1914 British forces attacked Qurna in Basra 2nd
time and forced Turks to surrender Took 1,000
prisoners
1981 Iran freed Bostan strategic transportation center for
southern Iran and forced an Iraqi retreat
Iraq lost 1500 dead 400 captured
Iran lost 2500 dead 5000 wounded
(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)
1990 Iraq began issuing passports for Iranians to visit
Shiites shrines in Iraq
2001 Letter to Wash Post by Senators McCain Lieberman and
others said that Iraq had to be
eliminated
2002 White House accused Iraq of hiding WMDs from 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 Official US troop buildup for Iraq invasion began
Wasn’t made public until Feb 03
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 Bremer’s convoy attacked on Route Irish to Baghdad
airport
2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld told Bremer Natl Sec Adv Rice was
trying to take over political file on Iraq Didn’t
agree but was ceding role to her
2005 KDP followers attacked four offices of Kurdistan
Islamic Union in Dohuk Killed 2 wounded dozens
for party withdrawing from Kurdish
list KDP Dohuk governor claimed Islamic Union’s ideology led to attacks and he
couldn’t stop them Beforehand Islamic Union called KDP admin in Dohuk corrupt
and said election would be struggle between Muslims and nonbelievers Beforehand
KDP attacked Islamic Union for helping Arabs against Kurds
2006 Iraq Study Group report issued Said Iraqis needed to
eventually take over security Needed to
increases quantity and quality of
Iraqi units Said US needed to increase its aid to Iraqi forces and move away
from combat Called for all US combat brigades to be out of Iraq by start of
2008 Said US special forces should focus upon taking down Al Qaeda in Iraq Said
US couldn’t have open ended commitment to Iraq Baghdad needed to set
reconciliation goals and if not met US would cut aid
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
2006 Iraq Study Group found U.S. military underreporting
violence Standards were used to keep
incidents down Example IEDs not
against U.S. were not counted One day in July 05 U.S. officially reported 93
incidents Iraq Study Group found there were actually 1,100 incidents that day
2006 Report Neoconservatives launched media campaign to
discredit Iraq Study Group and
support
troop surge instead
2006 UK Intel report Said Sadr controlled majority of Mahdi
Army Routinely attacked Coalition and
Sunnis Didn’t always follow Sadr’s
orders but didn't mean they were breakaway units No organizational control of
militia Acts of other militias usually blamed on Mahdi Army Sadr had to balance
his desire for political power and using violence and militia Said other
militias mostly responsible for attacks on UK in Basra Some of those militias
trained funded supplied by Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Sadr
accepted Iranian aid but didn’t trust Tehran Iran thought Sadr frustrating
partner Sadrists joined militia for variety of reasons causing divisions Were
Mahdi Army members in ISF especially police
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
2007 Basra police chief said he couldn’t secure the province
after the British withdrawal at end of year
Said there were hundreds of police
that didn’t answer to him and didn’t know who they answered to
2007 Report Surge and Anbar Awakening pushed insurgents out
of Anbar and Baghdad into Mosul
including ISI War Min Masri
2007 Report PM Maliki announced 2008 as “Year of services”
Promised $15 bil for rebuilding
2012 US mediated withdrawal of federal and Kurdish forces
from Tuz Kharmato and creation of local
security forces along disputed
areas US-Baghdad-Irbil agreement on security forces in disputed areas only
partially implemented
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