1915 Ottoman campaign to try to
retake Basra from British failed
1948 2nd Railway strike against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1969 Bakr govt executed opponents in central Baghdad
1983 Iraq claimed it repulsed Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 1 after
counterattack
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On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1983 Iraqi High Command warned Iran that had new modern
weapons and would use them for first
time in war Meant new WMD
capabilities
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1987 Iran Op Fath5 Iranian Rev Guard and PUK attacked Iraqi
27th Div supply lines in Kurdistan
(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 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
(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)
1992 US UK France warned Iraq to stop military buildup along
border with Kurdistan
1993 During trip to Kuwait Iraqi intelligence attempted to
assassinate fmr Pres Bush
1995 UN Res 986 created Oil for Food Program allowing $1 bil
in Iraq oil exports every 90 days for food
and humanitarian aid
1995 Saddam initially rejected UN Res 986 thinking that
inspectors would clear Iraq of WMD and
sanctions would soon end Proved
wrong
2002 Vanity Fair article talked with Iraqi defector Saadi
who claimed Iraq building WMD
2003 Pentagon said major fighting in Iraq was over Bush
claimed there was some evidence Saddam was
dead
2003 White House said Iraq had WMD that was what war was
about and they would be found
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Hoodwinked, The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a
War)
2003 Local tribes in Najaf scattered Sadrists threatening to
expel Ayatollahs Sistani Hakim and Fayadh
from city
(Musings
On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
2003 Association of Muslim Scholars founded by Harith Dhari
2003 1st joint patrol in Baghdad between Iraqi
police and U.S. forces
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Col Ted Spain on how US struggled to establish law
and order in post-invasion Iraq)
2003 Final IAEA report given to UN Found no active Iraq
nuclear program Niger docs were fakes
aluminum tubes for rockets not
centrifuges
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 Report PUK was telling Arabs to leave villages around
Kirkuk city
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2003)
2003 Report 40 people killed in fighting between Kurds and
Baathists in Kirkuk City
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations
in Kirkuk)
2004 UN representative Brahimi outlined power of interim
Iraqi govt including positions
(Musings
On Iraq book review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the
Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2004 5 bridges connecting central to southern Iraq destroyed
limiting movement of US forces
2004 Russia announced it would withdraw 800 civilian
contractors from Iraq due to security concerns
2004 Italian security guard became first foreign hostage
executed by insurgents
2006 US Amb to Iraq Khalilzad said militias were bigger
problem than insurgents due to sectarian violence
2006 Iraqi general said militias would not put down their
weapons as long as ISF couldn’t provide security
2007 Report Mujahadden Army fighting against ISI in Diyala
Set up checkpoints in Baquba More than 100
ISI arrested in Buhriz and Tahrir
in province
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
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Insurgency)
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On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2008 Sadr returned to Iraq from Iran Fled to Qom during
Surge fearing US would target him
2008 Sahwa in Baghdad and Abu Ghraib formed political party
to run in 09 provincial elections
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
2008 UK military report on Charge of Knights ISF
underperformed vs Mahdi Army Relied heavily upon
US for communications rations and
air strikes Said ISF had little planning nor targeting of Mahdi Army until US
teams arrived Basra police chief said hundreds of police deserted 1st
24 hrs of op and others joined later on National Police sent from Baghad did
much better Were mostly from Basra and wanted to fight Mahdi Army Iraqi army
lost tactical engagements with Mahdi Army Iraqi Special Forces ineffective
until US trainers arrived
2009 Parliament picked Iyad al-Samarraie to become new
speaker
2009 Was reconciliation meeting in Abu Saifan, Baghdad
between Sahwa, tribes and Mahdi Army
2009 VP Mahdi said Sahwa had been infiltrated by ISI while
Anbar Awakening was legitimate
2009 Army had to take over 10 checkpoints in Iskandiriya
after Sahwa walked off job because hadn’t been
paid
2009 Insurgents blew up 4 houses belonging to displaced
families that had returned to Baquba Flyers said
returnees would be attacked
2010 State of Law complained about parties going to other
countries to discuss putting together new govt
2010 Dep PM Issawi went to Iran to talk about forming new
govt
2010 Iraq asked to buy 24 F-16 fighters from US
2010 Iranian Amb to Iraq said trade between two countries
had reached $7 bil in 2009 Was almost all
Iranian imports to Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2011 State of Law parliamentarians walked out of session to
vote on vice presidents stopping election
2011 Media activist beaten by Asayesh in Kalar
2012 KRG official said there were around 700 advisers
experts and general managers in Kurdish govt
2012 Dep PM Mutlaq said arrest warrants for Election
Commission members was political move
2012 Pres Barzani said arrest of Election Commission head
was another attempt by PM Maliki to centralize
control over govt
2012 Sadr said PM Maliki was behind arrests of Election
Commission head so that he could control future
votes
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2012 Integrity Comm reported prisons not following orders to
release prisoners found not guilty or who
had served sentences unless got
payoffs
2012 Followers of Mahmoud Sarkhi held protest in Baghdad
demanding release of their followers
2013 PM Maliki said he would expose politicians connected
with terrorism if he was made to appear before
parliament for questioning
2013 PM Maliki said provincial elections would be step to
forming majority govt
2013 Were coordinated bombings in Baghdad, Babil, Dhi Qar,
Salahaddin, Anbar, Kirkuk, Diyala and
Ninewa
2013 Sulaymaniya mayor died in custody Asayesh said he hung
himself His family claimed he was
tortured
2013 Gorran leader said he was against 3rd term
for Pres Barzani
2015 Sinjar militia leader Haider Sesho said that his arrest
by KDP was illegal That he would work with
Peshmerga but not follow their
orders
2015 New offensive to take Garma from IS in Anbar launched
2016 VP Maliki Allawi and Sadr MPs voted to dismiss Speaker
Jabouri but didn’t have votes Maliki and
Allawi wanted to weaken PM Abadi
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