1916 British arranged a ceasefire with Ottomans in Kut Wasit
after 146 day siege
1923 UK’s Iraq committee presented findings and okayed by
cabinet to stay path in Iraq
1941 PM Gaylani asked Axis for military and financial aid
against British
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1947 Iraq left San Francisco Conference on creating UN to
protest creation of Israel
1960 Iraqi Islamic Party founded as branch of Muslim
Brotherhood
1987 Jordan and Saudis arranged meeting between Saddam and
Syria’s Assad to try to improve ties
1990 Report Bush pushed greater economic ties with Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
1991 Kurdish refugees began leaving Turkish mountains for
refugee camps in Kurdistan Baghdad offered
amnesty to Kurds that fled during
uprising
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
2003 Marines blocked demonstration against Mishan Jabouri
declaring himself mayor of Mosul Shots fired
from crowd at Marines They fired
back killing 10-15 civilians Led to riot
2003 ORHA held first meeting of the Iraqi Interim Authority
made up of Iraqi exiles and opposition
figures
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
2003 Report Bush invaded Iraq to try to transform Middle
East by creating a democracy and countering
draw of terrorism
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
(Musings
On Iraq review Wanting War: Why the
Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
2003 White House said evidence Iraq might have destroyed its
WMD right before war and that proved war
right
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq How The Administration Reversed Itself On Finding Iraq’s WMD)
(Musings
On Iraq review Hoodwinked, The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a
War)
2003 Report no WMD found in sites Sec State Powell mentioned
in his 03 UN speech
2003 Ayatollah Haeri issued fatwa from Iran saying clerics
needed to fill power vacuum left by US
invasion
2003 Sheikh Naifus of Albu Alwan in Babil arrested for
taking part in executions of rebels after 91
uprising
2004 Zarqawi announced his group Tawhid wal-Jihad
(Musings
On Iraq interview with former CIA analyst Nada Bakos that tracked Zarqawi)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Caliphate At War,
Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
Musings
On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State
Movement
2004 US announced Iraqi police returning to Fallujah and
would start join patrols with Iraqi Civil Defense
Forces
2004 Aid agencies claimed Geneva Convention was violated in
Battle of Fallujah due to civilian casualties
2006 PM Maliki told Sec State Rice and Sec Def Rumsfeld he
was going to fight terrorism improve services
clean up police
2006 Barham Salah said PM Maliki was step towards
reconciliation
2006 Amb Khalizad took credit for creating new coalition
that appointed Maliki premier
2007 Congress passed bill calling for US withdrawal from
Iraq by 10/1/07 Was vetoed by Pres Bush
2008 Chalabi called Petraeus saying he could speak for
militias to negotiate ceasefire
in Sadr
City
2008 VP Hashemi said Accordance Front interested in ending
its boycott of cabinet
2008 ISF said cleared last Sadr stronghold in Basra
2008 Report Iran shifted from sending operatives into Iraq
to manage militias to training militias in Iran
US said changed tactics after 20
Quds Force operatives were captured by US from Dec 06-Jan 07 Training program
in Iran meant to create core of militiamen that could then train others inside
Iraq
2010 Baath exile faction led by Ahmad Yunis said wanted to
unite with other faction led by Izzat al-Duri
during meeting in Damascus
2010 Human Rights Watch interviewed prisoners who were held
at secret prison at Baghdad Muthanna
Airport and tortured by ISF
2010 Kurdish member of Kirkuk council said displaced Arabs
had to leave province and go home
2011 PM Maliki admitted his 100 day deadline to reform
ministries was not enough time
2011 State of Law held counter protest in Mosul supporting PM
Maliki
2011 Ninewa Gov Nujafi called for strike in response to
security forces attacking protest camp in Mosul
2012 Sulaymaniya court gave protest organizer life in prison
after policeman killed at protest in Halabja
2012 Report that Kurds being threatened and driven out of
Khanaqin district northeast Diyala
2012 Sadr went to Irbil to meet Pres Barzani over no
confidence vote against PM Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New
Authoritarianism)
2013 4 Sunni mosques bombed in Baghdad after noon prayers
2013 Anbar protest leaders called for a popular army to be
formed to protect protest sites
2013 Fallujah protest site announced formation of Pride and
Dignity Army to protect demonstrators from
ISF
2013 5 Intelligence officers killed at Fallujah protest site
2013 ISF retook Suleiman Beq from insurgents who seized town
for several days
2015 Kataib Hezbollah withdrew from southern Fallujah
claiming PM Abadi and US were preventing it
from fighting there
(Musings
On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
2015 Head of Anbar council announced PM Abadi okayed
recruiting locals for Hashd
2016 Sadrists protested while parliament voted in 5 new
ministers as part of PM Abadi’s technocratic
cabinet
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM
Abadi’s reforms)
2017 Hashd took Hatra Ninewa
2018 Iraq held auctions for 11 oil and gas fields half of
which got winning bids
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