1932 Executive Committee of the Shias in Iraq issued
Manifesto saying monarchy discriminated
against Shiites Called on England
to remove monarchy and empower Shiites
1958 Jordan began talks with Iraq for a federation in
response to Egypt and Syria’s United Arab Republic
1979 Ayatollah Baqir al-Sadr declared 3 day holiday for
Najaf hawza after Iranian Revolution
1981 Iraq offered Iran a ceasefire at Non-Aligned Movement
conference Iran rejected offer
1983 Iranian Op Fajr al-Nasr officially ended Regained 100
sq mi of Iranian territory Iran 5000 dead 12000
wounded 1000 captured Iraq lost
2000 dead
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1986 Iraq counterattack vs Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 8 in Fao
Peninsula pushed Iranians back
1986 Iraq authorized use of chemical weapons to repel Iran’s
Op Wa al-Fajr 8
1986 Iraq blamed US for not providing intel on Iranian
offensive
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1987 Ayatollah Khomeinei called war a holy crusade that had
to end in victory Pres Khamenei said
that aim of war was to punish Iraq
and overthrow Saddam
(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)
1990 Bush sent Undersecretary of State Kelly to Baghdad to
discuss improving Iraq-US relations
1990 Saddam told Undersecretary of State Kelly that US could
dominate Middle East with decline of
Soviet Union Saddam said that he
wanted to work with US but wanted to be sure Bush was not just going to follow
Israel
1991 Saddam speech said that Iraqis would be victorious in
war and Bush humiliated himself by attacking
2000 Iraq announced UN weapons inspectors would not be
allowed back 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)
2002 UK Amb to US Meyer said Bush’s Axis of Evil speech made
more in US think about war vs Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 Fmr CIA Dir Woolsey told Pentagon about Iraqi defector
with intel on Iraq’s WMD provided by INC
2003 Sec State Powell claimed bin Laden complaining about
effect of sanctions on Iraqi people showed
Baghdad aligned with Al Qaeda and
terrorism
2003 UK Amb to US said that Bush admin was ready for war by
March with or without UN approval
2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Iraq had WMD and was hiding
them from UN inspectors
(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 Dir Tenet told Senate Intel Comm Iraq tried to buy
aluminum tubes for its nuke program and had
mobile WMD labs
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Iraq harboring Zarqawi an Al
Qaeda associate Iraq trained Al Qaeda
operatives
2003 CIA senior Africa analyst said that Iraq-Niger uranium
docs looked like fakes
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
2003 Bin Laden released tape saying Iraqi people had to
resist U.S. invasion and called Baath infidels
2003 UnderSecState Grossman testified to Senate Foreign
Relations Comm on postwar Iraq plans Didn’t
give any details Grossman told
Senate US would only stay in Iraq as long as necessary Said 4 phases to postwar
Iraq 1st stability 2nd handing authority to Iraqis 3rd
New constitution 4th electing new Iraqi govt Told Senate US would
not create a govt in exile before invasion Said committees would be formed to
create new Iraq Iraqi institutions would still be running to help govern
country Claimed White House authorized Future of Iraq Project as roadmap for
Iraq Had been discarded by Pentagon
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 UnderSecDef Feith told Senate Iraqi oil would pay for
all reconstruction and running govt Said US
would not impose any leaders or
govt on Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 3 The Department of
Defense Takes Charge)
2003 Former CENTCOM commander Gen Zinni testified to Senate
Foreign Relations Committee on
postwar Iraq Said U.S. had to
maintain law and order peacekeeping civil unrest had to be stopped and prevent
revenge develop local police
2004 Suicide bombing on army recruitment center in Baghdad
killed 36
2006 Former head of US training mission for Iraqi army Gen
Eaton said effort set back by initial poor
planning that didn't prioritize
creating new Iraqi forces
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Sadr threatened to withdraw from United Iraqi Alliance
if list didn’t support Jaafari as premier
2007 US military report said Iranian Rev Guard Quds Force
providing EFPs money training weapons to
Iraqi militias Used Mehran and
Mandali border crossings to deliver equipment Claimed 170 US dead and 620
wounded by Iranian supplied EFPs
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Vanguard of the
Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
2008 Sadr renewed freeze on Mahdi Army for another 6 months
2008 Report US Army buried 2005 RAND study of Iraq war
planning because criticized White House
Report faulted Bush for never resolving
rivalries between State and Def Depts over war planning Pentagon given control
of postwar Iraq even though lacked planning and execution capabilities State’s
Future of Iraq Project was not an action plan for Iraq Gen Franks had complete
misunderstanding of postwar situation US believed Iraqi police and govt would
be working day after war Believed Iraq could be rebuilt cheaply Lack of troops
made situation worse Lack of planning and sealing borders increased insurgency
Said more realistic discussion of cost of war couldn’t undermined support for
invasion
(Musings
On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco
by David Phillips)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
2008 Baquba Sahwa held another protest demanding Diyala
police chief be fired for attacking Sunnis
2009 Iran’s Foreign Minister came to Baghdad to mediate
between Dawa and SIIC
2010 Iraqi Special Forces with US advisers raided Kataib
Hezbollah in Maysan killing 8 Iraqi politicians
condemned raid After raid PM Maliki
ordered all raids be authorized by him personally Led several ISF commands to
suspend ops with US
(Musings
On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
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