1923 Sir Henry Dobbs wrote US
Consul in Iraq that King Faisal was not a strong leader and he
expected
trouble from his rule
1941 New German ambassador to
Iraq arrived in Mosul with 2 He 111 bombers
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 Iraqis abandoned Fort Rutba in Anbar allowing British
to capture it
1941 UK India cmdr Gen Auchinlek advocated occupying Baghdad
Mosul Kirkuk to preclude German
intervention Mideast cmdr Gen
Wavell told Auchinlek that Iraq not as important as other fronts and he had
limited resources
1941 UK Mideast cmdr Gen Wavell told Churchill attack on
Baghdad could start Arab revolt Wavell told
Churchill some Jordanian forces
already refused to go to Iraq Wavell finally gave order for forces in Jordan to
head for Habaniya Anbar Wavell ordered that Baghdad was not to be occupied
(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 of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941,
The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
(Musings
On Iraq review Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against A
Fascist State In Iraq and the Levant, 1941)
1950 Grenade thrown at car company owned by Jews in Baghdad
4 injured 2nd of 7 such attacks on Jews
1950-51
1950 Iraq prosecuted Jews for grenade attacks claiming
Zionist plot to get Jews to move to Israel
Opponents argued most Jews already
leaving Iraq so no need to scare them
1967 PM Naji Talib forced to resign by military Pres Abdul
Rahman Arif became premier
1976 New Kurdish rebellion led by PUK started Kurds backed
by Soviet Union, Syria, Iran, Libya
1991 Iraq rejected US French UK proposal for international
police force to deploy to Kurdistan
2002 Gen Franks discussed war plans with Sec Def Rumsfeld
who was afraid Iraq might take initiative and
launch a pre-emptive attack
2002 Gen Franks briefed NSC on Middle Eastern countries and
their role in invasion plans
(Musings
On Iraq review of Shaping the Plan
for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
2002 CIA briefing book on Iraq’s WMD mentioned Iraq-Niger
uranium deal
(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 Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim head of SCIRI
returned to Iraq from Iran
2003 Outgoing ORHA head Garner flew to Qatar to brief
incoming CPA head Bremer on situation in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
2003 US forces surrounded Iranian opposition group
Mujahadeen e-Khalq camp and demanded they
disarm
2004 Bush told Sec Def Rumsfeld he was doing a super job and
US owed him a debt in middle of Abu
Ghraib scandal
2004 Human Rights Min Turki told Guardian Bremer warned in
2003 about prisoner abuse by US soldiers
2004 PM Blair denied he knew about British forces abusing
Iraqi prisoners
2004 US and ISF began returning to Fallujah
2005 Parliament created 55 member constitution drafting
committee but with no Sunni members
(Musings
On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s
constitution)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New
Authoritarianism)
2008 Sadr announced ceasefire ending most fighting in
Baghdad Led to many Special Groups and
Asaib Ahl Al-Haq to flee to Iran
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2008 Op Mother of Two Rivers started in Mosul after Charge
of Knights ended Mosul main insurgent base
after Surge Offensive announced
publicly before started so many insurgents left
(Musings
On Iraq article on Op Lion’s Roar)
2010 Kurdish list in Ninewa said open to deal with Hadbaa to
join provincial council which Kurds had
boycotted since 09
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurd-Al Hadbaa dispute in Ninewa)
2010 ISI carried out coordinated car bombings in Baghdad
Hillah Iskandiriya Basra
2010 Iranian helicopters attacked Kurdish villages and got
into shootout with Peshmerga trying to target
PJAK
2011 Analyst est Iraq lost $493 bil 03-11 due to bad
administration planning and project delays
2011 Army chief of staff Gen Zebari said US withdrawal would
be bad for security in Iraq because ISF not
ready to defend country until 2020
2011 Allawi released insulting letter to PM Maliki in
response to letter from premier
2011 Protest in Mosul demanding US withdrawal release of
prisoners govt reform
2012 KRG complained about PM Maliki holding cabinet meeting
in Kirkuk Listed all grievances with
Baghdad over oil Article 140 etc
2012 KRG Natural Resource Min said if Baghdad didn’t deliver
regions’ share of budget it would truck oil
for exports independently
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