1958 Mustafa Barzani returned to
Iraq from exile in Soviet Union for talks with new Qasim govt
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1980 Iraqi army surrounded Khorramshahr Iran Street fighting
began Iraq bombed Esfahan and Qom in Iran
1980 Iranian air force sunk ships to block Shatt al-Arab
waterway to Persian Gulf
1982 Iranians withdrew outside Mandali Diyala Ended Op
Muslim ibn Aqil Iran lost 6,000 dead 15,000
wounded Iraq lost 2,000 dead Iran
only gained 1.8 mil strip of Iraqi territory in Diyala
1986 Iraq air strike on Kharg Island Iran oil terminal Only
did minimal 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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1990 CENTCOM cmdr Gen Schwarzkopf given first draft of
Kuwait war plan He was unhappy with it and
asked for more options
1991 Clashes between Kurds and Iraqi army in Kalar
1994 Iraq put troops on Kuwait border and threatened to stop
working with UN weapons inspectors Was
meant to pressure UN to end
sanctions
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
1997 UN inspectors report Some progress on chemical and missile
programs but nothing with biological
weapons Iraqis had also banned
inspections at presidential sites
(Musings
On Iraq article Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N.
Inspections)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD
and 2003 Invasion)
(Musings
On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
1997 IAEA provided last report on inspections Said if any
info was left on Iraq’s nuclear program was a
political decision
1998 Inspectors report to UN Iraq had blocked disarmament
and was now attempting to block monitoring
work
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
2002 Bush said Iraq could have a nuclear weapon in a year if
got enriched uranium
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2002 Dep Nat Sec Adv Hadley asked CIA Dir Tenet if story of
Iraq trying to buy uranium from Niger could
be put back in Bush speech Tenet
said no
2002 CIA told NSC to drop mentioning Iraq-Africa uranium
story in draft of Bush speech for 2nd time
(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)
2003 1st battalion of Mahdi Army graduated in
Basra
2003 Iraq produced 4,518 megawatts of electricity exceeding
CPA target by 118 megawatts
2004 Iraq Survey Group report said Iraq’s WMD destroyed in
1991 Said no plans to revive programs when
US invaded in 03 Said Saddam wanted
to restart WMD programs after sanctions ended Iraq tried to tell west it didn’t
have WMD while also hinting that it still did to deter Iran WMD was aimed at
Iran Iraq issued 1300 oil vouchers under Oil For Food Program that netted $11
bil in illegal funds 1990-03 Russian oil companies Lukoil Gazprom Zarbuezhneft
Sibneft Rosneft Tatneft got 30 % of oil vouchers
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2004 Bush said Iraq didn’t have WMD stocks US intel thought
but invasion still right because Saddam
wanted them
2004 Fallujah leaders offered to create joint security force
for city made up of Iraqi National Guardsmen and
local US and Allawi govt rejected
offer
2005 PM Blair said new explosive devices being used in Iraq
that pointed to Hezbollah or Iranian
involvement Was talking about EFPs
(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)
2005 Bush said there was no peace in Iraq without victory
and that US would win At time US had no
strategy to win war
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
2006 Bush told PM Maliki had to ignore news coming out of US
because domestic politics Maliki said he
couldn’t ignore US news like talk
about dividing Iraq or immediate withdrawal Maliki told Bush he was going to
push reconciliation fighting terrorism and militias
2006 US Amb Khalilzad said US had acted arrogantly
rebuilding Iraq Ignored Iraqis
2007 Sadr and Hakim announced truce after months of fighting
between Mahdi Army and Badr topped off
by Aug battle in Karbala that left
250 casualties
2010 Obama adm review of Iraq policy VP Biden said wanted
Maliki to stay as PM and Obama agreed
2015 Badr’s Amiri criticized Abadi’s reforms as full of
mistakes and disorganized
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
2015 Teachers in Sulaymaniya and Halabja struck over unpaid
wages
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