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1920 UK army ordered two outer camps in Samawa be abandoned during siege of town Led to
heavy losses during 1920 Revolt
1920 Rebels shelled Samawa with 2 captured British cannons British thought were under attack by
Turks because didn’t believe Arabs capable of using cannons
(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
1939 PM Said advocated declaring war on Germany after British did Interior Min announced it would
censor all news due to outbreak of WWII
1958 Qasim govt gave amnesty to Kurdish rebels Asked Mullah Mustafa Barzani to return to Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
(Musings On Iraq review Journey Among Brave Men, Travels in Kurdistan)
(Musings On Iraq Explaining Kurdish Nationalism Interview With Teen Tech Univ Prof Michael Gunter)
1965 PM Yahya resigned
1981 Iranian attack pushed back Iraqi forces in central front in thrust to retake Qasr e-Shirin
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1986 Iran started Op Karbala 3 attacking Faw Peninsula and Majnoon Island in Basra Built bridge across
Shatt al-Arab Didn’t gain much
1986 Iraq recaptured Umaya oil platform in Basra
1987 Iran Op Fath 10 Iranian army and KDP attacked Iraqi 33rd and 45th Div’s supply lines Kurdistan
(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 Iraqi army said it recaptured all territory lost to Kurdish rebels
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition)
1990 Def Sec Cheney told Senate comm White House didn’t need anymore congressional authorization to
take action vs Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
1996 2nd day of US cruise missile strikes on Iraq for Saddam helping KDP vs PUK and invading Irbil
1996 Iraq retaliated against US cruise missile attack by firing at US UK and French planes patrolling
northern No Fly Zone
1996 Clinton announced northern no fly zone was being renewed
1996 Iraqi forces withdrew from Irbil
1997 UK intel report said Iraq was still hiding parts of its biological weapons program
(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
2002 PM Blair press conference said Saddam threat because of WMD that had to be dealt with
(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Inquiry Sec 4.2 Iraq WMD Assessments, July to September 2002)
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 White House Iraq Group met for 1st time Decided on 1st propaganda campaign to promote war with
argument Iraq could get a nuclear bomb and the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud Campaign started Sep 8
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 White House Iraq Group decided to ask for Congressional resolution of force vs Iraq before midterm
elections
2002 Iraqi opposition met with US officials in London to draft part of Future of Iraq Project
2002 UK Amb to UN warned that body did not believe in using force against Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.4 Development of UK Iraq Strategy and Options, Late July to 14 September 2002)
2002 Abu Zubayda former Al Qaeda chief of operations told interrogators bin Laden against alliance with
Iraq but open to informal cooperation Zubaydah not bin Laden pushed ties with Iraq
2003 1st post-Saddam Iraq cabinet sworn in with 17 new ministers
2003 US forces gave southern and central Iraq security to Multi-National Force under Polish command
2003 CPA Order 28 created Iraqi Civil Defense Corps as separate from police and army but would be
folded into ISF later
(Musings On Iraq Special Inspector General For Iraq Reconstruction’s Hard Lessons Chapter 12 Reconstructing Iraqi Security Forces)
2003 EU Japan US World Bank agreed to create trust fund for reconstruction funds for Iraq independent of
CPA
2003 UK intel report on security in Iraq Said security would remain poor and could get worse in next year
leading to more spectacular attacks Former regime elements Islamists main threats Said Islamists now saw Iraq was the main front for Jihad
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2006 US Dep Iraq Cmdr Gen Chiarelli told Iraq Survey Group US needed reconciliation and political not
military solution
2006 US Cmdr training ISF Gen Dempsey told Iraq Survey Group Iraq needed reconciliation otherwise
training useless
2006 US officer reported that Sheikh Abu Risha’s Anbar Emergency Council and its armed wing Anbar
Revolutionaries ready to work with US in Ramadi
(Musings On Iraq review A Soldier’s Dream, Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq)
2007 PM Maliki said new deBaathification law would be sent to parliament Law wasn’t passed until 2008
2007 Baghdad took control of Basra Palace as British troops withdrew from central Basra
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2007 Bush made surprise visit to Anbar Met PM Maliki Anbar Governor and sheikhs
including Abu Risha of Awakening Anbar governor attacked Maliki for neglecting Anbar Sheikhs also criticized Maliki
2008 ISF began removing displaced squatters in Baghdad and helped them return to their homes Govt
claimed 275 families returned to homes showing plan worked
(Musings On Iraq January 2009 U.N. Report On Iraq Refugee Returns)
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Sets A Deadline For Squatters (Again))
(Musings On Iraq Returns And Removals In Baghdad)
2008 Oil Min ended talks with major energy companies started in June Was hoping for quick 6 no bid
contracts but couldn’t come to any agreement
2008 PM Maliki govt-KRG announced deal over Khanaqin Diyala Iraqi army would withdraw from
Qara Tappa and Jalawla areas just occupied Peshmerga would return to them Part of Maliki plan to pressure KRG
(Musings On Iraq Khanaqin Deal Off?)
(Musings On Iraq Cold War Between Baghdad and Kurds Turn Hot)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
2008 Report PM Maliki concentrating power Portraying himself as Iraqi nationalist Wanted to claim he was
one that got US to withdraw Broke up Sadrists Taken on sahwa Said no armed groups but govt Brought back Iraqi Accordance Front to claim he worked with Sunnis Pushed Kurds on disputed areas in Diyala Said army could go anywhere
(Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman)
2009 PM Maliki accused Syrian intel of meeting with Baathists and insurgents on July 30 which led
to Aug 19 Baghdad bombing ISI did bombing not Baathists
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)
(Musings On Iraq Syria-Iraq Dispute Could Be Ending)
(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)
2009 Integrity Comm arrested Dep Transportation Min Ubaidi Took $100,000 bribe Security firm owed
$2 mil by Baghdad Ubaidi asked for bribe to get contract renewed
2009 Report Rafidain Bank in Baghdad robbed of $4.3 mil 4 of 9 robbers arrested Sentenced to death
Robbers led by bodyguards of VP Abdul Mahdi VP said he found money Didn’t turn over his bodyguards Abdul Mahdi said only 1 robber was a bodyguard Turned out to be 5 of 9 Report said that some of VP’s bodyguards were released in deal with Interior Min Bolani Fled Iraq
2009 Iraq met with Turkey and Syria bout dams and increasing water flow down rivers Made no deals
2009 Protest in Wasit over lack of electricity and fuel
2014 Badr head Amiri said Peshmerga should leave Kirkuk
2014 Army freed Garma Anbar from IS 2nd time declared liberated
2014 IS destroyed Sheikh al-Shat mosque and Ain Sada cemetery in Mosul
2017 Imam Ali Brigade said it would attack Kirkuk if it was annexed to KRG
2017 Kirkuk Gov Najm denied story that he wanted Turkmen and Arabs expelled from province after
KRG independence referendum TV station aired recording of Nam saying “We will expel them later on, right?”
2018 New parliament met for 1st session 2 opposing camps led by Sadr-Abadi vs Amiri-Maliki each claimed
to have largest bloc Issue left to Supreme Court to decide matter
2018 3 Protests in northern and central Basra over services 1 killed by ISF
2019 Report Abdul Mahdi govt wanted all displaced back home by end of 2019 Some people
forced to home areas Govt tried to send people back to Shirqat Salahaddin Protest in Shirqat against returns Some people have refused to accept displaced Salahaddin govt cancelled decision to exile IS families for 10 yrs IS families still being detained in Salahaddin
2019 KRG started delivering electricity to central govt Baghdad would send oil fuel to power
plants in KRG in return Part of 3 yr deal
2020 Report Oil Min Ismaael said Iraq would make extra production cuts to make up for
overproducing past OPEC+ quota Iraq continued to over produce
2021 ISF evacuated village in Kirkuk due to IS attacks
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