1922 UK Iraq Commissioner Cox said King Faisal racially weak
for disagreeing with him
1929 Tawfiq al-Suwaidi became premier of Iraq Would hold
that office 3 times
1941 PM Gaylani and Golden Square officers decided to go to
war with UK Asked Axis for military
and financial aid for second time
to be used against British
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 UK Amb to Iraq told PM Gaylani second contingent of UK
troops landing at Basra Gaylani
refused them entry Amb ordered
start of evacuation of UK civilians from Iraq
1941 364 UK troops airlifted to Habaniya air base in Anbar
(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)
1947 Mustafa Barzani and 500 supporters returned to Iraq from
Iran
1959 Communist paper editorial demanded positions in Qasim
govt Turned down
(Musings
On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq,
Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1973 Iraq offered to talk with Kuwait over border dispute
1974 Iraq bombed Halabja killing 42 and wounding over 100
during KDP rebellion
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
1990 Iraq hosted Arab summit Saddam attacked Kuwait for
economic warfare vs Iraq
1990 Saddam asked Emir of Kuwait if Iraq could use two of
its islands Emir said no
1991 US led Coalition created safe zone for Kurds near Dohuk
after uprising put down
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
(Musings
On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
1992 Report CIA continued to give intel to Iraq until day it
invaded Kuwait in Aug 90
1998 Inspectors report to UN said no progress in last 4
months due to confrontation with Iraq
(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)
2001 Report 9/11 terrorist Mohammed Atta met with Iraqi
intel officer in Prague Story false
2002 US military leaked story to press that Iraq invasion
could use a force as small as 70,000 Was push
back against Sec Def Rumsfeld’s small invasion force
(Musings
On Iraq article on war in the press over Rumsfeld’s invasion plan)
(Musings
On Iraq review Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account Of The Decision To
Invade Iraq)
2003 Protest in Fallujah led to shooting US troops killed 17
and wounded more than 70 Start of
insurgency in city
(Musings
On Iraq review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2003 ORHA Garner met with 350 Iraqis in Baghdad and told
them they were in charge of Iraq said
would be meeting to create interim
govt in 4 weeks Garner then left and meeting broke down into arguments
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Dysfunctional Democracy)
2003 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowtiz said US occupation of Iraq
would not need as many troops as invasion
did
2003 Pentagon paper said interim Iraqi govt had not been
decided upon
2003 Gen Franks asked UK to take control of 5 southern Iraqi
provinces UK said could only handle 4
Basra Maysan Dhi Qar Muthanna
2003 UK report Iran sending in groups into southern Iraq to
influence postwar situation
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2004 Fighting between US marines and insurgents continued in
Fallujah while US commander claimed
ceasefire holding
2004 Marines began forming Fallujah Brigade to take over
security of city
(Musings
On Iraq review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2004 UK intel assessment said another attack upon Fallujah
would make political and security situation
in Iraq worse
(Musings
On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq
Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2004 UN Rep Brahimi reported to Security Council that
interim govt would serve until elections held in
late 2004-early 2005
2004 General Mark Kimmitt deputy director of Coalition
operations in Iraq told CBS News he was
disappointed in a few soldiers for
Abu Ghraib scandal
2005 PM Jaafari’s cabinet approved by parliament 5 ministers
and 1 dep PM either empty or temporary
pending deal with Sunnis Defense
Oil Electricity and Human Rights Ministers not been named yet
2005 US pressured PM Jaafari to name partial cabinet because
filling ministers was taking too long
2005 SCIRI head Abdul Aziz al-Hakim gave speech threatening
to purge the security forces of former
regime members
2005 MP Mishan al-Jabouri accused Shiites of dividing Iraq
and Sunnis were marginalized
2006 New US military campaign plan issued continuing with
withdrawal
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 Report ex-CIA Dir Tenet’s book said WMD not main reason
why US invaded Iraq but that Bush
wanted democratic change in Middle
East Said Pentagon officials like Wolfowitz and Feith focused on Iraq before
9/11 Said on 9/11 Def Policy Board member Richard Perle said Iraq responsible
for attack and had to pay Said State and Pentagon at war with each other over
Iraq Said US had no postwar plan for Iraq other than to put Chalabi in power
Said White House ignored warnings about insurgency and failing policies in Iraq
in 03 Said White House called CIA defeatists
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Dysfunctional Democracy)
2007 ISI set off bomb in front of Karbala shrine 58 killed
170 wounded
2008 ISCI and Dawa delegation went to Iran to meet Sadr and Iran
Rev Guards Quds Force’s Gen
Suleimani to negotiate ceasefire to
end Charge of Knights
(Musings
On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His
Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
2010 Court acquitted former Trade Min Sudani of corruption
for lack of evidence after witnesses
disappeared or changed testimony
under pressure from State of Law
2010 Accountability and Justice banned Iraqiya members of
Diyala council for Baath past
2010 Baathists held meeting in Damascus trying to unify two
factions of Mohammed Yunis and Izzat al-
Duri
2011 1920 Rev Brigades and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq agreed to disarm
and join politics after talks with
National Reconciliation Min Didn’t
happen
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2011 Chief of staff of ISF Gen Zebari said Iraq would not be
able to defend itself until 2020
2011 US Gen 25th Inf Div said Iranian backed
Special Groups were attacking US forces
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2011 Sadrists said that if US stayed passed end of year that
would justify attacks upon them
2012 Pres Barzani Pres Talabani Sadr Speaker Nujafi and
Allawi met in Irbil to discuss no confidence vote
against PM Maliki
2012 Sadr issued demands to PM Maliki saying he would be
removed if didn’t submit to them
2012 Pres Talabani tried to moderate between Maliki Barzani
and Allawi over having no confidence vote
against PM
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New
Authoritarianism)
2013 Sheikh Abu Risha turned over 2 people said responsible
for killing 5 soldiers at Fallujah protest site
2014 Ibrahim Jaafari said that PM Maliki’s mistakes led to
deterioration in security
2014 ISIS seized control of 6 voting centers in Qara Tapa,
Diyala
2014 Iran signed oil and natural gas deal with KRG
2014 Special voting started in national elections for
parliament
2015 Badr’s Amiri said Hashd would not wait for permission
to enter Anbar Were already there
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2015 Sadr criticized Hashd trying to politicize fight
against IS to gain power
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