1923 UK Head of Board of Trade
Sir Graeme told Iraq commission Iraq too costly and British
should withdraw
1936 Def Ministry complained
that UK War Office ignored arms purchases and deliveries and that was
undermining
Iraqi army
1949 2 Communist politburo
members hanged by PM Said to put down protests
(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)
1964 Arif govt and Mustafa Barzani started talks to try to
end KDP revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1984 Iraq, Egypt, Argentina and Swiss companies signed
contract to develop long range missile
1984 Iranian Op Al Fajr 5 began Largest operation to date in
war Included 2/3 of Iran’s manpower 400,000
men in 15 division Attacked Wasit
towards Kut Aim was to cut Baghdad-Basra road
(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 Voice of America commentary called for end of
dictatorships after fall of Ceausescu in Romania
Named Iraq
1991 Pres Bush called on Iraqi military and people to
overthrow Saddam twice
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the
impact of the 1991 uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
1991 US Task Force 1-41 first Coalition troops to cross into
Iraq to carry out recon and combat missions
1991 US 1st Cav Div launched probing attack into
Iraq
1991 US Task Force 1-32 breached Iraqi defensive berm and
entered Iraq in deception attack to convince
Iraq that invasion would come
through Wadi Al-Batin
2001 US and UK planes bombed Iraq’s air defense system as
part of no fly zone
2002 VP Cheney told Council on Foreign Relations action
needed to be taken against Saddam for his
aggressive actions support of
terror WMD threat
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco
by David Phillips)
2003 Protests in more than 600 cities around world against
going to war with Iraq
2003 Bush told Sec Def Rumsfeld to slow troop deployments
because getting ahead of diplomacy
2006 Study Iraqi insurgency dominated by few large groups
Sunni identity became basis for groups
Had no program for future of Iraq
Iraqi insurgents rejected politics Believed they could win
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2007 Pres Talabani claimed Mahdi Army commanders had left
Iraq for Iran because Sadr supported the
Surge and wanted Baghdad secured
Sadr and militiamen had fled to avoid being arrested and killed by US
2008 Report leaked US doc said Maliki govt didn’t feel
urgency to integrate Sahwa Said ministries
interested in taking on Sahwa
didn’t have capacity to do so
2009 Iraq Election Comm said fraud took place in 14 of
Iraq’s 18 provinces but only effected small
fraction of votes
(Musings
On Iraq article on voter fraud in 2009 provincial election)
2010 PM Maliki reversed order to have all raids authorized
by him Came after he protested US-Iraq raid on
Kataib Hezbollah
(Musings
On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
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