1921 UK Foreign Sec told French Amb to UK that London had
run into problems and large
expenses in Mesopotamia and that
had led to decision to give the Arabs their own govt
(Musings
On Iraq book review Inventing Iraq:
The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied)
1923 UK Iraq commission final report said British would not
withdraw from Iraq Would lead to collapse
of King Faisal and humiliation for
British
1930 Nuri al-Said became PM, would hold office 8 times Went
after opposition silenced press controlled
parliament became favorite of
British
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Said with PM
Maliki)
1970 Communist leader in Baghdad Khadri found shot in street
Baathists suspected
(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 Soviet Defense Minister Grechko arrived in Iraq to try
to find compromise with Kurds Iran and US
told Barzani not to make any deals
1975 Mustafa Barzani and around 100,000 KDP members left
Iraq for Iran ending Kurdish revolt
(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)
1981 Iran said it would not accept ceasefire with Iraq as
long as Saddam was in power
1982 Iran launched main attack in Op Fath to push towards
Maysan Flanked 2 Iraqi divisions Was
largest military operation up to
that time in war 100,000 Iranian and 70,000 Iraqi troops involved
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1985 Iran ended Op Badr failed attempt to attack Basra city
Iraq lost 20,000 casualties Iran 14,000
killed
(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)
1988 PUK base in Sulaymaniya attacked in 2nd
Anfal Campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1991 Sadoun Hammadi, a Shiite became premier as Saddam tried
to appease Shiites while putting down
uprising after Gulf War
(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)
1997 Memo told Iraqi officials to hide material, documents,
equipment from U.N. weapons 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)
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
(Musings
On Iraq article Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N.
Inspections)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
2002 Joint Chiefs did paper drill running through Iraq
invasion plan
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 British commandos took control of Um Qasr port while
heaving fighting broke out in the town
(Musings
On Iraq book review Target Basra, The
High Octane Story of the Royal Marine Commandos In Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Special Operations Forces in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 US attacked
Nasiriya Heavy fighting with Fedayeen left 29 marines dead
2003 US B-52 bombers carried out raids on Baghdad Iraqi govt
claimed 106 civilians killed
2003 British Tornado jet is accidently shot down by US
patriot missile killing 2 crewmen
2003 US soldier Jessica Lynch taken prisoner by Iraqi forces
during invasion when her supply convoy
attacked
2003 32 Apache helicopters sent on raid to destroy Republican
Guard units in Karbala Turned back by Iraqi
fire
2003 US forces reached outside Najaf Claimed they found WMD
facility Story proved false
2003 CENTCOM commander Gen Franks said no doubt Iraq had WMD
2003 White House said no question Iraq had WMD and that they
would be found
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 US intel officials leaked to press they felt pressured
by White House to come up with intel to justify
Iraq war
2004 Fmr Def Sec Cohen said head of Al Qaeda Sudan chemical
plant met with Iraq chemical weapons
scientist in 90s
2006 Report on captured Iraq docs Russian amb gave detailed
info to Iraq on US invasion force and plans
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Russia provided Iraq with intel on US invasion plans
before war)
2006 Report on captured Iraq docs Confirmed Iraq and bin
Laden met in Feb 1995 to talk about
cooperation Iraq agreed to air bin
Laden’s anti-Saudi tapes
2007 US House of Reps voted to set deadline for US
withdrawal by 8/31/08
2007 Iran captured 15 UK Marines in Basra and offered to
trade them for release of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq
leader Qais Khazali
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2007 Dep PM Zubaie wounded in ISI assassination attempt with
a car bomb and suicide bomber that was
one of his own bodyguards
2007 Sadrist website accused Dawa and SCIRI of selling it
out to U.S. during Surge
2007 Former Najaf police chief said he was forced to hire
400 officers by Shiite parties Said none of them
were trained One officer fired for
smuggling weapons used to attack UK Was returned to work and given promotion on
orders from Baghdad Said torture was routine and police went after political
rivals Dhi Qar police chief said he couldn’t get rid of rogue officers because
they were protected by political parties
2007 Report Mahdi Army back on streets of Ghaziliya and
Shula Baghdad Fired mortars at Mansour and
Yarmouk
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq
Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2007 Insurgents out on streets of Haditha Demanded residents
take down satellite TV dishes claiming
they spread vice and immorality
2007 Report PM Maliki offered $200 to returnees to Baghdad
and said he would evict squatters as part of
Baghdad security plan Baghdad
Migration Ministry bureau director said he refused to tell families to return
because of on going violence
(Musings
On Iraq January 2009 U.N. Report On Iraq Refugee Returns)
2008 PM Maliki flew to Basra and personally began planning
Charge of Knights op
2008 Mahdi Army in Sadr City started firing rockets into
Green Zone
2008 Report US asked UK to send troops back into Basra but
London refused because set on
withdrawal
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2011 National Reconciliation Commission claimed 5 insurgent
groups agreed to put down arms and join
political process
2012 ISI broke 19 of its men out of Kirkuk prison
2015 Hashd looted and destroyed 8 houses in Sadiya, Diyala
Adviser to Diyala governor killed blamed on
Hashd
2018 PKK said it would withdraw from Sinjar after Turkey
threatened military operation there
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