1974 Bakr govt held talks with
Mustafa Barzani and KDP
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1987 Iraq conducted missile and air strikes on Tehran and
other major cities 3rd War of the Cities
Iran-Iraq War
1987 Iran attacked Diyala but repulsed Lost 2 brigades
(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)
1988 Mahdi Hakim killed in Sudan by Iraqi intelligence
1989 US report said Iraq was working on typhoid cholera
anthrax for its chemical weapons program
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1990 Iraq ended foreign travel ban for citizens
1990 Bush admin signed directive for normalized relations
with Iraq
1991 Saddam told advisers time to fire missiles at Israel to
see whether it would fight Iraq would
then alternate between hitting
Israel and Saudis Iraq fired missiles at Haifa and Tel Aviv
1993 US fired 45 Tomahawk missiles at Baghdad for not
allowing UN inspectors into country
(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)
1998 Anniversary of Gulf War Saddam said Iraq met all
obligations of UN Res 687 Threatened to raise 1 mil
for jihad against UN if sanctions
not lifted in 6 months
2002 Gen Franks briefed his commanders at CENTCOM on initial
Iraq war plans for 1st time
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 Pentagon memo said no decision on postwar govt in Iraq
Said would be a military administration
transitional authority elections
leading to an Iraqi govt Didn’t match Pentagon plans to quickly withdraw US
troops
2003 CIA report said Iraq had rebuilt its nuclear program
Said were reports Iraq tried to buy
uranium from Africa
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 CIA told Joint Chiefs of Staff that it had some reports
that Iraq tried to buy uranium from
Africa
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 PM Blair agreed to 1 UK division and 3 combat brigades
for Iraq War to be deployed in south
2003 UN inspectors after 4 inspections said Fallujah II
chlorine plant inoperative US claimed it
was producing WMD
(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)
2007 PM Maliki claimed if ISF were better armed US forces
could start withdrawing in 3-6 months
Claimed he launched operation to
clear Karbala of militiamen and arrested 400 Mahdi Army members Was not true
2007 Mayor of Sadr City Daraji had 1st of 2
meetings with UK Gen Lamb on working out understanding
with militias to prevent
confrontations in district Militias were afraid of major US operation in Sadr
City as part of Surge Sadrists backed Daraji’s effort
2007 UK Intel report Sectarian violence increased in last 6
months Attacks on Coalition reaching new
high PM Maliki govt had no security
strategy was uncoordinated problem with rivalries endemic corrupation lacked
capable bureaucracy
2008 UN envoy to Iraq said country only had 6 months to turn
security improvement into reconciliation
Said too much distrust within govt
2008 US military reported 75% of Baghdad secured up from 8%
in Feb 07
2010 Chemical Ali sentenced to death for Halabja attack
2011 Protesters cut Kirkuk-Baghdad highway Set tires on fire
Blocked all traffic over lack of electricity in
Kirkuk Kirkuk governor was
diverting power from a local power plant from Baghdad to Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq article on power problems in Kirkuk)
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