1915 Start of Battle of Salman Pak Ottomans called on Indian
troops to rise up against
British commanders 20th
Punjabi Batt removed after an Indian killed a British soldier
1923 PM Sadoun resigned over differences with Shiite leaders
and King Faisal
1923 Jafar Pasha al-Askari became 3rd PM of Iraq
Would hold office 2 times Shiites got Finance and
Education ministries in Askari govt
Shiite leaders gave pledge of allegiance to King as a result
1952 Baghdad protests against Regent Started 1952 Intifada
Communists one of main organizers
Clashes with police led to 1 dead 52
wounded Led to PM Umari resigning
(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)
1997 UN inspectors talked out of visit to Special Republican
Guard base by US that did not want
another confrontation that would
allow Saddam to blame inspectors
(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 Saudi intel chief Prince Turksi said that bin Laden
considered Saddam an apostate
2002 France told US that it did not believe Iraq tried to
buy uranium from Niger
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 Russia’s Putin warned U.S. not to unilaterally act
against Iraq
2003 US transport plane hit by missile at Baghdad
International Airport
2005 Wall St Journal OpEd claimed 9/11 hijacker Atta might
have met Iraqi intel agent in Prague in
2001 Story disproved in 2002
2006 Commander of US forces in Iraq Gen Casey told Joint
Chiefs troop surge would not work
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
2006 UN said over 100,000 Iraqis left country each month
mostly going for Syria and Jordan Many were
professionals Shiite death squads
and militias operating within police Police accused of kidnappings torture
murder bribery theft extortion
(Musings
On Iraq book review Children of War,
Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
2007 Report captured ISI docs from Sinjar showed 80-110
foreign fighters entered Iraq each month first half
of 2007 41% were Saudis followed
Libyans at 18%
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saudi role in insurgency)
2009 Baghdad aired video confession of 3 men claiming they
were Baathists behind Oct 09 Baghdad
bombings Were actually done by ISI
(Musings
On Iraq Maliki Returns to Sectarian Politics)
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