1963 Baath meeting voided Nov 11 election that exiled Sec
Gen Sadi and exiled two of
Sadi’s opponents to Lebanon Sadi
said he was returning to Baghdad with Syrian Baathists
1973 KDP delegation went to Moscow where Soviets tried to
mediate its dispute with Communists
(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)
1980 Iraq offensive to take Susangard Khuzistan started Iraq
took town in Sep but abandoned it
(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 Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1991 Kurds announced tentative deal with Saddam to end
blockade of Kurdistan in return for
Peshmerga withdrawing from cities
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1992 Iranian Turkish Syrian officials met in Ankara
Condemned Kurdish autonomous region and
warned they would not allow break
up of Iraq
1997 Clinton said by expelling UN inspectors Iraq would have
sanctions until the “end of
time”
1998 Clinton outlined 5 conditions Iraq had to meet with UN
Included unconditional access by
inspectors and turning over all
documents If Iraq didn’t agree US would strike
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
(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)
2001 Def Policy Board head Perle speech at For Policy
Research Institute Said Iraq behind 9/11 and
should be attacked
2001 VP Cheney said he knew 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraq
intelligence in Prague in 2001 Story false
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
2002 UK For Sec Straw told cabinet UN Resolution 1441
authorized military action against Iraq
without a 2nd resolution
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 UK intel report said Iraq accepted new weapons
inspectors to avoid US led attack and would
continue to hide its most important
WMD programs
(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)
2002 Def Policy Board’s Perle quoted INC defector ex-nuke
scientist Hamza that Iraq could get
nuclear bomb and attack US Called
for preventive action vs Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 Japan decided to hold off deploying troops to Iraq due
to rising violence
2003 South Korea ordered its 464 troops in southern Iraq to
suspend operations due to rising violence
2003 Denmark rejected call to send 100 more troops to Iraq
due to rising violence
2003 US army intel report said insurgency successfully
prevented CPA from providing safe and
secure Iraq Said US failed in Iraq
because relied upon conventional military tactics and didn’t understand Iraqi
culture Said insurgents were targeting tribal structure in Iraq while US
ignored it
2004 Insurgents kidnapped wounded police from Mosul hospital
and dismembered them Led to ½ of
city’s police to quit
2004 Iraqi police commandos sent into Mosul to recapture
police stations after all but one fell to
insurgents in city
2004 Report Sevan UN officials accused of getting kickbacks
from Iraq under Oil for Food Program
UN official told his staff not to
investigate corruption
2005 Pentagon’s Insp Gen announced investigation into
Pentagon intel unit on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties
led by Deputy Sec Def Feith to see
whether it did anything illegal
2006 National Police arrested 159 people from Higher Educ
Min in Baghdad 70 were never seen again and
presumed killed 5 senior police
officers and an army general were arrested for kidnapping but nothing happened
Ministry was run by Iraqi Accordance Front PM Maliki initially said event was
due to militia rivalries Then denied police or militias involved PM Maliki also
claimed only 39 taken and 37 of them freed
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2006 Anbar council agreed to 8 new members picked by
Awakening
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2007 Sunni Endowment closed offices of Muslim Scholars
Association in Baghdad claiming it stood
with ISI
2008 PM Maliki announced power plan to have production meet
demand by 2012 Would cost up to
$5.5 bil Came after govt signed
contracts with GE and Siemens in Sep to boost production
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s power plan)
2013 US Natl Counterterrorism Center testified to Congress
that ISIS was strongest since its peak in
2006
2017 Iraq Federal Court rejected appeal by ex-Kirkuk
Governor Karim to reverse his dismissal by
Iraqi parliament
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