1914 British troops started march from the port of Fao to
the city of Basra
1940 British cabinet decided to send emissary to Iraq to demand
Regent remove PM Gaylani from
power for his overtures to Axis
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Persian Gulf
Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq And Syria
1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1968 Baath National Guard fired
on Communist march killing 3
(Musings
On Iraq book review Red Star Over Iraq,
Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)
1978 Iraq and Syria announced they were working to unify
their two states
1980 Iranian commandos attacked Iraqi oil export terminals
at Mina al-Bakr and Fao
1987 Iraqis attacked Kurds in Mawat Kurdistan clearing 200
sq km
(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 The Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
2002 UK Embassy in US said hawks in Washington thought UN
Res 1441 authorizing new weapons
inspections was a defeat
(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 Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid told Bremer US should bring
back ex-Iraq officers into new
army Bremer said no
2004 2nd Battle of Fallujah started
2004 PM Allawi declared martial law for 2 months Ordered
curfew in Fallujah and closed Baghdad
international airport
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2006 Interior Ministry charged almost 100 police including
18 officers and a general for torturing
prisoners at east Baghdad Site 4
detention facility Held 1,431 people
2007 ISCI controlled police arrested Sadrists in Diwaniya
Sadrist dep governor of Karbala fled after
clashes between ISCI police and
Mahdi Army despite Sadr freeze on militia PM Maliki appointed police chief in
Karbala survived assassination attempt in Basra
2007 US cmdr in Baghdad said reduction in violence in
capital sustainable Said ISI no longer had foothold
in city IEDs down 70% Death squad
killings down 80%
2010 Turkey’s Foreign Min Davutoglu travelled to Iraq to try
to help form new govt
2015 Maliki said Abadi’s reforms were unconstitutional
2015 PM Abadi went to Najaf to gain more support for reforms
but Sistani would not meet with him
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
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