1922 Fatwa said Saudi Wahabi Ikhwan were brigands and
Shiites could fight them published in
Iraqi paper
1922 Shiite tribes mostly responded to fatwa Sunni ones
thought Baghdad should deal with Ikhwan
1939 Abd al-Ilah named regent of Iraq to rule in place of
infant King Ghazi
1941 British commander in Iraq asked for military
reinforcements from Egypt but turned down
1941 Iraq banned British military from moving from Habaniya
base Confiscated radios from British
Military Mission
(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)
1948 Port of Basra protest against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1963 Iraq Syria Egypt started talks about uniting three
countries Nasser didn’t want to share power with
Baath so talks stalled
1968 Arif govt set up military mission in France Eventually
signed deal to buy 54 Mirage F fighters and 46
Alouette III helicopters Deal
eventually fell through Was in response to defeat in 1967 Arab-Israeli War and
inability to put down Kurdish revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1972 Soviet PM Kosygin visited Baghdad to sign strategic
agreement with Bakr govt
1979 Israeli agents sabotaged Osirak nuclear reactor while
it was in France waiting to be shipped to Iraq
1980 Iraqi commandos fired rockets at Iranian oil field
prelude to Iran-Iraq War
1984 Iran and Iraq announced end of 4th round of
war of cities Iran-Iraq War
1984 Report UK firms sold agents to Iraq to make mustard gas
and sarin
1985 UN Sec Gen deCuellar announced he would go to Baghdad
and Tehran to try to negotiate end to
Iran-Iraq War
1987 Iran Op Karbala 8 started in Fish Lake Iraqi defensive
line in front of Basra city Only gained 1 mile
caused 2600 Iraqi casualties
(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)
1991 UNHCR est 750,000 Kurds fled to Iran and 280,000 to
Turkey and 300,000 on Iraq-Turkey border
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 Baghdad accepted UN resolution 687 that said Iraq had
to recognize Kuwait sovereignty and destroy
WMD and missiles
2003 US 3rd Inf Div attacked west Baghdad and
seized bridges Iraqis counterattacked for next 60 hrs
2003 US marines joined US army in attacking east Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 British raid into Basra City led to overall attack to
take city Looting began
2003 US raided Salman Pak Claimed found foreign fighters
there proving Iraq was connected to terrorism
Thousands of foreign fighters had
come to Iraq to defend against a western invasion Weren’t terrorists
2003 Tarqi Azziz said Saddam finally realized his end was
near
2003 Pentagon told ORHA about replacements for its staff
Asked when they would arrive Said hadn’t
informed some of them yet
(Musings
On Iraq article Special Inspector General For Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 4 Staging in
Kuwait)
2003 Pentagon flew Chalabi and his Free Iraqi Forces into
Nasiriya Sec Def Rumsfeld wanted him flown
to Baghdad but Gen Franks said no
2004 CPA Order 71 was to decentralize power to local
councils
2004 Marine reinforcements arrived for Op Vigilant Resolve
in Fallujah US forces attacked center of city
2004 Marines on way to Fallujah ambushed in Ramadi 12 killed
and 25 wounded
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2004 Mahdi Army attacked Coalition forces in Amara Nasiriya
Kut Karbala Najaf Baghdad
2004 500 Japanese soldiers in Samawa Muthann told to halt
work and retreat to camp out of fear of
attacks by Mahdi Army
2004 Based upon Gen Taguba’s report US army handed down 6
reprimands and 2 relief of duties over
Abu Ghraib prison scandal
2005 Talabani named president of Iraq, Mahdi and Yawar vice
presidents in 1st post-03 Iraqi govt
2006 Court documents showed that VP Cheney told aide to leak
intelligence on Iraq trying to buy uranium
from Niger to press to discredit
Fmr Amb Wilson
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2007 Op Black Eagle US and Polish forces fought Mahdi Army
in Diwaniya
2007 Report ISF claimed control of Ghaziliya and Amiriya in
Baghdad but not true Ghaziliya surrounded
by ISF for a week Split between
Sunni area run by insurgents that imposed Islamic law and Shiite area run by
Mahdi Army Khadra also surrounded by ISF and split between Sunni-Shiite areas
ISF didn’t allow young men into district during day At night insurgents had
free reign Amiriya under ISI control ISF raided area and claimed it was cleared
because arrested few Clashes along border of Amiriya and Abu Saifan run by
militias
(Musings On Iraq
Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2008 PM Maliki said Mahdi Army needed to be disbanded if
Sadrists wanted to run in
2009
provincial elections
2008 PM Maliki deployed militias to checkpoints in Baghdad
2008 Green Zone and US base in south Baghdad hit by rockets by
Mahdi Army Fighting continued in Sadr
City between Mahdi Army and US
forces
2008 Report US military believed that Iran had advisers in
Basra helping Mahdi Army during Charge of
Knights
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2008 69 sheikhs signed pact to support govt, rejected
violence in effort by PM Maliki to
build up
patronage amongst tribes
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki’s patronage system including Tribal Support
Councils)
(Musings
On Iraq article Disputes over PM Maliki’s Tribal Support Councils)
2008 Fmr UnderSecDef Feith interviewed on 60 Min Said US
invaded Iraq to prevent next terrorist attack
after 9/11 Claimed Saddam’s record
showed he was going to attack the US in the future Denied US invaded because
Iraq imminent threat with its WMD Said didn’t think US should have based war on
WMD Claimed Def Sec Rumsfeld predicted some of the major problems that would
happen in Iraq Admitted US didn’t have enough forces to secure Iraq after
invasion Denied he wrote deBaathification plan Claimed Iraq would have been
better off if US had given power to INC’s Chalabi after invasion Blamed State
CIA and Gen Franks for problems in Iraq
2009 Court issued arrest warrant for former head of Diyala
council for stealing 150 bil dinars
2009 PM Maliki had police raid 1st meeting of new
Diyala council Had warrants for 6 members accused of
supporting insurgency US stopped
arrests Came after Maliki’s State of Law not included in new provincial govt
(Musings
On Iraq New And Old Provincial Councils in Diyala Embroiled In Controversy)
(Musings On Iraq Old And New Alliances Argue Over Control of
Diyala Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq New Political Crackdown In Diyala)
2010 7 bombs in Baghdad destroyed 7 buildings and killed 35
over 100 wounded
2010 Dir of Central Organization for Statistics said 25% of
Iraqis lived below poverty level
2011 Iraqi Assoc of Defending Journalists accused govt of
cracking down on reporters trying to cover
protests
2011 Change Islamic Union and Islamic Group said they wanted
a transitional govt in Kurdistan
2012 Proposed national conference to deal with protests and
problems with PM Maliki didn’t happen
2012 ISF closed off Tahrir Sq to try to stop protests
2013 Suicide bomber attacked political rally for provincial
vote in Baquba killed 22 wounded more than
50
2013 Court issued arrest warrant
for Finance Min Rafi Issawi on corruption
2014 2 ISIS leaders killed fighting Ansar al-Sunna in Kirkuk
2014 ISIS closed Fallujah Dam causing flooding
2015 MP said Hashd were looting Tikrit after its liberation
2015 PM Abadi said 152 houses and shops burned in Tikrit but
didn’t say by who
2015 3 Yazidi activists fled Kurdistan due to death threats
from Kurdish officials Accused KDP
2016 PM Abadi’s nominee for Finance and Planning Minister
withdrew his name
2016 Ruling parties said they would submit 3 candidates for
new ministers to undermine PM Abadi’s
candidates
2016 Supreme Council criticized PM Abadi for trying to
determine new cabinet by himself
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