1918 British officer in charge
of Najaf Captain Marshall assassinated leading to eventual uprising
in city
1933 British official warned
King Faisal was attempting to make himself dictator of Iraq
1948 Railway strike against
Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1981 US senator told press Iraq was trying to build a
nuclear bomb
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1985 Iran attacked South Majnoon Island in Basra but gained
nothing
1985 Iraq bombed Tehran in retaliation for Iran bombing
Baghdad War of Cities
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1985 Pres Mubarak visited Baghdad to show support Asked Gulf
States to donate more money to Iraq
during Iran-Iraq 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)
1987 Revolutionary Command Council made Ali Hassan al-Majid
head of Baath Northern Bureau
covering Kurdistan
1988 PUK retreated from Jafati Valley Kurdistan during Anfal
campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1991 Sec of State Baker after tour of Middle East and Soviet
Union said most leaders thought Saddam
would be gone by end of year
(Musings
On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
1991 Kurdish leader Rahman called for international help
with food and medicine during uprising
None came
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
(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)
2002 UK Amb Meyer met with Dep Sec of Def Wolfowitz who said
he was against going to UN against
Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Saddam refuted Bush’s ultimatum to step down and leave
Iraq
2003 UN weapons inspectors ended work in Iraq Did 731
inspections at 411 sites and found no WMD or
nuclear programs
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 UN suspended Oil for Food program for Iraq due to
impending war
2003 US reconnaissance found 6-7 oil wells in Basra set
afire by Iraqis Led Gen Franks to move up
invasion plan by a few days to try
to stop further fields being set on fire
2003 US military official told CNN Iraqi troops had VX and
mustard gas munitions
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 UK military given official order to prepare for Iraq
invasion
2003 Joint Chief of Staff met to discuss withdrawal plans
for post-invasion Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 UK Gen Cross warned PM Blair that there wasn’t enough
post-war planning for Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 2 British ministers and legal adv to Foreign Office
resigned in protest against the war
2003 British parliament voted 412 to 149 to endorse Iraq
invasion
2003 US named 30 countries willing to join Iraq war Became
known as Coalition of the Willing
2003 CIA source claimed he saw Saddam and his family at Dora
farm south of Baghdad CIA Dir Tenet
told Bush
2003 US rep Khalizad went to Turkey offering to allow
Turkish troops to enter Kurdistan buffer zone
disarming Peshmerga ops vs PKK if
US could use Turkey for invasion
(Musings
On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco)
2004 Fmr OHRA head Garner said he was replaced in Iraq
because wanted early elections to return
power to Iraqis
2006 NSC report Iraqi army largely rebuilt but attacks not
decreasing War stalemated PM Jaafari
incompetent
2006 Gen Casey and Marine Expeditionary Force I Cmdr Gen
Zilmer agreed Ramadi would be main
focus of Anbar campaign
(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)
2008 Report UK Chief of Def Staff Lord Boyce First Sea Lord
Adm West and head of army General
Jackson were all unsure of legality
of Iraq invasion
2008 IOM reported 2.7 mil displaced Only 1% of refugees
returned Most couldn’t go back to homes
because occupied or destroyed
(Musings
On Iraq book review Children of War,
Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
2009 Sadr issued statement calling on his followers to give
up on violence
2011 KRG said that it would form committee to deal with
protests in Sulaymaniya
(Musings
On Iraq interview with journalist Wladimir Van Wilgenburg on 2011 KRG
protests)
2013 Kurdish MPs met with Pres Barzani and agreed on
boycotting Iraqi parliament over disputes with
PM Maliki
2016 Sadr started protests in Baghdad demanding cabinet
reforms
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM
Abadi’s reforms)
2018 PM Abadi ended flight ban into KRG airports and agreed
to pay all Kurdish public employees and
Peshmerga
(Musings
On Iraq article Baghdad lifting some sanctions on KRG)
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