1958 Iraqi Communist Party issued plan for Kurdistan saying
it supported Kurdish self-
government within Iraq
(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)
1968 Baath assassinated former Foreign Minister Nasir Hani
and arrested Western businessmen
1980 Iraq claimed Iran started Iran-Iraq War by bombing
border towns in Sep 80
1980 Iraq gave up claim to break up Iran but said its right
to Iranian territory would be determined
on battlefield
1981 Iran rejected Iraqi call for a ceasefire and said it
was a sign of weakness by Baghdad
1982 Iraq counterattacked Iran Op Muslim ibn Aqil in Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1982 Saddam said Iran wanted to rule Iraq not just get rid
of him
(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)
1991 Iraqi army attacked Peshmerga in Dawud after they
refused to retreat to Irbil
1994 Iraq parliament recognized Kuwait’s border and
independence
1997 Iraq said it would not allow any US planes to be used
for weapons inspections
1998 All UN weapons inspectors left Iraq after Baghdad
refused to cooperate anymore
(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 article Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N.
Inspections)
2003 Bremer met Bush saying two routes for Iraq could be
elections for new govt or CPA could hold
caucuses to pick govt Bush backed
CPA
(Musings
On Iraq book review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the
Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2003 CIA report more Iraqis joining insurgency Said Iraqi
leaders not showing ability to run country
(Musings
On Iraq book review State of War, The Secret History of the CIA and the
Bush Administration)
2003 PUK HQ in Kirkuk bombed by insurgents
(Musings
On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City
In
2003)
2004 Ayatollah Sistani called for a peaceful resolution of 2nd
Battle of Fallujah Expulsion of foreign
fighters Return of govt forces
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq took responsibility for hotel bombings
in Jordan Later realized attacks cost it
public support and tried to justify
them by claiming they were targeting Israelis and Americans and would never
attack Jordanian public
2005 Nat Sec Adv Hadley denied that White House manipulated
Iraq intel before 2003 invasion
2006 Bush formally asked his staff to review Iraq strategy
because not working
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
2006 Iraq Health Min estimated 150,000 deaths since 2003
Previous Iraqi counts were 45,000-50,000
Refuted Lancet study that estimated
655,000 deaths
(Musings
On Iraq article Major Flaws in Lancet Report Pt 1)
(Musings
On Iraq article Major Flaws in Lancet Report Pt 11)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mark Van Der Laan on Lancet Reports)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Michael Spagat on Lancet reports)
2006 Report After rejecting a US timetable for ISF to take
over security PM Maliki wanted one that would
have Iraqi forces assume control of
most of Iraq by end of 2006 which was in original US plan
2006 Dawa MP Adeeb said that including Sunnis in govt was
mistake Accused Iraqi Accordance
Front of being front for insurgency
Said Sunnis wanted to seize power in a coup Accordance Front MP Hayali said
Shiites didn’t want to share power Didn’t follow through with promises to remove
militias from ISF Committee was supposed to work out differences within govt
after election but never happened Sadrist MP Shanshal said parties were told
national unity govt was only way to save Iraq but didn’t work
2007 Lions of Adhamiya Sahwa group announced in Baghdad
2007 2nd day of fighting between Islamic Army and
ISI in Samarra after ISI blamed for killing 4 Islamic
Army leaders
(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 Human Rights Watch report After 03 Kurds kicked out Arabs
around Mosul Helped lead to insurgency
in Ninewa Insurgents targeted
Christians Yazidis Shabaks Oct 08 insurgents tried to drive Christians out of
Mosul 40 killed 12,000 fled Kurds tried to co-opt Ninewa minorities via
patronage intimidation threats attacks
(Musings
On Iraq Human Rights Watch: Ninewa’s Minorities Under Pressure From Both
Sunni Insurgents and Kurds)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Christianity in
Iraq)
2010 Pres Barzani called meeting and agreed on new govt
Maliki would remain PM Talabani stayed Pres
Allawi would head new strategic
council Nujafi would be speaker of parliament Called Irbil Agreement
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2014 IS announced it got allegiance from groups in Egypt
Libya Yemen Algeria Saudi Arabia
2018 Sit in protest started at West Qurna 2 oil field in
Basra
(Musings
On Iraq article on renewed Basra protests)
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