1916 Ottomans retreated up Tigris after defeat at Battle of
Wadi only to lose again to
British at Battle of Hanna
1948 Communist led demonstrators against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
fired upon again Led Regent to repudiate
treaty
(Musings
On Iraq book review Red Star Over
Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)
1970 Pres Bakr announced failed coup by ex-army officers and
special tribunal to try plotters
Accused Iran of backing coup
1970 Imam Khomeini started lectures in Najaf outlining his
concept of vilayat al-faqih
1987 Saddam sent letter to Iran Said he didn’t claim any
Iranian territory and wanted peace deal
Asked Iranians to challenge
Khomeini’s right to rule
1987 Iran captured Duaija east of Basra city Iraq launched 2
counterattacks but repulsed 1500 Iraqi
casualties
1987 Iraq suffered 10,000
casualties in Basra during Iran Op Karbala 5 leading Saddam to call for
volunteers
(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 Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1993 Iraq declared ceasefire with Coalition over not
allowing UN weapons inspectors into country
Demanded US review no fly zones
(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)
1999 SCIRI rejected any US aid
2002 Weekly Standard OpEd by Robert Kagan and William
Kristol called for Iraq to be attacked as
next step in war on terror
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Road to Iraq,
The Making of a Neoconservative War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review America at the
Crossroads, Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy)
2003 Bush said that Saddam was not interested in disarming
and that time was running out on Iraq
(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 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 DeptSecState Armitage spoke at US Inst of Peace saying
US tried to avoid war but Iraq not
accounted for its WMD
2004 VP Cheney said there was overwhelming evidence Iraq and
Al Qaeda connected
2005 Knight Ridder analysis Violence in Iraq increased after
every US benchmark such as capture
of Saddam handing over sovereignty
etc
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 2 officials claimed that US had convinced PM Maliki to
stop protecting Sadr and Mahdi
Army Wasn’t true
2008 Fighting continued in Basra Nasiriya Diwniya for 3rd
day between ISF and Soldiers of Heaven 200
casualties in Basra alone
2009 1st NSC meeting in Obama admin President
said he wanted to withdraw from Iraq but
preserve successes Wanted 3 options
for Iraq policy
2010 Report Iraq reconciliation committee holding talks with
insurgents and Baathists in Jordan
UAE Syria Before PM Maliki had
criticized US for similar talks
(Musings
On Iraq article on US-Iraq talks with Baathists and insurgents)
2011 3 bombs hit Shiite pilgrims during Arbayeen
2014 NGO warned that 5,000 had been forced from their homes
in Baghdad Diyala Ninewa Basra
Reports gunmen threatened and
forced Shammar tribe to flee Baquba Diyala ISIS forced 300 families out of
province Shabaks in Ninewa targeted in Mosul Sunnis threatened and attacked in
Basra in retaliation for terrorist attacks in rest of Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on forced displacement in Iraq)
2018 Federal Court ruled election date could not be changed
Would happen 5/12/18
(Musings
On Iraq article on Federal Court decision that 2018 elections would happen
on time)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with IRIS-Chatham House’s Mansour on 2018 elections)
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