1941 British bombed Fallujah while troops began surrounding
town
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1941 Battle of Fallujah)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 Transjordan force arrived at Habaniya base in Anbar
Were attacked by German planes
(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 Port of Basra protest
against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1985 Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal went to Tehran
Offered to end aid to Iraq if Iran accepted
ceasefire Also talked about how
much Iran wanted in reparations if war ended Saudis delivered refined oil to
Iran as sign of goodwill Rafsanjani suggested Gulf States help overthrow Saddam
In return Iran would not export its revolution and end war Saudis passed along
idea to US that rejected it
(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 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)
1991 Massoud Barzani announced deal with Saddam for greater
Kurdish autonomy
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
1994 US pushed through UN call for Iraq to stop attacks on
southern marshes as part of ending sanctions
2002 British govt issued order to prepare for military
action against Iraq
2003 Former NY City Police Commissioner Kerik sent to be
Iraq’s Interior Minister under CPA Said he
found no plan in place in Baghdad
and Interior Ministry was staffed by 12 Americans plus him
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Col Ted Spain on how US struggled to establish law
and order in post-invasion Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
US failed to develop the Iraqi police)
2003 UK Foreign Office memo looting continued in Baghdad
Interior and Information Ministries were
recently looted
(Musings
On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A
People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 Sheikh Naifus of Albu Alwan tribe in Babil who had been
arrested for executions following 91
uprising released by US
2003 Fighting continued in Kirkuk between Kurds and Arabs 5
killed 40 injured Armed Kurds from
Hawija arrived in city to join in
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations
in Kirkuk)
(Musings
On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City
In
2003)
2004 Sadr called on Iraqis to rise up against US in Najaf
(Musings
On Iraq review Battle For The City Of
The Dead)
2004 Ayatollah Sistani called on all armed forces to
withdraw from Najaf and not to join Sadr’s uprising
2004 Bremer asked Sec Def Rumsfeld for 40,000 more U.S.
troops Rumsfeld never responded
2004 Pentagon announced it would end funding INC in June
2004
2004 DepSecDef Wolfowitz wouldn’t give timetable for US
withdrawal from Iraq after sovereignty
returned in Senate testimony
2005 Several US generals said it would take years for the US
to withdraw from Iraq because taking long
time to rebuild Iraqi forces
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2005 Report Only 3 of 81 Iraqi army battalions capable of
acting independently Only 1 of 26 army
brigades able to work independently
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
(Musings
On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)
2005 Zarqawi audiotape posted Titled Descendants of Ibn
al-Alqami Are Back Alqami Shiite minister
Sunnis believed he turned over
Baghdad to Mongols in 1258 Zarqawi said Ibn Tarmiya’s words about Shiites
applied to today Said Shiites were loyal to Jews and Christians humiliated
Muslims in Iraq and wanted to destroy Islam
(Musings
On Iraq review The Caliphate At War,
Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State
Movement)
2008 PM Maliki promised $100 mil for rebuilding Mosul after
Mother of Two Rivers operation
2008 Accordance Front MP said Baghdad agreed to integrate
20% of Ninewa Sahwa and 7,000 locals into
security forces
2008 Sadr ceasefire in Baghdad finally took effect
2008 Police raided Sadr offices in Basra and captured large
weapons cache and arrested militiamen
2009 Integrity Comm official said Def Min officials charging
$500 to join army Trade Min selling food
rations to businesses
2009 Defense and Interior Min fired 12,000 ghost soldiers
and 70,000 ghost police US officials thought
25% of Def Min payroll stolen
2009 Head of Islamic Party in Diyala Khazraji and Sawha leader
arrested on terrorism charges as part of
Operation Promise of Good II
Arrests part of PM Maliki crackdown on Sunnis in Diyala before and after
provincial elections
(Musings
On Iraq article on political crackdown in Diyala during Op Promise of Good
II)
2009 Warrants for 3 other members of Diyala council issued
by PM Maliki dropped due to protests by
parliament
2009 Baghdad released tape of man they claimed was ISI
leader Baghdadi confessing Was not Baghdadi
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq’s claim to have arrested Baghdadi)
(Musings
On Iraq on false story of arresting Baghdadi)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu
Omar al-Baghdadi)
2010 Interior Ministry source claimed Iranian explosives and
shells used in recent bombing in southern
Iraq
2010 Sadrists said they supported Jaafari to be PM not
Maliki
2012 Human Rights Watch reported secret prison in Green Zone
run by PM Maliki said to be closed in
March 2011 still operating
2012 KRG began preparations to build independent oil
pipeline to Turkey
2013 Protest leaders in Mosul Anbar Salahaddin Diyala Kirkuk
had meeting saying armed struggle or
regions only options left
2013 Ramadi protest leader called for a Sunni region in Iraq
2013 Arrest warrant for Mohammed Abu Risha Ramadi protest
leader led to gunfight with ISF in city
2014 Head of Mosul intelligence claimed he received report
ISIS planning to attack Mosul and told
Ninewa Operations Command
2014 Babil police chief claimed Jurf al-Sakhr mostly cleared
District actually wouldn’t be freed until Oct
2014
2014 Financial experts warned Iraqi economy heading towards
recession
2014 PM Maliki said no 2014 budget until a new government
was formed
2014 Report that 400,000 people fled Fallujah due to
shelling and barrel bombing by ISF
2015 PUK’s Mahmoud Othman criticized Pres Barzani for
talking about independence and acting like
sole leader of Kurds
2015 Foreign diplomat in Baghdad said Iran using Maliki
against PM Abadi Opposed his pro-Western
policies
2015 Fighting broke out between Bani Tamim tribe and Asaib
Ahl Al-Haq in Basra
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2015 Badr head Amiri blamed Anbar council for loss of Ramadi
because kept Hashd out of province
Untrue Hashd were there for months
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Ahmed Ali on fall of Ramadi)
2015 IS called on medical professionals to return to Mosul
or have their property confiscated
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