1917 UK Col Clayton worried Sykes-Picot would create
opposition by Sharif of Mecca against
UK taking Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq review The Creation of Iraq
1914-1921)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Princeton’s Sara Pursley on Sykes-Picot and creation
of Iraq)
1941 Operation Regulta began British forces marched north
from Basra to Kut and onto Baghdad
Captured Ur
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 British forces moved from Fallujah to cut Baghdad-Mosul
road and railway Forced Iraqis out of Taji
north of Baghdad
1941 PM Gaylani told Italians he was disappointed with Axis
assistance
1941 UK Foreign Min Eden said that Regent Ilah lacked a
strong character but he was loyal to England
(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)
1947 Month after returning to Iraq Mustafa Barzani started
another revolt against govt
1982 Iranian Supreme Defense Council went to Ayatollah
Khomeini and recommended Iran go on
the offensive and invade Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1988 Iraq recaptured Shalamcheh Basra
(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 Kurdish parties threatened to go back to fighting if
deal not reached with Baghdad over autonomy
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
1992 Report US covert campaign vs Iraq included sending in
counterfeit dinars and dollars into country to
undermine economy
1993 UN Resolution 833 set Iraq-Kuwait border
1995 PUK and KDP met to maintain Kurdish parliament during
civil war
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
2003 Sec Def Rumsfeld said Iraq might have destroyed its WMD
right before war but they would be
found
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq How The Administration Reversed Itself On Finding Iraq’s WMD)
(Musings
On Iraq review Hoodwinked, The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a
War)
2003 Preliminary report sent to Washington said 2 captured
trailers were not mobile WMD labs as first
thought
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2003 Cleric at Fallujah mosque praised 1st
serious attack on US troops 2 soldiers killed 9 injured at
checkpoint
(Musings
On Iraq review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2003 Outgoing ORHA head Garner told Bush and Sec Def Rumsfeld
Iraq making progress and US would
be out of country in weeks
2003 New UN Rep to Iraq deMello said that the sooner Iraqis
had power the better
2003 UK Rep to Iraq Sawers reported that CPA needed to
create an interim Iraqi administration as
soon as possible and work with UN
on transferring power to Iraq Said Bremer opposed an Iraqi body drafting new
constitution
(Musings
On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq
Inquiry, Executive Summary)
(Musings
On Iraq review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the
Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2004 Sadr agreed to deal to end fighting US forces in Najaf
and other southern cities
(Musings
On Iraq review Battle For The City Of
The Dead)
(Musings
On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
2005 Badr militiamen in Wolf commando brigade blamed for
sectarian attacks on Sunnis
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
2005 Sheikh Janabi of National Dialogue Council said
violence had changed to killing based upon
identity Sunnis getting killed for
being Sunni
2006 US forces said it would hand over security of Baghdad
to Iraqis by end of year Didn't happen
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
(Musings
On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)
2008 PM Maliki issued arrest warrants for new party in
Diyala made up of Sahwa Part of crackdown on
Sunnis in province
2008 Fmr Under Sec of Def Feith criticized Bush for
switching goal of Iraq war from threat of Saddam to
spreading democracy
2009 US Army Chief of Staff Gen Casey said US could be
fighting in Iraq for next 10 yrs
2009 Iraq signed 2 year deal with IMF for $7 bil to help
with budget deficit
2011 Anbar council rejected protest calls to make province
federal region Move was to protest Maliki govt
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New
Authoritarianism)
2011 Protest in Baghdad over lack of services demanded
release of prisoners
2012 Pres Barzani said KDP and PUK peshmerga would be united
by end of year Still hasn't happened
2012 Kurdish Coalition said hadn’t decided on no confidence
vote against PM Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New
Authoritarianism)
2013 13 ISIS car bombs in Baghdad killed 36 wounded 147
2013 Sadr gave PM Maliki 24 hrs to have ISF clear Asaib Ahl
Al-Haq from streets of Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2014 New operation to clear Jurf al-Sakhr Babil four days
after declared freed
2014 Protest in Nasiriya over lack of electricity and
services
2014 Report Iran pushing PUK to support 3rd term
for PM Maliki
2015 Iranian Foreign Min denied Iranian troops fighting in
Baiji said only advisers
2015 Fmr MP Othman said 2,822 Peshmerga killed fighting IS
since June 2014
2015 Report Army and Hashd ordered to shut bridge to
displaced trying to flee Anbar into Baghdad
2016 Sadrists protest in Baghdad Police fired tear gas to
break them up Demos in Babil Karbala
Basra Dhi Qar Muthanna too
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM
Abadi’s reforms)
2016 Kataib Hezbollah stopped large group of displaced
fleeing Sjar Anbar abducted 73 men not seen
afterward
(Musings
On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
(Musings
On Iraq Missing 600 From Anbar’s Saqlawiya Finally Found Dead?)
2017 Iranian Revolutionary Guard general killed advising
Hashd around Baaj western Ninewa
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq review Vanguard of the Imam,
Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
2017 Toronto Star printed story by Der Spiegel author
providing more information on abuses by Rapid
Reaction unit during Mosul battle
(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)
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