1915 Gen Nixon made UK cmdr in Mesopotamia Told to hold Basra vilayet and all outlets to sea
1955 PM Said renegotiated deal with Iraq Petroleum Company increasing revenues for govt and
expanding pipelines and pumping facilities to increase exports
1959 Gen Qasim withdrew Iraq from anti-Communist Baghdad Pact
(Musings On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1967 Pres Arif ordered some units of the Iraqi military to be put on alert as tensions grew between Israel
and Egypt
1973 Saddam visited Moscow to push for stronger Iraq-Soviet cooperation
(Musings On Iraq review Saddam His Rise and Fall)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq Since 1958, From Revolution To Dictatorship)
1982 Saddam took control of central front to try to stop Iranian Op Fath attack upon Maysan
1984 Iraq deployed French Super Etendard jets first time on raid on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear
power plant US provided satellite intelligence on facility before and after to assess raid Didn’t hit main target Was 1st of 6 attacks on facility lasting until 1988 Plant was unfinished and Iran was not working on it so wasted attack
1986 UN condemned Iraq’s use of chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq War
(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)
(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1988 KDP base hit with poison gas in 2nd Anfal campaign Civilians rounded up and men executed by
govt forces
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition)
1991 Turkish Pres Ozal met Bush in US and told him an independent Kurdistan in Iraq would lead to
greater Kurdistan affecting Turkey Syrian Iran
1992 Iraqi army began shelling Kifri as sporadic fighting with Peshmerga continued
1998 French Pres Chirac told PM Blair that sanctions were killing kids in Iraq
2002 VP Cheney on CNN’s Late Edition called Saddam an evil man that U.S. would deal with
(Musings On Iraq review Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 US forces reached outside Karbala
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 Expected sandstorm hit leading to pause in invasion Gen Franks didn’t want pause and pushed for his forces to continue attack
2003 US B-52 bombers began attacks on Republican Guard positions south of Baghdad
2003 British forces took Basra airport Heavy fighting with Fedayeen led British forces to withdraw from
Basra City
(Musings On Iraq review Target Basra, The High Octane Story of the Royal Marine Commandos In Iraq)
2003 British military told govt local Iraqi militias putting up tough fight in Basra
2003 British received reports of uprising within Basra city put down by Fedayeen and Baath militia
2003 Red Cross warned of humanitarian emergency in Basra city as water ran out
2003 Dow Jones reported no WMD found at suspected facility in Najaf
2003 Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and Pres Khatami recorded talking about sending forces to 5 Iraq cities
to incite anti-US violence Decided to send Badr Brigade into Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Overview of Iran’s Influence In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
(Musings On Iraq Early Reports On Iran’s Activities In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2003 Arab League voted 21-1 demanding U.S. and UK forces withdraw from Iraq
2003 Putin called Bush and said there would be great suffering during war Bush said everything would
be under control
2003 Tariq Aziz gave presser saying US was after Iraq’s oil
2003 Al Qaeda spokesman called on Muslims to join the jihad against the US in Iraq
2004 Ex-White House counterterrorism chief Clarke told 9/11 Commission Iraq not behind 1993 World
Trade Center bombing Accusation came from Laurie Mylroie’s conspiracy theories
(Musings On Iraq Laurie Mylroie’s Convoluted Iraq-Terrorism Conspiracy Theory)
(Musings On Iraq Laurie Mylroie’s Iraq Conspiracy Theory Was Debunked By Captured Baath Documents)
2004 INC Chalabi aide and Fin Min official Sabah arrested for allegedly recycling old dinars that were
supposed to be destroyed Sabah told officials INC scheming to get state property from Finance Min and illegally sell it for a profit Also found INC kidnapping and attacking rivals
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption in Iraq)
2006 Review of captured Iraqi documents and interviews with Baathists showed reason Saddam wanted
WMD and unwilling to admit that he’d destroyed them after Gulf War Was because he thought they deterred Iran which he saw as existential threat Saddam also believed US wouldn’t invade in 2003
(Musings On Iraq Was Iraq An Imminent Threat To The West?)
2007 Report DynCorp contracted by US govt to provide sandbags police and training camps regularly
overpriced work Iraqi contractors repeatedly failed to do job DynCorp contracted to fill sandbags at Najaf police dept Paid $67k then contracted Iraqi company for $23k to do job Sandbags were useless and job had to be redone Built police camps in Baquba Basra Ramadi Fallujah Najaf all considered mostly bad due to subcontractors Built camp in Mosul for $2.1 bil that should have cost $600k Camp got bad review Air conditioners didn't work Used cheap furniture Foam instead of real mattresses Another police camp cancelled after spent $43.8 mil on it
(Musings On Iraq review The U.S. Army In The Iraq War: Volume 1, Invasion, Insurgency, Civil
War, 2003-2006)
2008 PM Maliki launched Charge of Knights vs Mahdi Army in Basra Claimed op was against
militias and criminals Didn’t go after Badr or Fadhila only Sadrists who were biggest rival to Maliki’s plans for provincial and national elections Iraqi army brigade broke Half quit other half retreated
2008 Mahdi Army attacked joint US-Iraqi security station on edge of Sadr City
2008 Oil Min asked foreign companies to submit plans to develop Iraq’s oil and natural gas fields for
first time since 03
2008 Gen Petraeus blamed Iran for recent spate of rocket attacks upon Green Zone
2008 Report Bush was never a fan of INC’s Chalabi before 03 invasion
(Musings On Iraq Ahmad Chalabi Was Not President Bush’s Man For Iraq)
2008 Report Neither Sec State Powell nor Natl Sec Adv Rice objected to Pentagon taking control of
postwar Iraq Powell thought State would eventually take charge Rice thought US would only be in Iraq for a few months
2008 Report From 03-08 demand for electricity increased 125% Supply increased during that period
but couldn’t keep up with demand
2008 Report Sadrists complained about ceasefire Said they were attacked by PM Maliki and US
Claimed 2,000-2,500 of their followers arrested since start of ceasefire Blamed ISCI for attacks upon them in south Said they received new weapons and cash from Iran
2009 Sahwa commander in Salahaddin said that Ansar al-Sunna and ISI had
created new alliance after mediation by Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri
2009 Report Sahwa group in Baghdad said not paid nor gotten promised govt jobs Only 5000
sahwa got jobs in ISF US general claimed 94,000 sahwa would have jobs by end of year Said Health Min agreed to hire 3000 Education Min 10000 Oil Min 500
(Musings On Iraq Budget Problems Affecting Integration of Sons of Iraq)
2009 Report Head of Al Hadbaa said it rejected Peshmerga in Ninewa 200 Kurdish soldiers and
commander in Ninewa deserted summer 08 during conflict between Baghdad-Irbil US said PM Maliki replaced Kurdish officers and sent them to other provinces
2009 Report Iraqi schools deteriorating Shiite religious parties hiring staff adding religious
holidays that reduced schooling Lacked enough schools and teachers Political parties threatened teachers
2009 Pres Talabani said after international Kurdish conference PKK would give up fighting
Turkey PKK said not true and Talabani didn’t control it
2010 PM Maliki announced new anti-corruption campaign Nothing happened
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen on Iraq’s fight with corruption)
(Musings On Iraq interview with former anti-corruption official Vincent Foulk)
2011 Riot at Rusafa prison over overcrowding
2012 Baghdad and Irbil agreed to increased joint patrols in disputed areas of Diyala after increase in
insurgent attacks upon Kurds
2012 Report MP from KRG parliament said 50,000 fake bodyguards used by officials to steal money
2013 Naqshibandi sent group to Ramadi protest site to try to push it towards violence against govt
2013 Report Sec State Kerry stopped in Baghdad Urged PM Maliki to stop Iranian arms shipments going
through Iraq to Syria Iran both flew and trucked supplies to Syria through Iraq Kerry also talked with KRG Pres Barzani not to build independent pipeline to Turkey
2015 Iraq’s Foreign Min Jaafar met with Syrian Pres Assad Said Arab countries needed to support
Syria
2015 Report Hashd sending threatening letters to Iraqi army telling them not to ask for US help in Tikrit op
Soldiers in army’s 5th Div said got notes allegedly from Kataib Hezbollah Badr Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Khorasani Brigade Officer at Samarra Ops Command said 12 officers also got threats from Hashd
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Khorasani Brigade Another Iraq Militia That Returned Home From Syria To Fight The Insurgency)
2015 Report Govt gave up on frontal attack upon Tikrit advocated by Hashd US training 2-3 more
army divisions for attack upon Mosul
2015 Report US defense official said stalled Tikrit op defeat for Hashd and Iran Said Iranian aid
not enough to take city
2016 Most ruling parties refused to send candidates for technocratic cabinet to PM Abadi
(Musings On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM Abadi’s reforms)
2016 Supreme Council suspended its ministers in govt to protest PM Abadi’s reforms
2016 Head of IS Military Council Anbari killed
2016 Report 200 US soldiers set up artillery at Ain Assad base in Anbar Supposed to shell IS
targets in Anbar Base used for US intel for air strikes
2016 Report 100-200 US marines set up artillery base in Makhmour Ninewa 1 marine killed in IS
attack there
2018 Ninewa councilman said no plans to help displaced return provide services or rebuild province Said Baghdad ignored calls for help Said rebuilding slow and dependent upon intl organizations
2018 Public workers protested in Sulaymaniya Dohuk Irbil over being paid only half of wages Baghdad
paid half and KRG didn’t pay its half
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Paid Half Of KRG’s Salaries, Kurdistan Didn’t Contribute Leading To
Protests)
2020 Interview with Hashd cmdr for west Anbar Musleh Said Hashd had forced out Danish
special forces in Qaim who were training tribal Hashd brigade Musleh said ISF too weak to protect Qaim
2020 Report 2018 Iraq had electricity capacity of 30.3 gigawatts but actual capacity was
only 11.9 Power plants supposed to run on gas but used substitutes which ran plants at less than 60% of capacity 2018 Iraq produced 105.4 terawatts/hr but only delivered 43.7 Meant 58.5% of electricity supply wasted Most lost during distribution due to old/damaged equipment theft poor maintenance Demand for power expected to continue to grow more than supply
2020 KRG arrested journalist who posted on Facebook govt using COVID as excuse not to
pay govt workers Held for 2 wks Released and then re-arrested 2 days later for defaming an official
2021 Report PM Kazemi’s anti-corruption comm was going to issue warrants for 7 senior Hashd
leaders and 5 others for assassinations currency smuggling corruption Shiite parties got Kazemi to stop
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