1941 Britain told Iraq that troops would be landing in Basra
soon under Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1941 PM Gaylani agreed to allow British troops landing in
Basra but demanded that they immediately
set out for Palestine or Egypt
1941 German letter arrived saying it would support Iraq
revolt against British
(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)
1968 Baath Nasserites and other army officials called for
coalition govt return of parliament dismissal of
PM Yahya
1969 Shah unilaterally voided 1937 treaty over Shatt al-Arab
Iraq took issue to UN Iran refused to go to
court over matter probably knowing
it would lose
1969 Shah decided to give military support to Kurds to put
political pressure on Pres Bakr over Shatt al-
Arab
1972 Bakr offered limited cultural rights to Assyrians under
Law 251 in continued outreach program to
community considered important
counter to Kurds and trying to split them away from KDP Govt didn't fully
implement law
1987 Iraqi planes dropped poison gas on Sheikh Wasan and
Balisan villages killing over 100 civilians
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1988 Iraq offensive to recapture Fao Peninsula Basra from
Iran began Largest Iraq land offensive since
1986 Used nerve and mustard gas
(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)
1990 White House met to discuss limiting military equipment
sales to Iraq
1991 Bush denied US responsible for telling Iraqis to revolt
and then not supporting them
(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 Report CIA and Saudis set up Voice of Free Iraq after
Iraq invasion of Kuwait Used Iraqi exiles to run
station Called on Iraqi military to
overthrow Saddam
1991 Pres Bush said that US would set up relief camps in
Kurdistan to help refugees after Saddam put
down revolt
(Musings
On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
1991 Bush said UN sanctions on Iraq would stay until Saddam
removed from power Was not in UN
resolution
1991 State Dept met with Iraqi opposition including Ahmed
Chalabi for first time
1991 Baghdad and Kurds announced ceasefire and start of
talks
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
2002 NSC meeting talked about training Iraqi exiles for help
with invasion
2003 Genk Franks issued declaration to Iraqi people saying
US would only be there temporarily
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Ch 5
ORHA In Baghdad)
2003 Gen Franks announced that Baath Party was no more in
Iraq
2003 Gen Franks ordered withdrawal order for 60-120 days for
US troops to drop from 175,000 to 30,000
by Aug 03
2003 Gen Franks told his staff that an interim Iraqi govt
would be created in 30-60 days
2003 Gen Franks sent memo to Def Sec Rumsfeld Said time to
start Phase IV postwar ops Said
international forces and police
would arrive to allow US to withdraw Didn’t say where foreign forces were
coming from
2003 US Central Command made official announcement that
America was the authority in Iraq
2003 Congress appropriated $2.475 bil for rebuilding Iraq as
part of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Savage on US reconstruction effort in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Reconstructing
Iraq’s Budgetary Institutions)
2003 Report Kurds were forcing Arabs out of Kirkuk city
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations
in Kirkuk)
2003 INC’s Chalabi arrived in Baghdad and set up office in
Hunting Club
2003 US forces captured Palestinian terrorist Abu Abbas
Claimed proved Saddam backed terrorism
2003 Dep head of SCIRI Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
returned to Iraq from Iran with 4,000-5,000 Badr
militiamen
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran using Badr in post-Saddam Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2004 2 weeks 12,000 members of the Iraq Civil Defense Corps
quit during insurgent offensive and Sadrist
uprising
2006 Report Iranian Revolutionary Guard set up camp in
Diyala to train militias
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Vanguard of the
Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2006 CIA report Karbala police chief made deals with Sadr to
attack US forces Gave them police IDs to get
through checkpoints
2006 GAO report US worried Iraq didn’t have money or know
how to run 8,000 reconstruction projects
2006 GAO report As of June 2005 $52 mil of $200 mil completed
large scale water projects not working or
below capacity due to looting lack
of power no trained Iraqi staff
2006 GAO report $13.5 mil Karkh sewage treatment plant in
Baghdad not operating $32 mil garbage
landfill in south Baghdad not
operating after manager killed
2006 GAO report 40-60% of purified water never used in
Baghdad because of leaks in system
2007 Sadrist ministers boycotted cabinet to protest US
occupation
2007 3,000 protested in Basra over lack of services Demanded
governor resign
2007 Report Mahdi Army moved into southwest Diyala Thousands
of Shiites killed and displaced from
Baquba Sunnis kicked out of Baghdad
by militias moved into Baquba US repeatedly reported ISF attacking Sunnis in
Diyala
2007 Ret Gen Sheehan Wash Post OpEd on why he turned down
Iraq-Afghan manager in Bush White
House Said after talking with
officials found no Iraq strategy Said 3 separate views going on at once One was
making incremental improvements over long period Another was focusing upon
security with time constraint Third was placing Iraq within overall Middle East
strategy
2007 Lavin Mag editor arrested for writing about about Pres
Talabani being sick and who might replace
him Ordered
by Talabani’s office
2008 Accordance Front announced that it would end its
boycott of cabinet
2008 National Dialogue Council left Iraqi Accordance Front
Said it might form alliance with Shiite
parties
2008 Integrity Committee said it was investigating
corruption in arms deal with
Serbia
2008 PM Maliki said $100 mil would be spent to rebuild Basra
after Charge of Knights offensive Money
was mostly stolen by Dawa members
or given out in patronage networks to win Maliki support
2008 PM Maliki removed Basra Ops commander Gen Furaiji and
Basra police commander Gen Khalaf
2008 Dep Foreign Min accused Iran of supporting Mahdi Amy
and other militias during Charge of
Knights
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2008 PM Maliki offered major concessions to Kurds Agreed to
change oil law Legalize independent
Kurdish oil deals Pay for 190,000
Peshmerga Never happened
2008 Gen Petraeus told Congress that Charge of Knights was
not well planned
op by
Iraqis
2010 PM Maliki said new government would include Allawi’s
Iraqiya Iraqiya said it won so it should be
only party trying to put together
new government
2010 State of Law said it and National Alliance would soon
merge into one list
2011 Fin Min investigated charges of $17 bil dinars being
embezzled from Central Bank of Iraq Nothing
came of inquiry
2011 Iraqiya accused Baghdad Operations Command of trying to
limit protests
2011 Anbar council announced deal to end arbitrary arrests
in province after negotiations with PM Maliki
2011 Iraqiya threatened no confidence vote against Maliki
claiming his govt was a failure
2011 Allawi said Iraqiya would withdraw from govt if power
sharing agreement wasn’t implemented by
Maliki
2011 Kurdish security forces started arresting over 300
protesters in Sulaymaniya
(Musings
On Iraq interview with journalist Wladimir Van Wilgenburg on 2011 KRG
protests)
2012 Report PM Maliki had shut out his adviser for Kurdish
Affairs Adel Barwari
2012 Iraqiya in talks with Kurdish Alliance and members of
National Coalition to remove Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2012 State of Law said it would run on its own and not with
other Shiite parties in 2013 provincial vote
2012 Integrity committee said it voted on dismissing
Baghdad’s mayor Issawi for wasting money on fake
contracts
2012 Dep PM Mutlaq announced that 1100 prisoners would be
released as concession by Maliki
2013 500 protested at West Qurna 2 oil field demanding jobs
and benefits from Lukoil that ran site
2015 PM Abadi said all the pictures of Iranian Gen Suleimani
in Iraq sent the wrong message that Iran was
saving Iraq instead of Iraqis
(Musings
On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His
Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
2015 Anbar Governor Rawi called on Hashd to be sent to
province to help fight IS 3000 Hashd sent to
Ramadi to help
2015 IS said to be in control of 70% of Ramadi
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