1920 Gertrude Bell wrote few tribes were talking about self
rule and many rejected it in Basra
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
1927 UK Foreign Sec Chamberlain told King Faisal talks over
Anglo-Iraq Treaty should be delayed for
two years and Faisal would have to
run Iraq on his own British knew Faisal afraid of potential unrest and was
trying to intimidate him during negotiations over new treaty Tactic worked
1934 Border dispute between Iraq and Persia escalated
1980 Iranian marines destroyed Mina al Bakr and Khor al
Amaya oil terminals in Iraq Attack cut
Iraqi exports from 3.24 mil/bar/day
to 550,000 bar/day
1981 Iran Op Tariq al-Quds began to free Bostan in south
Started with drive in Susangard Pres
Rafsanjani told parliament he would
push Iraqis back to the border
(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)
1990 UN Resolution 678 gave Iraq until 1/15/91 to withdraw
from Kuwait
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1990 Iraq released all the foreign hostages it held trying
to sway world public opinion
2001 UN Res 1382 extended Oil for Food program
2001 Amer Enterprise Institute panel said Saddam had to be
removed before US could confront
radical Islam
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Road to Iraq, The Making of a Neoconservative War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review America at the
Crossroads, Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy)
2002 UK Defense Min told Blair that US still had no political strategy for Iraq
2002 UK Defense Min told Blair that US still had no political strategy for Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 American Enterprise Inst group of experts started work
on paper on what U.S. facing after
9/11 Would focus on Iraq
2003 Insurgent attacks killed 7 Spanish intelligence
officers and 2 Japanese diplomats in Iraq
2004 Bush told NSC January 2005 Iraqi election had to happen
on time
2005 Def Sec Rumsfeld told press “insurgent” should no
longer be used when reporting on Iraq because
they didn’t believe in anything He
then explained that they stood for overthrowing the Iraqi system and creating a
caliphate Rumsfeld said US forces didn't have to report abuse and torture by
Iraqi forces Joint Chiefs head General Pace then used insurgent when describing
security in Iraq and said US forces absolutely had responsibility to report any
abuses by Iraqi forces
2005 Report Badr infiltrated Inter Min Mahdi Army regular
police Both carrying out murders torture
and abuse Inter Min Inspector
General said police carrying out extrajudicial killings Inter Min intel chief
Kamal said there was abuse going on but was not official policy of the Ministry
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
2005 Ceremony for DNO to start drilling for oil at field in
Zakho
2006 Report PM Maliki wanted more control over ISF increased
US training and bigger weapons Said
couldn’t disarm militias when
Iraqis didn’t trust ISF and US Said his govt would collapse if he moved against
militias Said he would find a political solution to problem
2006 Adviser to Saudi govt said would be a massive
intervention by Riyad to save Iraq’s Sunnis from
Shiite militias if US withdrew
2006 Inter Min announced it was creating monitoring unit
that would take legal action against
media that reported fake news
Quoted AP story of 6 men burned to death in Baghdad mosque Claimed police
captain in story didn’t exist AP had talked to police captain for 2 years and
been in his office Also found 3 witnesses to story and more people came forward
afterward
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