1917 British forces captured
Baquba from Ottomans
1935 Yasin al-Hashemi became PM of Iraq 2nd time
1941 After consulting with UK Foreign Min Suwaidi convinced
PM Hashemi and Regent to move
against Golden Square officers
Golden Square called on army to overthrow Hashemi
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Persian Gulf
Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Role of the
Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq 1941, The
Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
1975 Iraq and Iran Foreign Ministers signed agreement to
create three committees to resolve outstanding
issues
1975 US Sec State Kissinger responded to Barzani pleas for
help saying that US understood struggle
Kurds were facing
(Musings
On Iraq book review Killing Hope, U.S.
Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)
(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 The Great Betrayal,
How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Nixon admin support for Kurdish revolt)
1982 Iran launched Operation Fath with diversionary attack
towards Hoveyzah and Hamid across from
Maysan Worked as Iraq sent reserves
there
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1984 Belgian labs confirmed mustard gas used by Iraq from
samples taken from two wounded Iranians
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1985 Iran captured section of Basra-Baghdad highway for
first time
(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 Iraqi army began assault to retake Karbala from Shiite
rebels
1991 Refugee claimed govt killed 250-300 people in Najaf
after uprising
1991 Kurds began fleeing Tuz Kharmato in face of govt
offensive to retake it
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 Baghdad held 1st tribal loyalty ceremony to
shore up support during 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)
1991 Saddam said he would introduce democracy and create a
new constitution
1992 Report in 91 Bush admin tried to block release of
information about White House support for Iraq
before Kuwait invasion
1994 English scientists est 57% of southern marshes had been
drained by Saddam to drive out displaced
and rebels
1996 UN inspectors said work was moving forward and Iraq was
not hiding WMD as some suggested
(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)
1999 Uprising in Basra after Saddam killed Ayatollah Sadiq
al-Sadr
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Univ of Haifa’s Prof Baram on legacy of Ayatollah
Sadiq al-Sadr)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq Between Occupations, Perspectives from 1920 to the
Present)
2002 Dep Sec Def Wolfowitz and PM Blair’s adv Manning talked
about building intl support for military
action vs Iraq
2002 UK Amb to US Meyer told Dep Sec Def Wolowitz that if US
wanted military action against Iraq it
needed to go through UN
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowitz told UK Amb to US Meyer that
Iraq was linked with terrorism and
harboring member of 1993 World
Trade Center bombing Was based upon conspiracy theories of Laurie Mylroie
(Musings
On Iraq article on Mylroie’s Iraq conspiracy theories)
(Musings
On Iraq Laurie Mylroie’s Iraq Conspiracy Theory Was Debunked By Captured
Baath Documents)
2002 Times of London article quoted Iraqi defector provided
by INC that Iraq had WMD programs
2002 Bahrain Foreign Minister Salamn ibn Hamda al-Khalifa
told press Arab world did not see Iraq as
the threat but Israel for its
actions against Palestinians
2003 UN Draft resolution saying Iraq in non compliance and
open to military action withdrawn by US
because couldn’t be passed
2003 Bush met with Congressional leaders telling them UN
route with Iraq was dead Blamed France Sen
Byrd only one who said he opposed
war
2003 Bush in TV speech said Iraq had WMD and was hiding them
Gave Saddam and sons 48 hours to
leave office or face invasion
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 PM Blair gave Saddam ultimatum to comply with UN
resolutions
2003 UK Attny Gen Lord Goldsmith gave legal advice that war
with Iraq was legal
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 UN Sec Gen Annan announced he would order withdrawal of
weapons inspectors due to impending
war
2003 ORHA head Garner met with his oil team Said concerned Sec
Def Rumsfeld picked ex-Shell CEO
Carroll to join group Oil team told
Garner if Iraq oil sector destroyed by war would need someone with standing of
Carroll to deal with situation
2004 Bombing of Mount Lebanon hotel in Baghdad killed 27
wounded 40
2004 Iraqi Governing Council asked UN to return to Baghdad
and advise the creation of interim govt
2007 Report Education Ministry run by Shiite United Iraqi
Alliance refused to give any aid or support to
schools in Sunni areas of Baghdad
2007 Gen Odierno said Baghdad belts key to securing Baghdad
2007 Report captured ISI docs said 06 decided to move into
Baghdad to fight militias and wanted to
force Shiites from west Baghdad and
attack Shiites in Anbar Diyala Salahaddin Mahdi Army took initiative and pushed
insurgents out of large parts of Baghdad Insurgents now operating out of
Baghdad belts more than Baghdad itself
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2008 Clashes between Mahdi Army and police spread to Karbala
35 killed 130 wounded Before was
fighting in Diyala and Wasit Sadr
blamed PM Maliki for violence
2008 Female suicide bomber hit crowd of Shiites in Karbala
40 killed 65 wounded
(Musings
On Iraq article on female suicide bombers)
2008 ISCI and Dawa delegation made deal with Sadrists to end
week’s worth of fighting between ISF
and Mahdi Army in Kut Govt agreed
to release Sadrist prisoners and only conduct raids with warrants
2008 BBC ABC NK ARD poll found 55% of Iraqis said lives were
good vs 39% in Aug 07 62% said
security better vs 43% in Aug 07
45% said next year would be better vs 29% in Aug 07
2012 Baghdad claimed KRG-Exxon oil deal was frozen but
wasn’t
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