1927 1st student protest in Iraq held over firing
of teachers Organized by Communists
(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)
1928 Sheikh Dhari who led revolt against British in Upper
Euphrates/Anbar sentenced to death Was
commuted to life in prison
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1941 Regent of Iraq fled Baghdad for Diwaniya fearing
retaliation by PM Gaylani
1941 British were hoping to use Regent fleeing to spread
unrest in Iraq to remove PM Gaylani from
power
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Persian Gulf
Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq And Syria
1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1984 State Dept memo said that US considered discouraging
military exports to Iraq
1985 Iraq attacked Said Saad
(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 Saddam ordered Op Samarra hit and run air attacks on
Coalition air force
1991 400 US Special Forces were sent into western Iraq to
try to find SCUD missiles
2001 1st NSC meeting of Bush admin talked about
how Iraq destabilizing Middle East CIA Dir Tenet
provided intel Iraq working on WMD
at factory Treasury Sec O’Neil asked about WMD intel Tenet admitted no
confirmation that Iraq producing WMD Sec State Powell argued for smart
sanctions
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 1.2 UK Iraq strategy September 2000 To
September 2001)
2001 Sec of Def Rumsfeld wrote memo noting Iraq and others
trying to buy advanced military
technology
2002 Natl Sec Adv Rice said Axis of Evil countries had to be
dealt with diplomatically but at same time
said they couldn’t be negotiated
with
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
2002 CIA unclassified report to Congress Said Iraq trying to
rebuild its nuclear program
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Bush told Italian Premier Berlusconi that Iraq would be
disarmed and Saddam removed
2003 UN Amb Negroponte told Senate aluminum tubes Iraq
bought were not right for rockets in
response to IAEA findings Same
hearing Dep Sec of State Armitage said there were differences in US about the
tubes
2003 White House spokesman said Bush stood by claim that
aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy were
for nuke program
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2003 UK Att Gen Goldsmith wrote PM Blair telling him UN Res
1441 didn’t authorize use of force
against Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Aid group warned that breakdown of law and order likely
right after Iraq invasion unless US
immediately established control
2003 Sec State Powell’s chief of staff Wilkerson began going
through intel on Iraq with CIA for Powell’s Feb
03 UN speech
2004 CIA and Congressional inquiries no evidence White House
pressured US intel on Iraq’s WMD
and ties with Al Qaeda
2004 Congressional committee found CIA relied too much on
circumstantial outdated and satellite
and intercept intel on Iraq WMD
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2005 Elections held for parliament to draft new Iraqi
constitution Sunnis boycotted vote Also voted
for provincial councils
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2005 KRG parliamentary elections held KDP and PUK ran
unified list Won 104 of 111 seats
2005 Informal Kurdish independence referendum held in KRG
Kirkuk Mosul Khanaqin 98% voted for
independence
2007 Bush said that if Iran escalated actions in Iraq
against US forces US would respond
2007 Gen Odierno said Iran supplying RGP-29s Katyusha rockes
EFPs to Iraqi militias
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2007 Spec Insp Gen for Iraq Recon report US struggling to
increase capacity of Iraqi ministries US
turned over projects and Iraqis
couldn’t maintain them One problem 3 Iraqi govts in short period of time New
govt purged previous bureaucrats from ministries Parties hired people based
upon nepotism and patronage rather than competence US didn’t have single group
in charge of capacity building Meant no unified effort
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Savage on US reconstruction effort in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Reconstructing
Iraq’s Budgetary Institutions)
2012 PM Maliki warned Salahaddin governor that he would be
removed if he pushed provincial
autonomy
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2014 8 gunmen stormed Human Rights Min office in Baghdad and
took hostages Were killed
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