1915 6th Army created by Ottomans under command
of German Gen von der Goltz to defend
Mesopotamia from British
1922 King Feisal accepted Anglo-Iraq Treaty
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On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1922 UK Sec of War Evans lobbied cabinet to withdraw from
Mosul province
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
1974 Kurdish parliament appointed by Baghdad took office
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1975 Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz went to Damascus to discuss
uniting Iraq and Syria
1980 Iraq ended unilateral ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War after
Iran didn’t follow suite and went back to
fighting
1982 Iranians regrouped during Op Muslim ibn Aql Attacked
again Broke through Iraqi lines and
reached Mandali Diyala
1985 Iraq ended air strikes on Kharg Island Iran’s main oil
terminal Hit 21 times but no lasting damage
(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)
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On Iraq book review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1990 Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz addressed UN saying Iraq
wouldn’t compromise on Kuwait
2000 During VP debate Cheney said US might have to take
military action to remove Saddam in future
2002 CIA Dir Tenet told White House to remove Iraq tried to
buy uranium from Niger from Bush speech
Said intel was weak
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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)
2002 Knight Ridder article quoted several intelligence
officers that Bush admin ignored dissenting
opinions on aluminum tubes
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2004 Bremer said US never had enough troops in Iraq while he
was running the CPA Said military
thought troop levels fine
2005 Parliament changed decision from actual voters back to
registered ones for no vote on constitution
(Musings
On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s
constitution)
2005 Suicide bomber hit mosque in Hilla, Babil killing 27
wounding 87
2005 UK official claimed Iranian Revolutionary Guard and
Hezbollah providing EFPs to Shiite militias in
Basra to attack British troops
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
(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)
2005 UK Def Intel Chief report after trip to Iraq Said
security worse despite political progress Said if
strategy not changed situation
would not allow UK withdrawal
2006 UK Intel report on Maliki govt Coordination within govt
poor Maliki wanted to keep Shiite support
Opposed Coalition action vs
militias as a result Wanted political solution to that problem Little progress
on reconciliation Govt full of distrust Sunni ministers felt excluded Shiite
and Kurdish ministers questioned whether Sunnis willing to give up violence
2006 Sunni leaders told Sec State Rice Iraq breaking apart
They were victims of sectarian violence and no
one protecting them
2006 SCIRI head Hakim told Sec State Rice Shiites tried to
work with Sunnis but they were
obstructionists
2006 Sec State Rice told PM Maliki if there was no
reconciliation US would leave and Maliki would end
up being hung
2006 Al Jazeera played tape by Islamic Army offering talks
with US Said Iraq facing occupation by US
and Iranians and latter worse Said
Zarqawi had made mistakes in Iraq
2006 Al-Bubaz tribe in Baghdad Diyala Salahaddin said it was
going to start working with Al Qaeda in
Iraq
2006 Report Maliki govt sent envoys to Syria Egypt UAE
Jordan to try to stop support for insurgency
2006 Displacement Min 80,000 displaced registered with
ministry July-Aug 40,000 families asked for govt
aid last 7 months Officials said
real numbers higher Head of Intl Org for Migration said most displaced had no
plans to return
2007 Natl Sec Adv Rubaie said that Iran increased arms
shipments to militias and infiltrations into Iraq
Said number of arms found by US was
only tip of iceberg Said sending more advanced weapons Policy ordered by
Ayatollah Khamanei Said Iranian influence pervasive throughout Iraq Came week
after PM Maliki claimed Iran stopped all support for militias
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2007 Report ISI carrying out assassination campaign vs Anbar
Awakening leaders
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2009 UN report 71% of Iraqis lived in urban areas Of those
57% lived in slum conditions
(Musings
On Iraq Almost Half Of Iraqis Live In Slum Conditions)
2017 Riyad and Hawija in Kirkuk liberated from Islamic State
(Musings
On Iraq Center of Hawija Taken As Operations Reaches Final Phase)
(Musings
On Iraq Town of Hawija Liberated From the Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq Iraqi Forces Finish Hawija Now On To Western Anbar Again)
2017 Turkey’s President Erdogan threatened to close border
and air space to Kurdistan
in
retaliation for KRG independence referendum
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
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