1918 Battle of Khan Baghdadi between Ottomans and British
started
1975 Iranian premier visited Baghdad and laid out steps to
implement Algiers Agreement
1979 Iraq hosted anti-Sadat meeting to oppose new
Egypt-Israel peace treaty
1982 2 Iraqi divisions ordered to retreat to escape
encirclement during Iranian Op Fath push on Maysan
Large tank battle in Chananeh End
of day Iraqi 1st Mech Div destroyed
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1984 US Special Envoy Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq for 2nd
time Rumsfeld presented secret proposal for
Israeli aid against Iran Iraq
rejected offer Also offered $2 bil in loan guarantees Agreed to restore
diplomatic relations
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
1985 Iraq threatened to spread war to all sections of Iran
if it didn’t agree to a peace settlement
(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 Iraq dropped chemical bombs on Karadagh Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1991 Fierce fighting between Iraqi forces and Peshmerga on
Khanaqin-Jalawla road Diyala
(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 Talabani returned to Iraq after 3 years Gave speech
talking about freeing all of Iraq working with
Iraqi opposition to create a
provisional govt
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 White House meeting on Iraq uprising Decided not to get
involved
(Musings
On Iraq book review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
1991 Bush told press Iraqi rebels had not asked U.S. for
help during uprising
1991 Bush administration said they would not stop Iraq from
using helicopters to put down uprisings
1991 Bush Natl Sec Adv Scowcorft secretly met Saudi King
Fahd who told US to stay out of 1991
uprising
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
1996 Jordanian govt held party celebrating opening of Iraqi
National Accord new HQ in Amman
1996 PUK backed peace deal with KDP although talks had not
worked out
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
1997 SecState Albright said Iraq not cooperating with
inspections and US would not remove sanctions
(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 Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
2003 US forces began move on Kut, Wasit Surrounded Najaf
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 US 173rd Airborne Brigade landed in northern
Iraq to cooperate with Peshmerga move into Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations
in Kirkuk)
2003 Iraq claimed US missile hit market in Baghdad US Air
strikes failed to take Iraq state TV off the air
2003 Bush and Blair met at Camp David to discuss Iraq
invasion
2003 ORHA sent list of 16 sites that needed to be protected
in Baghdad to US military HQ in Kuwait but
was ignored
2003 Sec Def Rumsfeld told Garner he had some replacements
for Americans going to run Iraq ministries
Wanted them all from Pentagon
(Musings
On Iraq article on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 3 The Department of
Defense Takes Charge)
2003 British intel report Hope that Iraqi govt would quickly
fall within days of invasion fading
2007 PM Maliki and Pres Talabani announced Accountability
and Justice bill would change
deBaathification process Wouldn’t
pass until 2008 due to opposition
2007 Report Amb Khalilzad held talks with 1920 Revolution
Brigades and Islamic Army in 2006 No
breakthroughs Insurgents made
unreasonable demands like dismissing govt and suspending constitution US also
had talks with insurgents in 2005 Maliki govt upset with talks claiming Khalilzad
sectarian and trying to undermine Shiite majority rule
2008 ISF got into shootout with Mahdi Army in Diwaniya
2008 Fighting between ISF and Mahdi Army in Basra 5
neighborhoods in Baghdad plus Kut Diwaniya
Hilla Karbala Mortars fired on
Green Zone Mahdi Army attacked US checkpoints in east Baghdad Clashes between
Mahdi Army and Badr and Dawa office burned in Sadr City
2008 PM Maliki gave gunmen 72 hours to turn in weapons in
Basra
2008 US and Iraqi forces began moving into Sadr City as
fight against Mahdi Army
moved from
Basra to Baghdad
2008 Sadrists walked out of parliament over govt crackdown
on movement Called for no confidence vote
against PM Maliki
2008 Mass grave with 52 bodies of people executed by ISI
found in Diyala River Valley
2010 Election results announced Iraqiya 91 seats State of
Law 89 National Alliance 70 Kurdish Alliance
43
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In
Iraq)
2010 Pres Talabani and VP Mahdi went to Tehran to talk about
national elections
2010 State of Law met with Sadr in Qom to try to win his
support for 2nd Maliki administration
2010 State of Law protest in Amara called for recount in
national elections
2010 Human Rights Min said it found 84 mass graves in
Baghdad and Diyala all from post-03 violence
2011 PM Maliki warned of sectarian conflict in Gulf after
Saudi Arabia and UAE sent troops to Bahrain
2011 Peshmerga announced withdrawal from parts of Kirkuk
after political protests
2012 KRG said it would stop oil exports if it didn’t get
paid for what it had already shipped Claimed owed
$1.5 bil by Baghdad
2012 Pres Talabani announced national conference to solve
political differences over Maliki govt on Apr 5
Barzani and Allawi said they
wouldn’t attend
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2013 Cabinet said that it agreed to meet major demands of
protesters dealing with arrests amnesty etc
Never did
2014 Sadr condemned militias in Diyala after several reports
of them killing civilians and destroying
property
2014 Mutahidun said militias had killed civilians in Buhriz Diyala
and destroyed houses and mosques
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