1918 British troops took Mosul city from Ottomans after WW1
armistice
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Princeton’s Sara Pursley on Sykes-Picot and creation
of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Creation of
Iraq 1914-1921)
1920 UK Foreign Office official suggested US Standard Oil be
allowed oil rights in Iraq to not allow
Turkish Petroleum Company a
monopoly and faster development
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Creation of
Iraq 1914-1921)
1920 Gertrude Bell said Shiites were complaining about not
being represented in cabinet but
dismissed them as being mostly
Persians
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
1932 Naj Shawkat became premier of Iraq
1955 Pakistan joined Iraq Turkey England Iran security
agreement that became anti-communist
Baghdad Pact Egypt’s Nasser opposed
Baghdad Pact Started cold war between Nasser and PM Said
1997 Iraq blocked UN inspection at al-Samoud missile range
because included Americans
1997 Iraq asked inspectors to suspend two days of U2
overflights claiming they were supplying intel
for planned US air strikes
(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)
2002 Observer reported INC’s Chalabi met with oil companies
to discuss contracts in post-Saddam
Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq and the
Politics of Oil, An Insider’s Perspective)
2005 Human Rights Watch report on systematic abuse of
prisoners by 82nd Airborne Div in Anbar
2005 Report Jan 03 Italian intel agency SISMI told US
Iraq-Niger docs were fakes
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2006 Vanity Fair talked with neocon supporters of Iraq who
now said war was a failure Perle fmr head of
Def Policy Board said he was
shocked by violence in Iraq Said Bush made wrong decisions because opponents of
war within admin Said neocons made no bad decisions because had no authority
over Iraq Said Bush ultimately responsible for problems in Iraq Bush
speechwriter Frum said US failing at protecting Iraqis Adleman also of Def
Policy Board said Bush national security team incompetent and dysfunctional
(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)
2007 Judge said
enough evidence to put ex-Deputy Health Min Zamili and ex-Health Min Facilities
Protection (FPS) chief General Shammari on trial for kidnappings and
sectarian killings Were awaiting okay from Health Minister to move forward
Zamili and Shammari organized 150 man unit within FPS to move weapons in
ambulances and carry out killings and kidnappings from 05-07 Sunni patients and
relatives at 3 Baghdad hospitals were killed Relatives that went to morgues
were killed Mahdi Army tried to force Sunni doctors to quit Told doctors at 1
Baghdad hospital to not treat any Sunni patients Diverted money from Health Min
to Sadrists Officials that opposed Sadrists were killed and threatened
2009 Intl Org for Migration report said 1.6 mil displaced
since Feb 06 Samarra bombing 1.5 mil
refugees Baghdad Diyala Ninewa saw
90% of the displacement 58,000 returned since Feb 06
(Musings
On Iraq Number of Displaced Returning Likely To Increase, Will Iraq Be
Ready?)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Children of War,
Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2010 KRG issued demonstration law saying protesters had to
registers 48 hours before any event
2017 Qaim district in Anbar freed Left only small border
region under IS control
2018 Protest in Basra City over jobs water crisis demanded
PM Abdul Mahdi include a minister from
province
(Musings
On Iraq article on renewed Basra protests)
View the Iraq History Timelines
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