1921 Start of Cairo Conference where Britain decided on its
future MidEast policy with Mesopotamia
being a centerpiece Colonial
Secretary Churchill’s main concern at Cairo Conference was cutting costs for
London Said British troops would be withdrawn in Mesopotamia as quickly as
possible Air power would be used instead for control Sir Percy Cox and Gen
Haldane objected to Churchill’s troops reduction plan saying soldiers still
needed in Mesopotamia Royal Air Force said it would need another year to set up
in Mesopotamia Meant Churchill could not withdraw British troops as quickly as
he wanted Most at conference supported a Hashemite either Faisal or Abdullah
becoming ruler in Mesopotamia Churchill said putting Faisal in power in
Mesopotamia would be part of larger policy to have Hashemites beholden to
England in Mecca and Transjordan Churchill believed putting Faisal in power
would lead to Mesopotamian govt that could run things and save UK money
Churchill was open to creating a Kurdish state Thought would be a buffer
between Turkey and Mesopotamia Sir Percy Cox and Gertrude Bell argued for a
unitary Mesopotamian state that included Kurds at Cairo Conference
(Musings
On Iraq article on the Cairo conference and the selection of Faisal to be
first king of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Princeton’s Sara Pursley on Sykes-Picot and creation
of Iraq)
(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 of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq movie review Letters from Baghdad)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
1959 Nasser gave 2nd speech attacking Iraqi Communists
Said that they would never be able to stop Arab
nationalism Said that Communists relied
upon Shiites for support who opposed Arab nationalism Denied that he supported
Col Arif against Qasim govt
(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)
1974 After talks broke down with Baghdad and it imposed own
law for Kurdistan KDP restarted
rebellion
1975 Baghdad offered KDP truce to allow its forces to
retreat to Iran or surrender
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Killing Hope,
U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Nixon admin support for Kurdish revolt)
1979 At National Security Council Saddam decided that govt
would take control of religious sphere to
protect country from ideas that
could threaten the regime
1984 Iraq called off attacks into Basra marshes to try to
recapture Majnoon Islands Iran lost 20,000 dead
30,000 wounded 1,000 captured Iraq
lost 3,000 dead 9,000 wounded and 1/6 of its oil reserves
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1985 Iran Op Badr reached Tigris River and began building
bridge across it then forced back Reached
Baghdad-Basra highway and took
Qurna but then retaken by Iraqis 2 Revolutionary Guard divisions attacked from
Majnoon Islands and forced Iraqis to retreat
(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)
1985 Iraq started using chemical weapons against Iran’s Op
Badr over next 4 weeks Iran claimed it
suffered 4,600 casualties as a
result
1986 CIA said that Iraq facing worst situation since start
of war after Iran captured Fao Peninsula
Warned that if Iran carried out
more offensives could break the Iraqi army and Saddam could be deposed
(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 of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
(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 Govt operation to retake Najaf from Shiite rebels began
1991 Iraqi refugees fleeing country claimed govt forces used
napalm to put down uprising
(Musings
On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the
Impact of the 1991 Uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1st hand accounts of 1991 Uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saddam’s view of 1991 Uprising)
(Ahulbayt
Video on 1991 Uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
1993 Iraqi army attacked Aweina Kurdistan killing 30
2002 Blair For Pol Adv Manning met with Natl Sec Adv Rice
and said UK supported regime change in
Iraq but needed good strategy
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 2 CIA reports said aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy
were for centrifuges and Iraq might be trying
to build a nuclear weapon
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 Bush called PM Blair about vote on 2nd UN
resolution on Iraq Bush said if didn’t have votes
shouldn’t have a vote
2003 Bush called Mexican Pres Fox and Chilean Pres Lagos on
2nd UN resolution Fox non-committal
Lagos said he would vote no
2003 Bush called PM Blair and said that vote on 2nd
UN resolution was dead
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 UN committee reported on Iraq violating sanctions
2003 Iraqi scientists began private interviews with 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 Bush endorsed Def Dept plan for quick transition to
Iraqi authority made up of exiles and Kurds
after war
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
2003 UndersecDef Feith briefed NSC on postwar plans for
Iraqi Foreign Min military and intel services
Said Foreign Ministry and embassies
needed to be purged Wanted to disband intel services Republican Guard State
Security Office and militias and cut Iraqi military to just 3-5 divisions
(Musings
On Iraq article on Part I Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Hard Lessons Planning for Postwar Iraq
September 2001 to May 2003)
2003 White House reviewed plan to ship $1.7 bil in frozen
Iraqi assets in U.S. to Iraq to pay for Iraqi
public workers and pensions
2004 Sadrists destroyed Gypsy village of Qawliya, Qadisiya
(Musings
On Iraq article on the destruction of Qawliya)
2006 2 bombings of markets in Sadr City kill 58
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2006 US soldiers gang raped 14 yr old Iraqi girl in
Mahmudiya and then killed her family
2007 Report Sadr met with Ayatollah Sistani and asked what
he should do about attacks upon his
movement Sistani told him he could
withdraw or take the consequences Sadr ended up leaving for Iran
2008 2nd day of fighting Mahdi Army forced police
out of Kut Came after Sadr said militia could defend
themselves during freeze Police
raided Sadrists areas in city leading to fighting
2008 Pentagon said it would not publicly release its study
that found no Iraq-Al Qaeda links based upon
600,000 captured Iraq docs Would
not even be posted on the Internet
2008 US reported violence had hit nadir Hadn’t dropped from
Nov 07-Feb 08 Avg number of insurgents
attacks went from 180 per day in
Jun 07 to 60 per day in Jan 08
2008 Sir Synnott former CPA official in charge of south Iraq
said UK wanted to portray stable Iraq after
invasion but didn’t spend time and
money to rebuild country Said CPA focused on large projects but not small
sustainable ones that would have benefited more Iraqis
2016 PM Abadi called on political parties to present their
technocratic candidates for new cabinet Only 3
parties did so
2018 Municipal workers protested in Zubayr Basra over not
getting paid for 2 months Threw stones at
govt offices
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