1920 US protested to UK about
San Remo agreement that divided up Iraq’s oil between UK and
France saying
London promised open door policy in region
(Musings
On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil,
Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1941 Soviet Union recognized PM
Gaylani’s govt
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 British reinforcements from Palestine and Transjordan
attacked by a German bomber
1941 German air force liaison officer killed while trying to
land in Baghdad during dog fight between
Iraqi and British fighter planes
1941 PM Gaylani told German ambassador to Turkey Ankara made
offer to be middleman with England
Gaylani feared Turkey would intervene
in Iraq
(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)
1948 Railway strike against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1969 Dispute over Shatt al-Arab discussed at UN after Iran
protested Iraq expelling 10,000 Iranians
1982 Iranian Op Bait al-Moqaddas Reached Khorrmashahr across
from Basra Drove Iraqi forces out of
Susangerd area
(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 review Iran-Iraq War Volume
1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The
Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
1986 US intel report Iraq was talking with China to build a
covert nuclear power plant
1990 Italy said it seized parts headed for Iraq to make a
130 ft long supergun UK Turkey
Greece also found parts for gun
1991 Baghdad took journalists to mass grave with 100 bodies
it claimed were killed by Iranians and
Shiite rebels in southern Iraq
1996 Sec State Albright interviewed on 60 Minutes Was asked
whether 500,000 Iraqi children dying as a
result of sanctions was worth it
Albright said yes
(Musings
On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
2003 Paul Bremer arrived in Iraq to take over new CPA During
meeting Bremer suggested shooting
looters Remark leaked angering
Iraqis
(Musings
On Iraq review State of Denial, Bush At War, Part III)
2003 Only 4000 Iraqi police on duty in Baghdad to cover 7
mil inhabitants
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Col Ted Spain on how US struggled to establish law
and order in post-invasion Iraq)
2003 UK ForSec Straw said that Coalition failed to restore
order in Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A
People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings
On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq
Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Report on INC defector ex-nuke scientist Hamza Saddam’s
son-in-law Kamal called Hamza a
liar Hamza and former UN inspector
Albright tried to get book published on Iraq’s nuke program Said Iraq failed to
build bomb Not published Hamza got new book published Saddam’s Bombmaker
claiming Iraq was closer to building a bomb than anyone knew
2004 1800 new pictures of prison abuse at Abu Ghraib
released
2004 Sec Def Rumsfeld told Senate US interrogation methods
used in Iraq were legal and cleared by
Pentagon lawyers
2006 Bush invited 10 former Secretaries of State and Defense
to ask them opinions about Iraq war
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 Report US GAO found 100,000-300,000 bar of oil missing
each day Worth est $5-$15 mil Smugglers
likely culprit
2007 Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
dropped revolution from its title Also said that it
would look towards Ayatollah
Sistani more than Ayatollah Khamenei Party was trying to distance itself from
its pro-Iran history
2008 Sadr issued another ceasefire to try to stop govt
offensive against Mahdi Army
2008 United Iraqi Alliance and Sadrists agreed not to attack
each other politically after ceasefire
announced
2008 Report US judge who headed anti-corruption effort in
Iraq in 07 said State Dept undermined effort
and allowed corruption to continue
US embassy State Justice Depts and Iraqi govt ignored effort Jul 07 Amb Crocker
told Iraqi official stole $1 bil in medical supplies and selling them on black
market and to Syria US did nothing Judge worked on report on corruption
Congress asked for copy State classified report and blocked testimony on it
Embassy blocked Congress from interviewing anti-corruption officials in Iraq PM
Maliki fired Sunnis on Integrity Comm and top investigator Head of Comm Judge
Rahdi wouldn’t follow Maliki’s orders When Rahdi asked for asylum in US due to
threats US Embassy wouldn’t help him
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen
on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption
in Iraq)
2008 Deputy head of US anti-corruption effort said US did
nothing as PM Maliki worked to subvert
Integrity Commission
2008 Iran came out against Iraq signing Status of Forces
Agreement with US
2009 Tribal march in Mosul for Hadbaa list and against
Peshmerga and Asayesh presence in province
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurd-Al Hadbaa dispute in Ninewa)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Al-Hadbaa taking over Ninewa council)
2009 Mass grave in Qadisiyah found with 100 Kurds killed
during Anfal campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
2010 US general warned Sadrists carrying out attacks
extortion intimidation in southern Iraq
2011 Parliament elected 3 VPs after 2010 elections Mahdi
Hashemi and Khuzai
2013 Iraqi paper got memo showing PM Maliki okayed purchase
of fake bomb detectors
2013 Supreme Council and Fadhila agreed to form coalition in
7 new provincial govts in south
2015 ISCI accused Kataib Hezbollah of attacking its offices
in Basra Baghdad and other provinces
(Musings
On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
2016 IS began final assault on Ramadi with 12 suicide car
bombs
2018 Iraq held fifth election for parliament 44% voter
turnout lowest since elections started in 2005
(Musings
On Iraq article on May elections)
(Musings
On Iraq article on early election results)
(Musings
On Iraq article on 18 provinces election results)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with IRIS-Chatham House’s Mansour on 2018 elections)
2018 PUK attacked Gorran HQ in Sulaymaniya Widespread
accusations of voting fraud in Sulaymaniya
and Kirkuk provinces
(Musings
On Iraq article on election crisis in Kirkuk and Kurdistan)
2018 Iran’s Quds Force head Gen Suleimani arrived in Baghdad
for elections Reportedly started talks
afterward to form anti-Sadr
coalition
(Musings
On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His
Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
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