1940 Regent called cabinet meeting telling them they lacked
unity to run govt PM Gaylani
rejected Regent’s criticism and
blamed problems on For Min Said Later in day Regent asked Gaylani to resign He
refused Pro-Said MPs criticized Gaylani PM asked Regent to dismiss parliament
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
1962 Student union members at secondary school in Baghdad
that started strike attacked by Pan-
Arab students leading to riot
1981 Iraqi counterattack lost most of lost ground from
Iranian Op Matla al-Fajar in central front
(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)
1992 Iraqi army moved north into Kurdish autonomous region
claiming it was a military exercise
1997 Iraq banned UN weapons inspectors from presidential and
sovereign sites
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
(Musings
On Iraq article Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N.
Inspections)
1999 UN Res 1284 created UNMOVIC
as new Iraq WMD inspection regime Got rid of export oil
quotas and eased
import restrictions under Oil for Food Program
(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)
2001 Sec of State Powell said sanctions on Iraq should
continue because it still had WMD
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2001 Iraqi defector Haideri provided by INC told CIA Iraq
had secret WMD labs He later failed lie detector
test Story proved false Labeled fabricator
by DIA May 2002 but story continued to be used
2001 Czech Intel said story of 9/11 hijacker Atta meeting
with Iraqi intel in Prague didn't happen
2001 VP Cheney told NBC story that 9/11 hijacker Atta met
with Iraqi intel was unconfirmed
2001 White House said anthrax attacks in U.S. came from
domestic sources not Iraq
2001 UN Resolution 1284 created UNMOVIC as new Iraq WMD
inspection regime
(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 Sec State Powell hinted that US would reject Iraq’s
weapons declaration to UN 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)
2002 CIA said that Iraq did not include trying to buy
uranium from Niger and aluminum tubes in its
declaration to UN inspectors
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 US inspected warehouse in Benin where uranium headed
for Iraq allegedly stored but found nothing
2003 Report Sunday Telegraph story that 9/11 hijacker Atta
travelled to Baghdad in 01 was probably
false It was
2004 Bush briefed by DIA that insurgency was robust and
strong and could lead to civil war without
reconciliation
2006 Men in army uniforms kidnapped 28 men from Red Crescent
HQ in Baghdad
2006 Insurgents shelled Taji in north Baghdad with mortars
setting up checkpoints and burned a
house to try to drive residents out
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq
Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2006 Insurgents took down 40 power towers from Baiji to
Baghdad 42 towers from Baiji to Kirkuk
All lines from power plants in
Musayib and Haditha to capital Part of campaign to deprive central Iraq of
electricity
2006 Former Sec State Powell said US losing war in Iraq
Questioned troops surge asking what would
be the goal Said US army being
broken by long deployments to Iraq
2006 Fmr Electricity Min Samaraie fled Iraq to US after
warrant issued for him over corruption
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen
on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption
in Iraq)
2007 Report Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was a fake played by actor
and Masri real leader of ISI Was
misinformation spread by ISI to
deceive US and Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu
Omar al-Baghdadi)
2007 Maliki govt spokesman Daggabh said Iraq would need help
of foreign troops for 10 years but
wouldn’t accept permanent bases
2007 Mar-May 07 Pentagon audit found couldn't account for
12,000 weapons and 2,100 generators in Iraq
US command in Iraq couldn’t protect
money for ISF from waste and mismanagement
2007 Day after Basra turned over to Iraqi control Iraqi army
officer said UK legacy was gangs corrupt
police and open borders Said
Baghdad was planning operation to rid Basra of death squads 14,000 of 17,000
police there linked to militias Christians being targeted by militias
2007 Report Basra police chief Gen Khalaf said British had
left province in chaos with militias and gangs
2011 Baghdad Ops Command announced arrest warrant for VP
Hashemi on terrorism charges
(Musings
On Iraq article on charges against VP Hashemi)
2011 PM Maliki asked for no confidence vote against Dep PM
Mutlaq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s moves against Mutlaq and Iraqiya)
2011 18 Diyala councilmen along with governor fled Baquba
for Kurdish controlled Khanaqin dist
due to militias sent by PM Maliki over
making province a federal region
(Musings
On Iraq article on militia moves in Diyala)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2014 Peshmerga began offensive to break IS siege of Mount
Sinjar
2017 Head of Al Abbas Combat Division Zaidi criticized Hashd
that were going to run in 2018
elections for violating Ayatollah Sistani’s
wishes
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