1924 Sir Percy Cox told Constantinople Conference Assyrians
would be settled in northern Iraq
by govt
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Tragedy of the
Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review State and Society in
Iraq)
1941 British took Fallujah from Iraqi forces after heavy
bombing Was necessary to cross Euphrates to
move onto Baghdad 300 Iraqis
captured
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1941 Battle of Fallujah)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 Iraqi command found out about loss of Fallujah and
decided to launch counterattack
1941 Iraq Def Min Shawkat returned from Turkey Was accused
of being a traitor by Golden Square
officers for talking about
mediation with England Fled to Turkey
1941 Mullah Mustafa Barzani arrived in Sulaymaniya after
escaping Baghdad
(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)
1958 Ahmad Baban became premier Was a Kurd
1982 Iranian Op Bait al-Moqaddas Began shelling Khorramshahr
in south
Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982
1986 Iraq counterattack to retake Mangesh in Kurdistan Repulsed
by KDP 800 Iraqi prisoners taken
(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
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
(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)
1992 Kurds held election for 105 seat regional parliament
and leader 7 parties ran 4 candidates for
leader KDP won 51 seats PUK 49 in
new Kurdish parliament Barzani gave 1 seat to PUK to maintain Kurdish unity
1997 KDP attacked PKK in Irbil with support of Turkey 53 KDP
and 58 PKK killed
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
1999 Clinton admin sent letter to Congress saying US would
support Kurds as long as they remained
united
2003 ORHA head Garner told Congress ORHA was ad hoc and
didn't have enough time to plan for
postwar Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Dysfunctional Democracy)
2003 10,000 Sadrists protested in Baghdad against US
occupation
(Musings
On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
2003 500 Iraqis protested outside Green Zone over pending
disbandment of army
2003 CPA head Bremer sent Sec Def Rumsfeld final draft of
order to disband Iraqi military
(Musings
On Iraq Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons
Chapter 6 Charting A New Course)
2003 US intel paper to White House said captured Iraq
trailers were mobile WMD labs
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2004 US soldiers involved in Abu Ghraib prison abuse
sentenced one year in prison
2005 Report that US attempt to push ISF into lead in war
failing because Iraqi forces not ready yet
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 US killed Asaibh Al Ahl-Haq’s Karbala commander Dulaimi
in raid
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2008 Fmr Dep Sec Def Feith claimed Iraq’s WMD was a threat Said
Iraq had WMD programs and could
have produced WMD in 3-5 wks Wasn’t
true Claimed he believed Iraqi army and police would maintain security after
invasion but was wrong Feith wrote CPA order disbanding military
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2009 Pentagon said foreign fighters still coming to Iraq
from Syria and Iranian weapons still being found
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
2009 US organized meeting between Sahwa and govt after 17
Sahwa leaders arrested
(Musings
On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
2009 Iraqi govt survey found 23% of Iraqis living in poverty
Poverty highest in Muthanna 49% Babil 41%
Salahaddin 40% lowest in Dohuk 10%
Irbil 3% Sulaymaniya 3%
(Musings
On Iraq Survey Finds 23% of Iraqis Live In Poverty)
2010 Talks held between Hadbaa party and Kurds over Ninewa
provincial council which Kurds had
boycotted since 09 elections
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurd-Al Hadbaa dispute in Ninewa)
2011 Twin bombs in Kirkuk left 120 casualties
2012 Sadr called conference with Kurds Speaker Nujafi Ahmed
Chalabi about PM Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New
Authoritarianism)
2012 Ayatollah Haeri called on Sadr to stop trying to divide
Shiites showing Iran’s displeasure with moves
against PM Maliki
2012 France’s Total announced talks with KRG about oil deals
there over objections of Baghdad
2012 Protest in Basra against Turkey hosting wanted ex-VP
Hashemi
2013 Provincial election results finalized State of Law won
112 seats Down from 126 in 2009
2013 PM Maliki responded to protest movement Said provinces
could become regions if followed
constitution Maliki was actively
working to undermine attempts
2013 Sheikh Saadi religious leader in Anbar protests said he
gave up on his initiative to hold talks with
Baghdad
2014 Election results announced with PM Maliki’s State of
Law coming in first
2014 Sulaymaniya Educ dept went on strike over not getting
paid and protests in 2 towns over lack of
services in KRG
2014 ISF went on rampage in Khalis, Diyala after checkpoint
attacked Burned mosque fields 2 houses
2015 State of Law MP said Iraq should rely on Iran not US
for military aid Claimed fall of Ramadi proved
US helping IS
2015 Hashd spokesman claimed retaking Ramadi would be easier
than Tikrit
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Ahmed Ali on fall of Ramadi)
2016 ISF freed Rutba, Anbar from IS opening road from
Baghdad to Jordan
2019 Rocket fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone by pro-Iran group
due to US-Iran tensions Would be first of 7
attacks
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