1921 Cairo Conference decided on indirect rule in Iraq Would
make Faisal King of a pro-British
Iraqi govt allowing withdrawal of
British forces
1921 Cairo Conference decided to keep UK High Commissioner
for Iraq British advisers in govt naval
presence in Basra and RAF squadrons
in rest of country
(Musings
On Iraq article on the Cairo conference and the selection of Faisal to be
first king of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Inventing Iraq:
The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1939 King Ghazi gave pan-Arab speech saying he was
interested in Arab brothers in Syria Palestine
Kuwait
(Musings
On Iraq book review Imagining The Nation, Nationalism, Sectarianism and
Socio-Political Conflict in Iraq)
1940 Fmr PM Said put together new govt with Rashid Gaylani
becoming PM Said became Foreign
Minister Had backing of British
1941 Regent had PM Hashemi send one of the Golden Square
officers to Diwaniya He refused order Was
pushed by UK to try to break up
pan-Arab officers in army
(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 And Syria
1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1980 Baath made membership in Dawa punishable by death
(Musings
On Iraq A History of Iraq’s Islamic Dawa Party, Interview With Lowy Inst.
for Intl. Policy’s Dr. Rodger Shanahan)
1982 Saddam admitted that Iraqi forces retreated from
southern Iran
1984 UN condemned use of chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq War
but didn’t mention Iraq as perpetrator
due to US and Soviet objections
(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)
1984 US banned export of 5 chemicals to Iraq that could be
used to make chemical weapons
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1990 Report Iraq trying to challenge Israeli military
superiority in Middle East by developing nuclear bomb
Dec 89 Iraq launched new long range
missile Mar 90 3 people arrested in England trying to smuggle equipment for
program to Iraq Intl Institute for Strategic Studies said program only in
theoretical stage Was actually far more advanced than anyone knew
1991 Saddam’s troops re-entered Dohuk and Irbil to put down
Kurdish rebellion
(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)
1991 Majid al-Khoei son of Grand Ayatollah al-Khoei met with
Saudi intelligence and was turned down
for aid because US objected
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
1995 INC and PUK attacked Iraqi forces in Kirkuk district
destroying 2 brigades hoping to create a revolt
against Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iraq In The
Eye of the Storm)
2002 Gen Franks presented new revised Iraq war plan to Bush
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 British began 2nd attack to take Basra city
with 600 commandos
(Musings
On Iraq book review Target Basra, The
High Octane Story of the Royal Marine Commandos In Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 UK Defense Minister Hoon told US didn't think taking
Basra City important US wanted UK to hold
south oil fields and Um Qasr port
2003 US intensified air strikes on Republican Guard units
with 800 sorties
2003 Saddam believed U.S. invasion was stalemated
2003 Saddam’s secretary told Iraqi Foreign Ministry to tell
France and Russia they would only accept an
unconditional withdrawal by U.S.
2003 Iraqi TV aired footage of Saddam Qusay and Uday handing
out medals and money to soldiers
2003 Sec Def Rumsfeld told ABC that US knew exactly where
Iraq’s WMD were Claimed they were
around Tikrit and Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq How The Administration Reversed Itself On Finding Iraq’s WMD)
2003 Sec Def Rumsfeld accused Syria of giving military aid
to Iraq Syria claimed US committed crimes
vs Iraqi civilians
2003 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowtiz said Iraq war about WMD and
that they would eventually be found
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 PM Blair foreign policy adv Sir Manning worried that
Baghdad when attacked could turn into drawn
out urban battle
2003 Pentagon memo on creating an Iraqi authority after war
Said had to be friendly to the US Had to
end Sunni rule Wanted rule of law
individual liberty representative govt private enterprise Didn’t say how that
was to be achieved
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2006 Report Albu Mahal went from insurgency to fighting Al
Qaeda in Iraq after objected to Islamic
law being imposed Tribe entered
into months of fighting with Salmani and Karabila tribes allied with Al Qaeda
in Iraq in WAnbar Qaim dist Was expelled Albu Mahal went to US formed Desert
Protectors Got help to have tribesmen join Iraqi army
(Musings
On Iraq article on Albu Mahal tribe)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar 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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2007 Op Call to Freedom ended effectively clearing Ramadi of
insurgents
2007 Report Ali Salah WBaghdad only had 3 Sunni families
left after militias forced out rest in March
despite US and Iraqi units in area
during Surge
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq
Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2008 Sadr announced ceasefire in fight vs ISF Mahdi Army
handed over weapons to ISF in 2 Baghdad
neighborhoods
2008 Fighting continued in Babil and Karbala between ISF and
Mahdi Army Green Zone hit by
rockets
2008 UK report situation in Basra unchanged during Charge of
Knights Said ISF had no coherent
plan and
morale low
2008 Report PM Maliki was shocked that his offensive in
Basra caused fighting throughout south and
Baghdad Was actually warned by ISF
that would happen beforehand but he ignored it
2008 Tribes in Dhi Qar and Dulaim in Wasit joined govt in
crackdown against Mahdi Army
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki’s patronage system including Tribal Support
Councils)
(Musings
On Iraq article Disputes over PM Maliki’s Tribal Support Councils)
2008 SIIC held pro-govt demonstration in Karbala against
Sadr
2010 Allawi complained about Iran’s interference in forming
new Iraqi government
2010 VP Hashemi said Iran trying to unite Shiite parties behind
2nd Maliki term
2011 Accountability and Justice Comm ruled 2 nominees for
Interior and Defense Ministers made by PM
Maliki were disqualified for
Baathist past
2011 Turkey’s Erdogan went on tour of Iraq to Baghdad 1st
Sunni leader to go to Najaf shrine 1st Turkish
leader to go to Irbil
2012 Pres Barzani said PM Maliki becoming authoritarian
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2016 Kurdish Alliance said they would not give up any of
their ministers
2016 Supreme Council MP complained that PM Abadi didn’t
consult with others about his reforms
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