1923 UK Treasury wrote Iraq commission that Iraq too costly
to administer
1929 Sir Henry Dobbs said King Faisal was like a chameleon
and drove those around him mad
1935 Persia presented border dispute to League of Nations
Challenged Iraq’s control of Shatt al-
Arab
1948 New Anglo-Iraqi Treaty signed British troops withdrew
but Iraq tied to UK until 1973 Led to
more protests
1948 Anglo-Iraq Treaty originally included Iraq supplying
weapons to Palestinians and Iraqi forces
taking over Palestine to prevent
Jewish state
1981 Iraqi division in Halabja
crossed into Iran and took Nosud Valley Meant to protect Kurdistan
from any
Iranian attack
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1983 Saddam went to Riyadh and
got approval for oil pipeline through Saudi Arabia to diversify
export
routes during war
1987 Iraq launched 5 counterattacks at Sumar Heights Basra
but failed Suffered 1500 casualties
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1987 Saddam held meeting on Iran
Op Karbala 5 Replaced commanders due to Iranian advances
1988 Iran Op Bait al-Moqaddas 2
attacked Chwarta Kurdistan
(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 The Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1991 Bush issued NSD 54 saying US wanted immediate
withdrawal of Iraq from Kuwait restore
Kuwait govt protect Americans
security in Persian Gulf
1991 NSD 54 Included defending Saudi Arabia Stop Iraq from
firing missiles destroy Iraq’s WMD
and command and control Destroy
Republican Guard Drive Iraq from Kuwait Break will of Iraqi forces Encourage
defection of Iraqi forces Weaken Iraqi public support for Saddam NSD 54 said
that if Iraq used WMD, supported terrorism against U.S. or destroyed Kuwait’s
oil fields Saddam should be removed
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1991 Saddam added Allah Akbar to Iraqi flag
1991 UK PM Major said Saddam might become a target of his
own people
1998 After Iraq refused to cooperate again UN inspection
team left Iraq
(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)
2003 CIA told White House that paper on Iraq should say Iraq
tried to buy uranium from Africa
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 PM Blair said 2nd UN resolution not
necessary for use of force against Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Report Sec Def Rumsfeld okayed more aggressive patrols
over Iraq no fly zones and attacks on Iraq
air defense in prep for invasion
2003 Bush received 1st brief on postwar Iraq
plans from NSC’s Abrams Went over humanitarian
aid Emphasized feeding public
Abrams said money had to secretly be sent to aid groups that would work in Iraq
because they didn’t want to be seen supporting war Said Oil for Food program
would be maintained after invasion to feed public Said that 2 mil Iraqis might
be displaced during invasion Plans made irrelevant when Pentagon given control
of postwar Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Part I Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Hard Lessons Planning for Postwar
Iraq September 2001 to May 2003)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 2 The Agencies
Engage)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 NSC officials went to military to make sure things like
health centers weren’t bombed during
invasion
2003 Bush thought humanitarian aid after war very important
Thought could change image of US
in Middle East
2003 Aid groups that met with USAID about postwar Iraq plans
asked to meet with Pentagon
leadership Nothing happened
2004 Shiites demonstrated calling for direct elections for
new Iraqi govt
2004 Report up to 100 Hezbollah fighters in Iraq helping
Iranian intelligence
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2004 Gen Craddock Def Sec Rumsfeld’s military aide and dir
Joint Chiefs Adm Keating emailed summary
of CD with photos of abuse at Abu
Ghraib prison
2006 UK Gen Houghton said US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey returned
from US and got backing for his plan to
transition to Iraqi control and
withdraw US troops Houghton said transition to Iraqi control highlighted all
the problems in the country
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq created Mujahedeen Shura Council to
try to cooperate with other insurgent
groups Shura Council was in part
created due to Al Qaeda’s suggestion Zarqawi include more Iraqis in his jihad
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2006 Army of the Victorious joined Mujahedeen Shura Council
2006 Sheikh Fahadawi of Albu Fahd in Ramadi met with PM
Jaafari Amb Khalilzad Gen Casey
Anbar Gov Alwani Convinced PM to
allow Iraqi police to recruit local tribesmen
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Gov Alwani)
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2006 US announced more than 2000 military police would work
with Iraqi police in the field as
advisers during Year of the Police
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how US
failed to develop the Iraqi police)
2006 Report $18.6 bil US approved for reconstruction in 2003
would be spent by end of 2006
Foreign govts provided only
fraction of what they promised Japan pledged $5 bil in reconstruction funds in
2003 Delivered less than 50% of that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait pledged $1 bil and
gave less than 10% Spain England S Korea UAE Italy Canada owed more than $100
mil each for their 2003 promises for reconstruction funds
2007 Report US military worried PM Maliki named Gen Qanbar
to head new Baghdad Ops
Command Was from southern Iraq and
hardly known by US
2008 SecState Rice told Talabani Barzani Hashemi Mahdi that PM
Maliki not problem they were
because they controlled more
votes
2014 Bodies of 14 Sunni men found in Tarmiya day after they
were kidnapped by men in ISF
uniforms and vehicles
2018 2 suicide bombers central Baghdad left 143 casualties
Last major mass casualty bombing in
Baghdad was Feb 2017 car bomb that
left 125 casualties
(Musings
On Iraq article on Baghdad bombing)
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