1915 Battle of Shaiba began in Basra province Ottomans
launched frontal assault upon fortress
despite German advisers warning
against it British artillery decimated Ottoman forces
1923 In response to Turkish threat to Mosul mujtahids issued
fatwa forbidding Iraqis to fight for British
against fellow Muslims the Turks
1923 Gertrude Bell wrote that mujtahids were all Persians
and should be deported for issuing fatwa
against Iraq defending Mosul
against Turks
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On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq movie review Letters from Baghdad)
1941 British convoy left India for Basra with infantry brigade
Then told its arrival would be delayed until
PM Gaylani told troops arriving to
test his will
(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)
1974 Iraqi planes bombed KDP bases 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)
1975 Saddam interview with NYTimes said Iraq not opposed to
US or its people just its foreign policy
which was anti-Iraq
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On Iraq How Saddam’s View Of the US As A Threat Led To Kuwait Invasion)
1981 US diplomat Draper went to Baghdad to set up informal
contacts with Saddam
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On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
1982 Iraq again offered to withdraw from Iranian territory
if Iran agreed to end war Rejected by Iran
1986 King Hussein attempted to reconcile Iraq and Syria Went
to both countries Was backed by Saudis
1987 Iraq used chemical weapons to turn back Iran’s Op
Karbala 8 in Basra
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On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1988 Since Mar 1 10,200 Iranian casualties in War of Cities
(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)
1990 5 US senators visited Baghdad to criticize Iraq over
its WMD and nuclear programs that Congress
was investigating
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein,
Deciding on Conflict)
1990 Privately US senators told Saddam Pres Bush wanted
better relations with Iraq Amb Glaspie added
that was US policy
(Musings
On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
1990 Saddam told US senators America plotting with Israel to
attack Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq review the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait)
(Musings
On Iraq How Saddam’s View Of the US As A Threat Led To Kuwait Invasion)
1991 Report Bush admin decided that Shiite and Kurdish
uprisings after Gulf War strengthened Saddam
and ended hopes of coup
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
1991 US began Op Provide Comfort to set up safehaven for
Kurds in northern Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings
On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
2003 US forces advanced on Tikrit Faced sporadic fighting
2003 US forces captured Saddam’s half brother Watban
al-Tikrit
2003 Turkmen in Kirkuk complained that Kurds were looting
their homes
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations
in Kirkuk)
(Musings
On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City
In
2003)
2003 Report experts didn’t think Iraq’s oil would earn
enough money to pay for country’s reconstruction
which was Bush admin’s claim
2003 Chief UN Weapons Inspector Blix said inspections
could’ve contained Iraq and US and UK never
believed in process Said US and UK
fabricated evidence against Iraq to justify war
(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 Head CENTCOM postwar planning Col Benson briefed Gen
Webster Dep Cmdr US ground forces in
Iraq on revised plans Said would be
resistance by former regime elements after war sectarian violence revenge
ethnic cleaning Said foreign jihadists would start coming to Iraq Predicted US
occupation would last 3-5 years
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 ORHA head Garner proposed series of meetings across
Iraq to form basis of new Iraqi govt
2004 US military said it would kill or capture Sadr
2004 4 clerics met with Sadr to negotiate ceasefire to his
uprising
2004 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid said ISF were huge
disappointment so far fighting insurgents and
Mahdi Army Requested 7000-10000
additional troops
2004 CPA adv to Housing Min warned that Badr that ran
ministry was stealing money from major
projects and of sectarian hiring
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2005 Ayatollah Sistani said Sunnis were not the enemy
2006 Gen Batiste former commander 1st Inf Div
became fourth former general to call for Sec Def Rumsfeld
to resign over Iraq
2007 Sunni MPs led by Speaker Mashadani carried out bombing
of parliament’s cafeteria in Baghdad
2007 Islamic Army announced it was no longer working with
ISI Didn’t agree with declaration of Islamic State
and ISI attacking its men
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
(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 Pres Talabani announced govt in talks with 5 insurgent
groups
2008 PM Maliki said 30,000 Peshmerga would be organized into
2 Army Divisions
2008 2nd phase of Charge of Knights began with
sweeps through 2 neighborhoods of Basra to
confiscate weapons
2008 Fighting between US and ISF vs Mahdi Army continued in
Sadr City
2009 Al-Hadbaa party took all the leading positions in new
Ninewa govt Nujafi became governor after
elections Kurds boycotted
(Musings
On Iraq article on Al-Hadbaa’s party platform)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurd-Al Hadbaa dispute in Ninewa)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Al-Hadbaa taking over Ninewa council)
2009 Sheikh Abu Risha of Anbar said he was open to alliance
with Maliki in 2010 national elections
(Musings
On Iraq Anbar’s Forgotten Sheikh)
(Musings
On Iraq Anbar Sheikhs Reach Out To Shiites)
2010 KRG said it had reached agreement with Oil Ministry
over oil exports Baghdad would split revenues
with it
2010 PM Maliki said Sahwa had a role in helping with
securing country
2010 CIA ranked Iraq 160th in world in per capita
income 2nd lowest in Middle East
2011 KDP and PUK said they were ready for unconditional
talks with opposition over demands of
Sulaymaniya protesters
(Musings
On Iraq interview with journalist Wladimir Van Wilgenburg on 2011 KRG
protests)
2011 PJAK attacked Iranian police station along Iran-Iraq
border Iran shelled PJAK camps in KRG
2012 Kurdish MP said that VP Hashemi should not come back to
Kurdistan after his tour of Middle East
2012 Sit in started in Mosul demanding release of prisoners
2012 Clash between followers of Mahmoud Sarkhi and police
2012 Kurdish Alliance wanted Oil Min Shahristani to appear
before parliament over corruption questions
Shahristani filed lawsuit against
them
2012 State of Law MP announced arrest warrant on corruption
charges against Election Commission chief
Part of PM Maliki intimidation move
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2014 ISIS issued orders to infiltrate Baghdad
2014 ISIS posted pictures of over 80 police joining it from
Albu Diab and Albu Shaban in Anbar
2015 US requested that Hashd withdraw from Ramadi before it
would start air strikes
2016 Sit in demonstration began in parliament over PM
Abadi’s technocratic cabinet
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