1921 Churchill wrote Iraq High Comm Cox that Faisal needed
to be told all British would be out of
Iraq by end of year unless he gave
up demands for more power
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
(Musings
On Iraq review Churchill’s Folly, How
Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil,
Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1935 Duweilim tribe fired on train in Rumaitha Demanded govt
end confiscation of land and exempt tribes
from conscription Govt refused and
Iraqi air force bombed tribe
1941 PM Churchill told For Sec Eden that UK troops landed in
Iraq were to set up a base in Basra to control
province
(Musings
On Iraq review Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against A
Fascist State In Iraq and the Levant, 1941)
1941 PM Gaylani told UK Amb that Iraqi forces in Basra would
be reinforced to a full division Said
UK had no right to land troops and
keep them in Basra
(Musings
On Iraq review of Rashid Ali al-Gailani,
The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq review of Persian Gulf
Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq 1941, The Battles
for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941,
The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1948 Operation Hametz began with Jewish forces attacking
Arab villages held by Iraqi volunteers in 1st
Arab-Israeli War
1983 Iraq-Turkey security deal allowed each country to carry
out cross border raids into each others’
territory against Kurdish rebels
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
1986 Iraq’s 1st attempt upon Faw-Um Qasr road in
Basra failed Iran claimed it killed 1500 Iraqis wounded
2600 Took 1000 Iraqi prisoners
1987 Iraq agreed to allow UN team to visit and investigate
its use of chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq War
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1987 Iran Op Karbala 10 attacked Mawat to help KDP in
Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1988 UN mediated end of last war of cities Iran-Iraq War
Iraq fired 200 missiles at Iran killing 2000
Iran fired 77 missiles at Iraq Two
sides were almost out of missiles leading to deal
(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 review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The
Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
1988 End of 3rd Anfal campaign that targeted PUK
in Sulaymaniya Civilians were rounded up and put into
camps Mass executions
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1991 Bush White House didn’t think Saddam was going to be
overthrown anymore after Gulf War
(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)
1991 SCIRI claimed it started attacks upon govt forces in
southern Iraq Came after Shiite revolt put down
1991 500 Marines landed in Kurdistan to set up safe-haven
for displaced Kurds
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
2002 Gen Franks briefed Bush on Iraq war plans Franks said
he wanted to cut timeline by 1/3 and could
start with 180,000 troops
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq review of Shaping the Plan
for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 1st Arbaeen pilgrimage conducted after
Saddam Was previously banned
2003 US forces arrested Sadrist cleric Fartusi leading to
days of protests
2003 Riot in Mosul against Mishan Jabouri declaring himself
mayor
2003 ORHA head Garner held meeting Said top priority was
getting to Baghdad and establishing its
presence
2003 ORHA head Garner said when staff got to Baghdad had to
get Iraqi ministries up and running
2003 ORHA staff finally allowed to enter Iraq by US military
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq and Back, Inside
The War To Win The Peace)
(Musings
On Iraq Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Ch 5
ORHA In Baghdad)
2003 Report US wanted long term military relationship with
Iraq and use of up to 4 bases
2003 Report Kurds expelled 2000 Arabs from Daquq, Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City
In
2003)
2003 Apr 10-20 up to 40 people killed in Arab-Kurd violence
in Kirkuk city
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations
in Kirkuk)
2003 UnderSecDef Feith cancelled State Dept plan to set up
Kirkuk committee to return displaced set up
compensation etc
2004 US forces surrounded Najaf that was under control of
Mahdi Army
2006 PM Jaafari stepped down under pressure from Sadr Kurds
US Said he wouldn’t give up
office until Ayatollah Sistani told
him to
2007 ISI sent letter to Ansar al-Sunnah apologizing for past
attacks and asking for unification Ansar said
no
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2007 Ramadi sheikhs said they would turn Awakening into
political party to run in 09 provincial elections
(Musings
On Iraq 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)
2007 Abu Sheibani captured by US Was deputy of network that
delivered EFPs from Iran to militias
(Musings
On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2007 Report Sadr came out against Basra Gov Waeli Called for
his followers to join demonstrations
against governor Mahdi Army and
Fadhila militia clashed in city in recent weeks
2008 Report Pentagon organized more than 75 ex-military
officers who worked as TV analysts to promote
Iraq War Many also profited from
war as worked as consultants for defense contractors Got trips to Iraq Meetings
with high level officials Were used to counter criticisms of war such as when
ex-generals said Def Sec Rumsfeld mishandled war
2008 Report that Thar Allah head Sinawi executed in Baghdad
after being captured in Basra during Charge
of Knights
2009 Kurdish Alliance complained about Hadbaa rule in Ninewa
excluding them
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa
Provincial Council)
(Musings
On Iraq Ninewa Struggles Between Arabs and Kurds Continue)
(Musings On Iraq Troubles Continue In Ninewa Over Results Of
Provincial Elections)
2009 Suicide bomber in Iraqi army uniform attacked US
soldiers visiting Baquba mayor killing 11
2011 Mass grave found in Anbar with more than 800 bodies in
it Victims of Saddam
2011 Arab League delayed summit in Baghdad due to Iraqi govt
complaints about crackdown in Bahrain
against Shiites
2011 Independent TV station and a Kurdish poet said they
were attacked by security forces during
crackdown on protests
(Musings
On Iraq interview with journalist Wladimir Van Wilgenburg on 2011 KRG
protests)
2011 Protest in Fallujah demanded withdrawal of ISF after
man killed by army
2012 Oil Min said Exxon could continue work at West Qurna
oil field despite signing oil deal with Kurds
2012 Sadr met with KRG PM Barzani in Tehran to talk about
removing PM Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New
Authoritarianism)
2012 Pres Barzani gave speech saying power sharing agreement
after 2010 elections was dead due to PM
Maliki
2012 Pres Barzani speech said that PKK would not be
tolerated if continued to use violence
2012 PM Maliki called Turkey a hostile country
2013 Provincial elections held in 12 of Iraq’s 18 provinces
No voting in KRG or Ninewa, Kirkuk and
Anbar
2014 Anbar Ops Command announced offensive to retake
Fallujah while Anbar council said no op started
2015 IS held ceremony where Ramadi sheikhs gave it baya
2015 80 Anbar sheikhs called on PM Abadi to provide more
military aid and called on Hashd to help fight
in province
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