1941 German planes attacked British forces in Fallujah Iraqi
artillery shelled Town
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 Hitler Order 30 Germany would support Arabs against
British especially in Iraq
1941 UK Mid-East cmdr Gen Wavell and Indian cmdr Gen
Auchinlek met in Basra Decided to send
forces to Baghdad and more to be
sent from India to 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)
1959 Egyptian press claimed British intel planning pro-UK
coup in Iraq Afterward Iraq would sign peace
treaty with Israel Part of
anti-Iraq propaganda by Nasser
1959 Communists officially gave up demands for positions in
Qasim govt
(Musings
On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq,
Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings
On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi
Communist Party)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1969 Pres Bakr offered
self-determination to Kurds
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
1982 Iraq invoked Arab League 1950 defense agreement to get
military aid from members Got nothing
League divided over war
1988 Iraq launched offensive to re-capture all of its lost
territory from Iran
(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)
1988 Towns in Balisan Valley, Sulamaniya hit by chemical
weapons in 5th Anfal campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1991 For third time Kurds attacked police station in Zakho
2002 During trip to Germany Bush said he had no Iraq war
plans Part of strategy to work on war plans
while
publicly denying it
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on
Conflict)
(Musings
On Iraq review Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account Of The Decision To
Invade Iraq)
2003 Bush said he supported Bremer’s political plan for Iraq
2003 CPA Order 2 disbanded Iraqi military
(Musings
On Iraq review State of Denial, Bush At War, Part III)
(Musings
On Iraq Interview with CSU San Marco’s Prof Marashi Development And
Setbacks Of The Current Iraqi Military)
(Musings
On Iraq Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons
Chapter 6 Charting A New Course)
2003 Congress asked CIA to look into its pre-war intel on
WMD after none found
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2004 Sadr’s brother in law Riyadh Nouri arrested
2005 Sunni MPs accused Badr Brigade of carrying out
sectarian killings
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2007 Dep PM Zubaie wounded by suicide bomber
2007 ISI assassinated Sheikh Issawi from Albu Issa tribe
Member of the Awakening Part of campaign to
kill Awakening leaders
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Fallujah Redux author Daniel Green on Fallujah
during the Surge)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Marines Take
Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq review Illusions of Victory,
The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2007 Bush said in Jan 05 bin Laden told Zarqawi to create a
cell to plan attacks upon US homeland
Counterterrorism officials
contradicted claim
2008 Clerics denied Sistani issued fatwa allowing attacks on
US forces
2010 ISF blamed US. releasing prisoners for increase in
violence In 2008 PM Maliki had negotiated
quicker release of prisoners by US
2011 Adviser to Diyala governor arrested by PM Maliki to
intimidate province to not move towards
federal region
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New
Authoritarianism)
2012 Iraq hosted nuclear talks between Iran and six
countries
2013 Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri said that Baghdadi was wrong for
declaring ISIS without asking permission
first
(Musings
On Iraq review The Caliphate At War,
Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2013 Mutahidun accused PM Maliki of supporting militias and
targeting civilians
2013 Sheikh Hayes said Ramadi protesters had 2 days to turn
over those who killed 5 soldiers
2013 State of Law offered SIIC control of 3 southern
provinces in return for control of Basra SIIC turned down offer
2014 Babil Operations Command claimed Jurf al-Sakhr freed
from IS Would not be liberated until Oct
2014
2014 Gorran accused PUK of cheating in Sulaymaniya vote
2014 KRG said it sold 1st tanker of independent
oil exports Oil Ministry filed legal papers over sale
2015 Report Iranians operating rockets, artillery and drones
in Baiji operation
2016 Final campaign to liberate Fallujah started Five weeks
later city would be freed
2017 Der Spiegel ran article documenting abuses by Rapid
Reaction unit during Mosul campaign Unit
denied story released video of its
victims denying that they had been abused and then attacked author of article
Joint Operations Command also claimed author was making up story and if any
torture had taken part he was partly responsible since he witnessed it
(Musings
On Iraq article on Der Spiegel article on abuses by Rapid Reaction Division
during Mosul battle)
(Musings
On Iraq article Human Rights Watch called for investigation into Der
Spiegel article)
(Musings
On Iraq article ABC News had follow up to Der Spiegel article on abuses by
Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings
On Iraq article Toronto Star added more to story about abuses by Rapid
Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings
On Iraq article reactions to Der Spiegel article on abuses by Rapid
Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq Joint Operations Command attacked Der Spiegel article
on abuses by Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
2017 Hashd freed Qairawan subdistrict of Sinjar Ninewa
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