1921 Gertrude Bell wrote Mid-Euphrates tribes perplexed why
UK picked Faisal to be King of Iraq
when he led revolt against them in
Syria
(Musings
On Iraq review of Gertrude Bell And
Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq movie review Letters from Baghdad)
1941 2nd day UK bombing in Anglo-Iraq War Expanded
to Iraqi air bases and supply lines in Baghdad and
Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 Iraqi air force bombed Iraqi army in Ramadi by accident
in night raid
1941 Churchill ordered British troops to march from
Palestine to Iraq
1941 UK Cmdr for Mid East Gen Wavell given command of Iraq
Complained no forces to spare and
negotiations should be used instead
1941 UK Cmdr for Mid East Gen Wavell later said he could
send a small force from Palestine to Iraq but
would threaten security in region
and called for talks again
1941 PM Gaylani told Italian ambassador Iraq needed German
and Italian air support to deal with British
Financial aid and a German military
mission to work with Iraq General Staff
1941 German Foreign Min Ribbentrop supported sending special
representative to Baghdad along with
military liaison officers to set up
arrival of German aid
1941 German Foreign Min Ribbentrop suggested sending fighter
and bomber squadrons to Iraq Hitler
agreed
1941 Communists called on public to support Gaylani govt
when war started Saw him as anti-
imperialist
(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 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)
1964 New provisional constitution said Iraq a
democratic-socialist government but power was still with
Pres Arif
1982 Saddam ordered Algerian Foreign Minister’s plane shot
down on trip to Iran during ceasefire talks
Saddam accused Algeria of siding
with Iran Iran and Iraq blamed each other for assassination allowing Baghdad to
escape responsibility Led Algeria to drop out of talks
1983 Iraqi Op Salam launched in southern Iraq to capture and
kill army deserters
(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 Start of 4th Anfal campaign focused on
Lesser Zab River, Sulaymaniya Kogtapa attacked with
chemical bombs
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1995 KDP told Turkey it would stop PKK activities in Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
2003 UK PM’s office said Iraq had WMD and they would be
found
(Musings
On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq
Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 White House said it was sure Iraq’s WMD would be found
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Hoodwinked, The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a
War)
2003 Bush said Iraq’s WMD programs would be found would just
take time Was change from previous
claims WMD stocks would be found
(Musings
On Iraq How The Administration Reversed Itself On Finding Iraq’s WMD)
2003 UK intel said trailer found in Mosul could be mobile
WMD lab Turned out not to be
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2004 Mahdi Army attacked US base and a convoy in Najaf
setting off hour long gun battle
2004 Heavy fighting between insurgents and US forces closed
down road to Baghdad airport
2004 UN outlined plan to create Iraqi Election Commission to
run 2005 voting
2004 US Marines said would replace Gen Latif head of Fallujah
Brigade with Gen Saleh because Latif a
Baathist
2005 PM Jaafari’s cabinet sworn in 2 deputy prime ministers
and 7 important ministries vacant due to
political disputes including Oil
and Defense Shiite parties rejected Sunni candidates for ministries at last
minute
2007 International Compact with Iraq meeting held in Egypt
organized by PM Maliki and UN Was to create
strategy and benchmarks for Iraqi
rebuilding reconciliation good governance Privately countries complained about
Maliki govt
2007 Association of Muslim scholars called on bin Laden to
fix rift between Sunnis and ISI Called
Awakening leader Sheikh Abu Risha a
U.S. stooge
2007 Anbar Awakening demanded all tribes in Anbar to stop
supporting ISI
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Sheriff of Ramadi,
Nvy SEALS and the Winning of Anbar)
2007 Reformist and Jihad Front formed out of Islamic Army
Mujahadeen Army Ansar al-Sunna Called on
1920 Revolution Brigades tribes and
former soldiers to join Was challenge to ISI
(Musings
On Iraq review The Caliphate At War,
Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2007 Report ISI issued fatwa in Dora Baghdad for Christians
to convert leave or be killed Families
immediately started leaving
(Musings On Iraq
Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2008 PM Maliki announced govt would launch offensive in
Mosul and would be last to secure Iraq
2008 300 ISI fighters held march in Diyala village
2008 Iraqi delegation to Iran presented evidence that Tehran
was arming and training militias fighting govt
Baghdad
(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 Baghdad said it would not extend deadline for US forces
to be out of country’s cities by Jun 30 2009
2009 Arrest warrants issued for Trade Minister Sudani’s two
brothers and other ministry officials for
corruption Charged with stealing up
to $400 mil
2009 Trade Minister Sudani siphoned off most of the funds
for the food rations system to give to Maliki’s
State of Law for 2009 and 2010
elections
(Musings
On Iraq interview with former US anti-graft official Vincent Foulk)
2009 2 Iraqi soldiers opened fire at U.S. troops at an
outpost in Mosul killing 2 and wounding 3 Americans
2009 Iraqi forces arrested Dhuluiya, Salahaddin Sawha leader
Claimed he attacked Dujail during civil war
2009 Sahwa in Iskandiriya walked off job for not being paid
in months
(Musings
On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
2010 Abu Abdullah al-Shafi emir of Ansar al-Sunnah was
captured in Baghdad
2010 Baghdad started recount requested by Maliki after came
in 2nd in election to Allawi
2011 National Reconciliation Ministry said Asaib Ahl Al-Haq
was joining reconciliation process
Didn’t happen
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2011 KRG parliament passed law to unite PUK and KDP
Peshmerga Never completed
2013 Police told AFP they had orders from Interior Ministry
to use fake bomb detectors even though knew
they didn’t work
2013 Friday prayers at Fallujah protest site urged people to
stay peaceful and demanded PM Maliki resign
2013 Friday prayers at Kirkuk protest site warned that
Baghdad had ignored their demands and could lead to civil war
2013 Samarra and Mosul protest sites demanded either PM Maliki
resign or Salahaddin and Ninewa would
become federal regions
2014 Ansar al-Sunna declared war on ISIS in Diyala
2015 3rd day of protests in Basra over lack of
electricity
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