Treaty Iran give up two
border towns and give autonomy
to Iran’s Kurds and Arabs
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
1980 Iranian navy made 2nd raid on Fao oil
facilities in Basra
1982 Iran launched Muharram al-Haram attacking Diyala and
Maysan Took back 120 sq mi of
Iranian territory 330 sq mi of
Iraqi land Led Iraq to call up its reserves
(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)
1995 INC HQ in Salahaddin, Irbil bombed by Iraqi National
Accord killing 28 At time Kurds blamed
Baghdad for bombing
1998 Iraq suspended all cooperation with UN weapons
inspectors Led Clinton to order military build
up in Gulf
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
(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 article Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N.
Inspections)
1998 Pres Clinton signed Iraq Liberation Act opening up $97
mil for opposition parties
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
2001 ABC withdrew story that Iraq might be behind anthrax
letters sent to Wash DC
2002 Blair agreed to offer a division to US for invasion of
Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 UK energy companies met with govt official complaining
business deals being made for
postwar Iraq and they were being
left out
2002 Iraqi opposition met in Salahddin Kurdistan Said they
were united to remove Saddam Wanted
to end sectarianism and create
federal democratic state
2004 US Gen Sattler Unless US and Iraqi forces stopped
insurgent intimidation campaign against
Iraqi civilians they couldn’t win
2004 Report US intel est 8,000-12,000 insurgents in Iraq and
well financed Was far more than
previously believed
2004 Report US army overrode objections of contracting
officers who complained about cost
overruns and non-competitive bids
given to Halliburton in Iraq
2005 US report Iranian Revolutionary Guard Iraqi militias
and police carrying out assassinations in
Basra IRGC gave assassination
orders to Sayid al-Shuhada Iraq Hezbollah Thar Allah Fadhilah Badr and others
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Vanguard of the
Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
2006 Iraq’s Health Min reported 3,590 civilians killed Jul
3,009 in Aug 3,345 in Sep 3,709 in Oct 06
2006 PM Maliki ordered US to remove checkpoints around Sadr
City set up few days before after US
soldier
kidnapped
2006 Sadr ordered start of strike in Sadr City against U.S.
checkpoints Mahdi Army members
enforced strike
2006 ISI’s Furquan Institute for Media Production made its
first release
2006 State Dep memo to Sec State Rice said ISF not capable
of controlling violence Meant Clear
Hold Build impossible Said Maliki
talked about being national leader but was proving sectarian
(Musings
On Iraq 2006 Clear Hold Build: An Iraq Strategy That Wasn’t A Strategy)
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Iraq spokesman at donor-UN conference in Kuwait said
Iraq needed $10 bil for rebuilding over
4-5 yrs Said oil production not
high enough to pay for reconstruction
2006 Report US soldier killed in ambush by Iraqi police in
Shula Baghdad earlier in Oct Head of US military
training team said 70% of Iraqi
police infiltrated by militias Junior Iraqi police officers talked about
militia control of police force in Baghdad neighborhoods
2008 600 Sahwa arrived at Al Furat Iraq Police Training
Center in Baghdad to receive basic training
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki govt integration of Sahwa)
2010 ISI attacked Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad
Took 100 hostages Goal was publicity
and gain donations 68 killed
(Musings
On Iraq book review Christianity in
Iraq)
2015 Albu Faraj north of Ramadi attacked by ISF after it was
declared freed 3 times
2016 Iraqi forces attacked Gogjali eastern suburb of Mosul
2018 Basra Human Rights Commission said that activists were
gong to restart protests in province
(Musings
On Iraq article on renewed Basra protests)
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