1933 Interior Minister would not let Assyrian leader Mar
Shimun leave Baghdad after being in
capital for nearly a month
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Tragedy of the
Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review State and Society in
Iraq)
1979 After army killed scores and arrested 3,000 protesting
house arrest of Ayatollah Sadiq
al-Sadr Iran’s Arabic radio service
called Sadr the Khomeini of Iraq and called on Shiites to replace the tyrants
in Baghdad
1981 UK signed trade pact with Baghdad that would expand
trade to more than $2 bil/yr
1982 9th Regional
Baath Party Congress held in secret Saddam said party infiltrated by enemies
and suffered
bad decisions
to get rid of dissenters Health Min Hussein who said Saddam might step down was
executed Saddam changed party leadership to ensure his control
1984 Iraq air raids resumed on Iranian
oil infrastructure with attack on Kharg Island Iran’s main oil
terminal
Destroyed docking bay but operating again in 5 days
(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 Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service With
The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
(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)
1994 SCIRI claimed govt building new canal to drain southern
marshes and drive out displaced and rebels
2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld said Iraq had chemical weapons but not
nuclear weapons
(Musings
On Iraq How US Intelligence Created An Iraqi Nuclear Threat In 2002)
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 UN head inspector Blix said inspectors were not
impressed with Sec State Powell’s Feb 03 speech to
UN on Iraq’s WMD
(Musings
On Iraq UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD and 2003
Invasion)
2003 Weapons search in Maysan’s Majar al-Kabir led to
shootout and death of 6 British soldiers
2003 UK intel report believed Iran backed Mujahedeen for
Islamic Revolution in Iraq that killed 6 British
soldiers
2003 Fallujah’s mayor’s office hit by RPG for working with
US
2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq carried out multiple car bombs and
attacks on police in Baghdad Baquba Fallujah
Ramadi and Mosul killing 92
wounding 285 Took over police station and city hall in Baquba and held city
center for 6 hours
2004 Sadr announced unilateral ceasefire with US in Sadr
City
2008 PM Maliki promised $100 mil for reconstruction in
Maysan after Op Promise of Peace went
after
Sadrists there
2008 Interior Min declared Amarah Mahsa free of militias
after Op Promise of Peace went after
Sadrists
2008 Special Groups bombed Sadr City council building
killing 2 councilmen 10 wounded because
meeting
with Americans
2014 Operation to try to free Tal Afar launched and failed
2018 Protest in Diyala over electricity cuts Province had
not received 35% of its power
2019 Najah al-Shammari approved as Defense Min Yassin Taha
al-Yassri as Interior Min
Farouq Amin al-Shawani s Justice
Min 9 months after govt formed Still no Education Min
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq Finally Has A Defense Interior Justice Ministers)
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