1921 Gertrude Bell letter said if British had created Iraqi
state 2 years ago there would have
been no 1920 Revolt and blamed High
Commissioner Wilson
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
1981 Iran accused Iraq of using napalm and chemical weapons
on Ahvaz Iran in south
1981 Iranian reinforcements arrived at Susangard in central
front Op Hoveyzeh ended with only
minimal gains Iranian clergy
avoided blame for failed offensive by blaming its rival Pres Bani Sadr who was
commander of military Iranian attacks in Diyala scared Saddam that road to
Baghdad would be open Saddam replaced and executed commanders in Diyala as a
result
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1984 Iraq announced plan to build oil pipeline to Jordan’s
Aqaba to secure new outlet for oil
exports during Iran-Iraq War
(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)
1991 Congress began debate on Bush’s request to use force
against Iraq in Kuwait
1993 Iraq refused to allow UN weapon inspectors to fly from
Bahrain into the southern no fly zone
(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 Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
2001 Clinton Def Sec Cohen briefed Pres elect Bush on Iraq
said Saddam contained and strong
action vs Iraq would cause problems
in region
2003 US official said Iraq was deceiving the IAEA about its
nuclear program
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 Bush met with 3 Iraq dissidents Rend Francke Hatim
Mukhlis Kanan Makiya Bush said he
thought Iraqis could have a
democracy Mukhlis told Bush all Iraqis wanted Saddam out Makiya said removing
Saddam would change US’s image in region Makiya told Bush that US would be
greeted with sweets and flowers in Iraq Mukhlis told Pres Bush if US troops
didn’t win support of Iraqis Iraq would turn into Somalia in 2 months
(Musings
On Iraq article on Bush meeting with Iraqi exiles in Jan 2003)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
2003 NYTimes article IAEA challenged aluminum tubes story
that they were for nuke program
and Energy and State Depts thought
they might be for rockets CIA DIA NSA White House said aluminum tubes Iraq tried
to buy were for centrifuges State and Energy Depts disagreed UK didn’t think
tubes for nuke program White House official told NYTimes Iraq was spinning IAEA
after it said aluminum tubes were not for centrifuges
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
(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)
2004 4 days of protests started in Kut Wasit over lack of
jobs
2005 Bush said that U.S. would stick with January 30
election date for Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2005 Ukraine announced it would withdraw its 1650 troops
from Iraq after 8 soldiers killed in
bombing
2005 Zarqawi’s forces assassinated Baghdad’s deputy police
chief and his son
2007 Bush and PM Maliki individually announced troop Surge
in Iraq US would send 17,500
additional troops to Iraq Keep
4,000 Marines in Anbar Ask for $5.6 bil for extra troops, $1.1 bil for
reconstruction and Provincial Reconstruction Teams Expand advisers for ISF PM
Maliki said he would commit $10 bil for reconstruction Send 3 brigades to
Baghdad Allow US to pursue militias Reform cabinet
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with New America Foundation’s Ollivant On Reassessing the
Surge)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Savage on US reconstruction effort in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Reconstructing
Iraq’s Budgetary Institutions)
2007 PM Maliki spokesman Dabbagh in response to Human Rights
Watch report that Interior Min
was protecting militias said that
not all the ISF were loyal to the govt
2008 Amb Crocker and Gen Petraeus said that US no longer
expected Iraq to reach benchmarks Said
Iraqis could solve their own
problems now
2009 Iraqi Union of Industries said 90% of industries had
closed since 2003 Said 36,000 small and
medium companies closed Blamed
cheap imports lack of tariffs electricity shortages banks not giving loans and
skilled workers leaving country as reasons
(Musings
On Iraq article on closed businesses in Iraq)
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