1921 War Min Churchill wrote PM George that he thought an
Arab govt should be created
to run Mesopotamia for UK
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Churchill’s
Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1981 Iran rejected UN attempts to negotiate ceasefire as
long as Iraqi troops were on Iranian territory
1984 Iranian Op Kheibar began to capture Majnoon island in
Basra
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1984 Iraq’s attacks on Iranian cities stopped ending 1st
War of the Cities
1987 Iran Op Karbala 5 launched Last attack upon Iraqi
defenses in Basra but stopped Caused 4,000
Iraqi casualties
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1988 Iraq renewed war of cities by firing missiles at Tehran
Iraq wanted to provoke UN to get
involved again with peace talks
1988 Iraqi air raid on Rey oil refinery led to fuel
shortages in Iran Trapped majority of Iranian
Revolutionary
Guard units in north and couldn’t move for rest of war
(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 Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1991 Iraq set Kuwait oil fields on fire
1991 Report Saudis tried to organize Iraqi exiles for post-Saddam
Iraq
1998 Newsweek poll showed US support for military action
against Iraq dropped from 40 to 18% Clinton
admin was threatening attack over
UN inspectors
1999 SCIRI UK Rep Bayati said overthrowing Saddam should be
done by Iraqis without outside
interference
2003 Bush administration officially announced it was
deploying forces for invasion Actually started
Dec 02
(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)
2003 Spanish Pres Aznar visited Bush Had group call with PM Blair
and Italian Premier Berlusconi Bush
said he had lost patience Wanted a
2nd UN resolution as quickly as possible to authorize use of force
vs Iraq Bush threatened retaliation against members of UN security council that
might vote against resolution Bush said Iraq was a historic moment to spread
freedom
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 ORHA drill found US would not have enough troops for
Iraq postwar security
2003 ORHA worried not enough funding for postwar Iraq that
could leave behind unstable country
2003 ORHA found US had no plans for what kind of govt they
wanted in Iraq and how to achieve it
2003 ORHA Dep Head thought US had faulty assumptions overly
optimistic lacked reality on what
postwar Iraq would be like
(Musings
On Iraq article on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 3 The Department of
Defense Takes Charge)
2005 Dawa’s Jaafari became UIA candidate for premier
following Jan elections
2006 Zarqawi bombed Askari shrine in Samarra 25 Sunni
mosques in Samarra 27 in Baghdad attacked 3
imam killed 1 kidnapped US
immediately got intel Zarqawi behind Askari shrine bombing Tunisian and 4
Saudis from Al Qaeda in Iraq did bombing Tunisian Al Qaeda in Iraq bomber was
arrested in June 2006 and explained attack
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq blamed Baghdad and Shiite militias for
Samarra bombing to incite attacks on
Sunnis
2006 Other insurgent groups blamed Baghdad for Samarra
bombing and claimed govt was allowing
attacks upon Sunni mosques
2006 Sadr called on his parliamentarians to meet on vote to
ask U.S. forces to leave Iraq
2006 US report Sadr gave orders to kill Sunnis in east
Baghdad in retaliation for Samarra bombing
2006 Sadr offices spread rumor that US military vehicles
were seen around Samarra shrine before
bombing to lay blame on US
2006 Iran blamed US for Samarra bombing
2006 Ayatollah Sistani called for 7 days of mourning
peaceful protests and prohibited attacks upon
Sunnis in wake of Samarra bombing
2006 SCIRI head Hakim blamed US for Samarra bombing claiming
it gave aid to insurgents Claimed
US criticism of Shiite death squads
provoked militants
2007 Report security plan in Ramadi showed progress US and
ISF setting up posts throughout city Started
working with tribes outside Ramadi
to provide men to man checkpoints and join police
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Sheriff of
Ramadi, Nvy SEALS and the Winning of Anbar)
2007 After England said it would withdraw some of its forces
from Iraq Denmark said it would withdraw
its troops serving in Basra
Lithuania that had troops serving alongside Danes was considering pulling out
Romania said it would make decision about its troops that were also in Basra
2008 Sadr renewed his freeze on Mahdi Army
2011 Independent Nalya Radio and TV station was set afire in
Sulaymaniya probably by KDP
supporters
2015 Sadr called for followers to protests in Baghdad next
Friday calling for reforms
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM
Abadi’s reforms)
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