1951 Grenade thrown at Baghdad
synagogue 4 killed 10 wounded 4th of 7 such attacks on
Jews 1950-51
1991 Saddam called on Iraqis to
fight to the death to hold Kuwait
1991 Intel chief Gen Samarrie
told Saddam Iraq would be hard pressed in war Had bad defensive
positions and
forces exposed
1991 Saddam said Iraq could take
casualties and U.S. could not
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1992 Iraq admitted to UN inspectors that it was trying to
enrich uranium to build a nuclear bomb
(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 book review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
1992 Kurds attacked Baath offices in Baghdad killing 36
1999 ABC reported on Dec 98 meeting with Iraqi intelligence
officer and bin Laden False story
2002 UK Def Min analysis said weaknesses of INC outweighed
its strengths
2003 Bush told press time running out for Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein,
Deciding on Conflict)
2003 Bush met Polish Pres Kwasniewski Said he would support
US in war but asked about consequences
2003 UK Attn Gen Goldsmith told PM Blair that 2nd
UN resolution was needed to have legal
justification for war with Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2004 Gen Sanchez ordered investigation of abuses at Abu
Ghraib prison
2004 US troops killed 2 civilians at anti-American protest
in Fallujah
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2007 Dep PM Salah said that insurgents were stealing around
$1 bil a year from the Baiji refinery
2007 UK Gen Lamb said PM Maliki picked Gen Qanbar to head
Baghdad Ops Command That he was a
professional respected and
non-sectarian US questioned Aboud as being an unknown
2008 Defense Minister Qadir said that Iraq couldn’t take
responsibility for internal security until 2012 and
wouldn’t be able to defend its
borders until at least 2018
2008 KDP said it opposed forming Sahwa units in disputed
territories Said Peshmerga and Asayesh were
enough
2008 Report US began vocational training for Sahwa because
so few of them would be hired by govt
2010 Election Comm approved Accountability and Justice Comm
banning of 500 candidates
before March parliamentary vote
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Election Commission Okays Ban On Mutlaq And Others
From 2010 Vote)
(Musings
On Iraq The Continuing Saga Of The Candidate Banning In Iraq)
2010 Joint U.S.-Iraqi-Peshmerga patrols announced for Mosul
to increase cooperation between
Baghdad and Irbil on security
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Peshmerga US checkpoints)
2010 Report new Iranian ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danafar
like outgoing Ambassador Hassan
Kazemi-Qomi were from Iranian
Revolutionary Guards Quds Force
(Musings
On Iraq New Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Is From Revolutionary Guards)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Vanguard of the
Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
2011 12 ISI members escaped from prison in Basra Prisoners
had help from prison and intelligence
officials
(Musings
On Iraq article on ISI prison break)
2012 Bombings of Shiite pilgrims during Arbayeen left 190
casualties
2012 Turkey’s Foreign Min Sinirlioglu visited Pres Barzani
in Irbil without going to Baghdad
2013 PM Maliki released 300 prisoners in concession to Sunni
protests
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