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)
1970 Kurdish meeting chose Habid Karim as Vice President under Autonomy Agreement
(Musings On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
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 central front 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)
(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)
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 reviews of 2003 invasion found that logistics were lacking and military intelligence was largely useless
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq kidnapped Egyptian ambassador to Iraq Egypt would not send another
ambassador until 2009
2007 Cabinet passed new draft oil and gas bill Cabinet approved another oil and gas 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
(Musings On Iraq review The Endgame, The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush
to Barack Obama)
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 of insurgents
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
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