1915 Ottomans launched operation to try to retake Basra from
British forces
1917 British defeated Ottomans
at Battle of Shiala
1941 UK Amb to Iraq wrote PM Gaylani’s will needed to be
tested by announcing UK troops would be
arriving in Iraq soon and
travelling through country
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(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 Iraq 1941, The
Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq And Syria
1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1959 Egyptian press claimed Qasim made secret deal with USSR
to protect his regime
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1974 Govt executed 11 KDP members in Irbil during Kurdish
rebellion
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1983 Iraq counterattacked Iranian Op Wa al-Fajr 1 in central
front retaking half of lost territory
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1987 Iraq counterattack vs Iran’s Op Karbala 8 in Basra
pushed Iranians back to starting point Iraq
had 2,000 casualties Iran 6,500
casualties
(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 Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
(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)
1991 Cease fire between Iraq and Coalition went into effect
1991 Japan agreed to $10 mil in humanitarian aid to Kurds
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
2001 1st US Energy Dept report said aluminum
tubes Iraq tried to buy were wrong size for centrifuges not
like centrifuges Iraq used before
Could be for rockets
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2002 Gen Franks talked with Sec Def Rumsfeld about war
preparations that could start now without
gaining much notice
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 British forces entered Amarah, Maysan during invasion
Looting started
2003 UK Def Min Hoon told parliament British troops would
soon be able to withdraw from Iraq
2003 US ground forces Cmdr Gen McKiernan ordered increased
patrols around important buildings in
Baghdad to try to reduce looting
Same time US forces withdrew from bridges leading to looting to spread to west
side of Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings
On Iraq Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Ch 5
ORHA In Baghdad)
2003 “Stuff happens” Sec Def Rumsfeld said freedom was
untidy in response to looting in Iraq
2003 Sec Def Rumsfeld criticized press for focusing on
looting in Iraq and missing all the positive stories
happening
2003 Sec Def Rumsfeld said US would help Iraq rebuild but
ultimately it would be up to Iraqis to run
and rebuild their country
2003 2 US soldiers killed and several dozen wounded in
firefights in different parts of Iraq
2003 Armed men reported hunting down Baathists in Basra to
kill them
2003 US took over control of security in Kirkuk and
Peshmerga began withdrawing Turkey sent military
observes to watch process
2003 Looting reported in Kurdish sections of Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City
In
2003)
2003 Turkey said it would send military observers to Kirkuk
Threatened to send troops to Kirkuk if Kurds
were to take over city
2003 Turkish Foreign Min got assurances from US that
Americans not Kurds would control Kirkuk
2003 Talabani said Peshmerga would start withdrawing from
Kirkuk because of Turkish complaints
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations
in Kirkuk)
2003 Sadr gave his 1st Friday sermon in Kufa following US
invasion Called for pilgrimage to Karbala for
Arbaeen Was banned under Saddam
2003 US tried to kill Saddam’s half brother in air attack in
Anbar Killed Sheikh Harbit and 21 family
members Turned Dualim tribe against
US
2003 US delivered $20 mil in cash to Iraq from frozen Iraqi
assets to help pay for bills and reconstruction
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Savage on US reconstruction effort in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Reconstructing
Iraq’s Budgetary Institutions)
2003 US military called on to repair power grid in Baghdad
that went down on Apr 9 when city fell
2003 Iraqi physicist Jaffar interviewed by CIA in UAE said
Iraq had no WMD and no nuke program
2003 Russia said it would forgive debts to Iraq worth $8-$12
bil
2004 Ceasefire announced in Fallujah after 2 members of
Iraqi Governing Council resigned in protest over
battle
2004 Iraqi 202nd Bn collapsed under insurgent
attacks in Fallujah
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2005 Tens of thousands of Sadrists marched in Baghdad
against US occupation
2008 Sadr aide in Najaf killed Sadr blamed US and PM Maliki Was
heading Sadrist negotiations with Baghdad
to end conflict
(Musings
On Iraq article on assassinations of Sadr officials)
2008 US helicopters attacked Mahdi Army in Basra and Sadr
City
2008 US forces raided Sadr offices in Kut
2008 ISF moved on other Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad
besides Sadr City in
fight
against Mahdi Army
2008 Gen Petraeus said Sadr had a legitimate political
movement that govt needed
to deal
with
2008 Amb Crocker told Congress Iran was trying Lebanonize
Iraq by backing militias
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2009 National Security Min Waili said Iraq Turkey US had new
intelligence sharing agreement targeting
PKK
2010 State of Law called for recount in 5 provinces claiming
voter fraud after national elections
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In
Iraq)
2010 Sadr called PM Maliki a liar and blamed him for
arresting Sadrists
2010 ISF withdrew from Salahaddin provincial council
building after occupying it for 2 months on orders
from Maliki to block federalism
move
2011 PM Maliki said ISF ready to take over full security
duties after US military withdrawal at end of year
2011 Govt spokesman Dabbagh said US military had to leave
Iraq at end of year or would cause internal
problems
2011 Another power sharing deal announced between PM Maliki
Allawi and Kurds to try to get security
ministers named
2011 Sulaymaniya protesters issued roadmap for negotiations
with KRG including early elections and
interim govt
2011 Peshmerga Min survived no confidence vote in KRG
parliament over treatment of protesters
2011 Opposition parties boycotted KRG parliament over
protests in Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq interview with journalist Wladimir Van Wilgenburg on 2011 KRG
protests)
2011 KRG PM Salah said Baghdad should pay foreign oil
companies operating in Kurdistan
2012 Kurds attended Ninewa council for 1st time
since boycotting in 2009 when Hadbaa won power
Hadbaa boycotted in response
2012 Court denied ex-VP Hashemi’s charge that 2 of his
bodyguards were tortured to death by ISF
2014 Gunmen suspected to be from Asaib Ahl Al-Haq shot up
homes and burned a mosque in Bodaja,
Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2014 Diyala governor warned that militias were operating in
province and increasing tensions and violence
2014 Fighting broke out in Kirkuk between PUK and KDP
supporters leaving 17 wounded before KRG
elections
2015 Badr’s Ameri said hundreds of Badr fighters in Baghdadi
and Haditha Would later claim were
none in province because of Abadi
and US
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
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