1970 Iraq went to UN over Shah placing troops on border
after coup he backed vs Pres Bakr
failed
1987 Iran Op Karbala 5 withdrew from bridgehead on Iraqi
Fish Lake defensive line in Basra
(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 Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
(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)
2002 William Kristol told Senate invading Iraq would
transform Middle East
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco
by David Phillips)
2003 Sec State Powell and his deputy Armitage went to CIA to
go through Iraq intel to use in his UN
speech Powell decided to use 3
intercepts of Iraqi officers perhaps talking about hiding WMD and intel on
Zarqawi in Kurdistan CIA Dir Tenet told Powell no intel Saddam directly
involved with Zarqawi Powell decided to claim Iraq giving sanctuary to Zarqawi
2004 Sec State Powell told WashPost if he knew Iraq had no
WMD his decision on Iraq invasion would
have been different
2004 Sec Def Rumsfeld claimed Iraq Study Group head Kay’s
Senate testimony Iraq had no WMD stocks
proved White House case
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq How The Administration Reversed Itself On Finding Iraq’s WMD)
(Musings
On Iraq review Hoodwinked, The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a
War)
2004 Bremer and UK Rep Greenstock met with Barzani and
Talabani to convince them of federalism
included in Transitional Admin Law
Kurds objected to federalism by provinces but by region so KRG maintained
2005 Assyrians in Ninewa Plains accused Kurds of stopping
them from voting in Jan 30 election
2005 Bush said US in Iraq to create a democracy that could
defend itself and was not a threat to its
neighbors
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
2007 US Natl Intel Estimate ISF lacked training equipment
skills to replace US forces If US withdrew in
12-18 months violence would
increase in Iraq
2007 Def Sec Gates and Joint Chief head Gen Pace said Iraqis
behind schedule in sending troops to
Baghdad for Surge Said only 55-65%
of promised troops were in Baghdad
2008 Bombing 2 markets in Baghdad killed 99 wounded 145
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2008 Accountability and Justice law passed to replace
deBaathification legislation
(Musings
On Iraq article on passing Accountability and Justice law)
2008 Interior Min Bolani said large drop in Saudi foreign
fighters coming to Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saudi role in insurgency)
2014 Al Qaeda publicly renounced ties with ISIS
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2018 Pentagon Inspector General reported 9 Abrams tanks sold
to Iraqi army ended up with Pro-Iran
Hashd groups Some captured from IS
others not
(Musings
On Iraq article on Abrams tanks with pro-Iran Hashd factions)
2019 Pro-Iran Hashd fired rockets at US advisers at Al-Asad
air base in Anbar
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