1923 35 clerics
and religious students left Iraq for Persia to protest deportation of Mujtahid
Khalisi for opposition activities
1946 Oil workers
in Kirkuk led by Communists held meetings about their work conditions Led to
strike
(Musings
On Iraq review The Modern History of Iraq)
1963 Communist
uprising at Rasheed military camp in Baghdad against Baathists
(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)
1977 Iraq signed
deal to buy 34 Mirage fighters from France Iraq believed Mirages were key to
defeating Israel in next war
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service With
The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1981 Saddam
offered another truce in war rejected by Iran
1986 Iranian
forces recaptured Mehran Iran Iraq lost 1000 dead 1200 prisoners 3000 wounded
Iran lost
3000 dead 9000 wounded
(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 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)
2001 UN Res 1360
renewed Oil for Food program
2003 38,000
police came back to duty after Bremer threatened to fire them for not working
after invasion
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Col Ted Spain on how US struggled to establish law
and order in post-invasion Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
US failed to develop the Iraqi police)
2003 Ex CIA
official said White House pushed hard on CIA to find Iraq-Al Qaeda connections
but didn't
find any
2004 3 US
military review of 2003 invasion found that logistics were lacking and military
intelligence was
largely useless
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq kidnapped Egyptian ambassador to Iraq
Ihab al-Sharif
2007 Cabinet passed new draft energy bill Cabinet approved
another energy bill in February Neither made
it through parliament
2010 VP Biden
made surprise visit to Iraq to try to help form new govt after elections
2011 MP said $1
mil fraud case for ISF buying dogs that couldn’t detect bombs used at
checkpoints Nothing
happened
2011 ISF launched
op in Maysan to block Iranian weapons flowing into Iraq as result of increased
militia attacks on US forces
(Musings
On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
2011 Protest in
Nasiriya for turning Dhi Qar into autonomous region
2012 Parliament
passed $9 bil supplemental budget fueled by high oil prices
2012 Iranian
delegation arrived in Iraq to try to improve relations between PM Maliki and
Sadr
2014 ISF claimed
parts of Jurf al-Sakhr, Babil cleared Was still under IS control
2014 Khalidiya,
Anbar cleared by ISF
2014 Report over
2,500 IS cells operating in Baghdad province
2014 Pres Barzani
called on KRG parliament to create commission to create referendum on KRG
independence
2016 Karrada
Baghdad car bomb set off fire in mall killing 324 wounding 200
2016 PM Abadi
ordered withdrawal of fake bomb detectors at checkpoints in Baghdad
2017 Protest in Baghdad
and Najaf over lack of electricity Night march in Karbala demanding services
View the Iraq History Timelines
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