1981 Islamic Conf Organization met with Saddam Said he
wanted ceasefire in war and wanted to
know what Khomeini wanted
1984 Iraqis used mustard gas against Iranians to try to turn
them back in Basra marshes Was able to
gain bridgehead on South Majnoon
island
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1986 Iraq made another attempt to retake Fao Peninsula
Failed
(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)
1988 VP Bush told Iraq that it could buy dual use equipment
for its WMD program from US
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1991 Shiite revolt spread to Suq al-Shuyukh and Nasiriyah in
Dhi Qar after Gulf War
1991 Shiite rebels attacked military intelligence
headquarters in Basra
(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 Iraqi Hammurabi Div ordered to move north from Basra to
help put down uprising Fired upon
US 24th
Inf Div breaking Gulf War ceasefire Was destroyed by US
1991 UN Resolution 686 required Iraq to accept 12 previous
UN resolutions on Kuwait pay reparations
end annexation of Kuwait release
POWs return stolen property
1992 UN investigation found that govt had executed hundreds
of Shiites in southern marshes in recent
months
1992 Peshmerga launched counterattack upon Iraqi army in
Kalak 60 killed
1993 After southern no fly zone created Iraqi forces began
shelling and attacking southern marsh villages
1995 US intercepted Iraqi report that it had uncovered
INC-KDP-PUK uprising NSC ordered CIA to
withdraw any support for plan
1998 UN Resolution 1154 allowed weapons inspectors at Iraq’s
presidential palaces US was hoping to
cause a confrontation to strike
Iraq
1999 Wash Post reported that US intelligence was using UN
inspectors to spy on Iraq something it denied
in Feb
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US manipulated UN inspections)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iraq In The
Eye of the Storm)
2003 Senior admin official told NY Times UN weapons
inspectors would not lead to anything
(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 Report US and UK increased air strikes in Iraq as part
of no fly zone Were trying to weaken air
defenses before invasion
2004 5 Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers hit Karbala and
Khadimiya during Ashura killing 270 wounding
570
2007 300 ISI attacked funeral in Amiriya Fallujah for Feb 27
bombing of mosque attended by
Awakening leader Led to major
battle between ISI vs Awakening police and army
(Musings
On Iraq article on tribes turning on Al Qaeda in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
(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 Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2008 Mahdi Army and ISCI controlled ISF announced ceasefire
in Nasiriya after 10 killed and 60
woundedin fighting between two
sides
2015 Offensive to free Tikrit from IS began
2018 2nd report that General Dynamics withdrew
most of its maintenance crews for Iraqi army’s Abrams
because Hashd had some of the tanks
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Hashd got Abrams tanks)
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