1916 British forces attacked Ottomans at Fallahiya to try to
relieve surrounded British troops in
Kut
1939 Abd al-Illah asked Nuri al-Said to become premier again
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Said with PM
Maliki)
1965 Arif govt launched military offensive against KDP
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1980 Saddam gave speech saying conflict with Iran was about
Arabs vs Persians and denounced
Khomeini
1980 Funeral of those killed in Mustansiriya bombing hit by
a bomb Both done by Islamic Action
Organization Iran again blamed
1984 Reagan issued NSDD 139 that US would help Iraq in
Iran-Iraq War
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
1985 Iranian delegation to Soviet Union said that Tehran
would only accept complete Iraqi surrender to
end Iran-Iraq War
(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 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 Iraq said it would destroy its WMD if Israel did the
same and signed 1968 nuclear non-proliferation
treaty
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saddam’s motivation for threatening Israel before the
Kuwait invasion)
1991 Saddam declared that Kurdish and Shiite rebellions were
crushed following Gulf War
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the
Impact of the 1991 Uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1st hand accounts of 1991 Uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saddam’s view of 1991 Uprising)
(Ahulbayt
Video on 1991 Uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
1991 Bush authorized airdrops of supplies to Kurds
1991 UN Resolution 688 condemned Saddam’s repression of its
civilian population
1991 Some displaced Kurds began leaving mountains after govt
appealed to them while Turkey let 80,000
into country
2002 PM Blair gave TV interview saying Saddam needed to go
2002 PM Blair and Bush met and talked about using UN
inspections to pressure Saddam
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 US 3rd Inf Div launched Thunder Run into
Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 US air strike in Basra attempted to kill Chemical Ali
Missed Killed 17 civilians Most in Basra
believed Ali died
2003 National Intel Comm memo said docs claiming Iraq-Niger
uranium purchase were fakes and 2002
report on deal was not credible
(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)
2003 Sec State Powell said he was sure Iraq’s WMD 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 DIA task force said Baathists made plans for an
insurgency with help of jihadists Would later prove
false
(Musings
On Iraq article Did Saddam Plan The Insurgency In Iraq?)
2004 Marines tried to cordon off as much of Fallujah as
possible at start of Op Vigilant Resolve
2004 2nd Iraqi Battalion took part in battle for
Fallujah 106 out of 695 Iraqi soldiers deserted and 104
refused to fight
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2004 Mahdi Army occupied Basra governor’s office
2004 Bremer called Sadr an outlaw and promised to put down
his revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the
Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2004 CPA announced Iraqi judge issued arrest warrant for
Sadr for murder of Khoei
2004 Zarqawi recording released calling for more attacks
upon US led Coalition and Shiites
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic
State Movement)
2005 Outgoing Inter Min Naqib told US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey
that SCIRI was closer to Iran then US and
civil war coming to Iraq
2006 Iraqi parties chose Maliki to be new PM over keeping PM
Jaafari
2007 Islamic Army condemned ISI for imposing Islamic law and
attacking other insurgent groups Also
attacking civilians and stealing
women Forced women to cover themselves Banned satellite TV
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2007 Al Qaeda told Ansar al-Sunnah that its complaints about
ISI were unbelievable and it was still under
Al Qaeda’s leadership
2007 Pentagon Insp Gen report on fmr Dep Undersec of Def
Feith’s Counterterrorism Task Force Feith’s
office claimed active Iraq-Al Qaeda
ties CIA and DIA found no such ties Insp Gen said Feith’s work inappropriate
Said postwar interviews found no Iraq-Al Qaeda relationship
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2008 Meeting of ruling parties decided to back PM Maliki in
Charge of Knights and criticized Sadr
2008 PM Maliki called on all political parties to disband
their militias or they might get banned from
politics
2008 ISF and US forces cordoned off Sadr City as fighting
continued between Mahdi Army and US
2008 Iran’s Gen Suleimani met Pres Talabani and promised to
stop arming militias Said Sadr was
uncontrollable
(Musings
On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His
Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
2008 British sent military trainers to Basra to help ISF
during Charge of Knights op against Mahdi Army
2008 Fmr Under Sec of Def Doug Feith claimed US invasion of
Iraq prevented next terrorist attack on US
2009 Basra Gov Waeli escaped IED probably done by Special
Groups or Mahdi Army
2010 World Bank gave $250 mil loan to Iraq to help with
budget
2010 UNAMI held meeting between Hadbaa and Kurdish Alliance
in Ninewa to try to repair relations
2011 Speaker Nujafi said parliament would work with
provinces to deal with detainees in response to
protests
2011 PM Maliki said ministries could reform in 100 days to
respond to protests Didn’t happen
2011 Govt talks with 5 insurgent groups broke down
2011 Islamic Union and Islamic Group in KRG called for govt
to step down and interim one formed to
carry out reforms due to protests
(Musings
On Iraq interview with journalist Wladimir Van Wilgenburg on 2011 KRG
protests)
2012 US Amb Jeffrey met with PM Maliki 9 times since start
of year to try to mediate Baghdad vs Irbil
argument
2012 New KRG cabinet under Premier Nechirvan Barzani sworn
in Opposition boycotted ceremony
2012 Pres Barzani said Iraq could become a dictatorship
again due to PM Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2013 Iran delivered bodies of Iraqi militiamen killed
fighting for it in Syria
2013 National Alliance delegation went to KRG to try to end
Kurds boycott of govt over budget
2013 PM Maliki said he was open to better ties with Turkey
which US had been pushing
2013 Iraq threatened legal action against Turkey for oil
deals with Kurdistan
2013 1st shipment of Kurdish oil sold on
international market
2013 PM Maliki said he would form a majority govt and not
follow sectarian quotas anymore
2014 25 families fled Jurf al-Sakhr, Babil as ISIS moved
into area from Anbar
2014 Sadrists began campaign for national elections calling
for majority govt and end to sectarian quotas
2015 Tribes claimed 400 buildings burned in Tikrit after
liberation
2015 Iraqi military spokesman said some Hashd took part in
looting in Tikrit Said they were undermining
the victory
2015 Speaker Jabouri said there was looting in Tikrit Sadr
called for end of looting in Tikrit
2015 KDP arrested Haider Sesho in Sinjar for forming his own
militia and siding with Baghdad
2015 3 Presidents said that tribes in Anbar and Ninewa
should be armed to fight IS
2016 Supreme Council said Abadi’s technocratic cabinet was
not serious move
2016 Sadrists complained ruling parties not supporting
reforms even though public had called for them via
protests
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM
Abadi’s reforms)
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