1920 UK military relief force fought rebels outside Samawa Rebels withdrew during night
(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)
1950 PM Said cancelled plans for military intervention in Jordan to overthrow unfriendly govt to
Iraq
1973 Iraqi 12th Armored Bgd took Tel al-Bazak in Golan Heights Forced Israelis to retreat Stopped advance
on Damascus Iraqis had no contact with other units nor Syrians because no liaison officer Brigade was supposed to attack another town but lack of coordination led it to Tel al-Bazak Yom Kippur War
1973 Iraqi 12th Armored Bgd withdrew from Tel al-Bazak and attacked Tel al-Shaar in
Golan Heights Yom Kippur War
1973 Iraqi Hawker Hunter jets from Egypt destroyed Israeli 329th Reserve Artillery
Battalion
1989 US Agriculture Dept memo said US loans meant to support Iraq buying food products were being
used to buy tech for weapons programs
1989 State Dept meeting said investigation of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro in Atlanta would
expose that US agriculture sales to Iraq were used to buy military equipment
1994 Russia got Iraq to agree to UN Res 833 on Iraq-Kuwait border and promised to work to
lift sanctions
1996 PUK counterattacked Recaptured Sulaymaniya from KDP with Iranian support Baghdad made deal
with Iran to allow PUK back into Kurdistan to counter KDP
(Musings On Iraq review Sanctioning Saddam, The Politics Of Intervention In Iraq)
1997 Heavy fighting restarted between KDP and PUK during civil war
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
2000 Iran’s Foreign Minister Kharrazi visited Iraq for 3 days Highest ranking Iranian official to visit
Iraq since 1979 Revolution After Karrazi’s trip Iran announced Iran and Iraq would re-open discussion on border and POW issue largely ended
2003 Gen Ryder visited Iraq Said problems at detention facilities like Abu Ghraib could lead to human
rights abuses
(Musings On Iraq US Army History Of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 9 Down The Spider Hole, October-December 2003)
2004 PM Blair told parliament that Iraq Study Group proved Saddam wanted WMD and violated UN
resolutions
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2004 Mass grave with hundreds of Kurds killed by Saddam in 1987-88 discovered in Hatra Ninewa
2004 PM Allawi said that if Fallujah didn't turn over Zarqawi would be major operation to take city
City council refused to do so Zarqawi wasn’t in Fallujah
(Musings On Iraq Was Zarqawi In Fallujah During The 2nd Battle For The City?)
(Musings On Iraq review The Battle for Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Occupation of Iraq, Winning The War, Losing The Peace)
2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council became ISI Announced Islamic State in Baghdad Anbar Diyala
Kirkuk Salahaddin Ninewa Babil
(Musings On Iraq How The Islamic State’s Caliphate In Iraq Was Originally Ignored)
(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2006 New ISI announced Abu Omar al-Baghdadi emir of Islamic State
(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on who was Abu Omar al-Baghdadi)
(Musings On Iraq interview with former CIA analyst Nada Bakos that tracked Zarqawi)
2006 Report splits within ISI between Zarqawi’s lieutenants and followers of military chief Masri
2006 Interior Min Bolani said he had PM Maliki’s backing to purge ministry of sectarian actors Same
time denied its forces were involved in sectarian killings Blamed Facilities Protection Service and imposters using police uniforms
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 20 Baghdad Burns, Summer-Fall 2006)
2006 Report Talk of PM Maliki stepping down and 5 man council ruling Iraq and declaring martial
law
2006 Report Sadr complained about Shiite death squads using the name of Mahdi Army and backed
by Iranian Rev Guard and Hezbollah
(Musings On Iraq Hezbollah’s Role In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2006 Insurgents kidnapped 26 Shiite workers from Balad Bodies found decapitated in neighboring
Dhuluiya Was retaliation for ISI commander being killed in Balad Shiite elders in Balad called on Mahdi Army in Baghdad to send fighters to take revenge
2008 12th Christians killed in Mosul causing more from that community to flee city
(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Bad Times For Iraq’s Christians)
2009 Report some politicians worried about PM Maliki’s concentration of power over ISF Dec 08
arrested 23 high ranking Interior Min officials Sep 09 fired several police generals Put Dawa member in charge of Natl Security Min Appointed officers in army Worried that these were moves to strengthen his position before elections
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
2009 Report UN found 100,000 fled homes in KRG due to drought that lasted 4 yrs
2010 Report Planning Min Baban said 70% of govt workers didn’t have real jobs and didn’t
produce anything Blamed bureaucracy and corruption for blocking development projects
2010 Report Security political instability poor infrastructure limited Iraq’s ability to increase oil
production Oil executives said production would increase but not to 12 mil/bar/day by 2017 that Oil Min set One consultant said that Iraq’s planned investment in drilling exceeded capabilities Executives said Iraq lacked money and political leadership to manage a large production increase
2010 PM Maliki went to Syria to win its support for 2nd term Assad backed Allawi for PM but was
under Iranian pressure to back Maliki
(Musings On Iraq Sadr’s Decision To Support Maliki And Its Effect Within And Without Iraq)
2011 Oil Min and KOGAS signed deal for Akkas natural gas field in Anbar Was auctioned in Oct 2010 Anbar govt complained about deal KOGAS’ partner KazMunai eventually dropped out
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Finally Inks Natural Gas Deal With South Korean Company)
2013 Report ISI could not carry out several mass casualty bombings a month Wanted to undermine govt
Prison breaks increased group’s lethality Sunni marginalization and Syrian war helped recruitment Violence jumped after PM Maliki raided Hawija protest site
2013 Report UN’s WHO did study on birth defects in Iraq Found same or lower than intl estimates Found
no evidence of high rates of abortions still births or birth defects Health Min reported birth defects increased after 2003 Fallujah center of Iraqi claims 1 report said birth defects 13 times higher than European rate Criticism of report for relying on survey rather than medical records
2014 Amnesty Intl Militias abducted and killed Sunni civilians Militias backed by govt and carried
out joint ops Kidnapping sometimes for ransom Some militias carried out revenge attacks after insurgent ops Found 170 Sunni men abducted in Samarra area since Jun 2014 Dozens were found dead and rest missing
2014 Insurgents took army base outside Hit Anbar Hit under IS control ISF claimed made tactical
withdrawal from city
2015 PM Abadi cabinet approved new pay scale for govt workers to cut costs Pushed as reform move
Led to protests by civil workers
(Musings On Iraq A Review Of Iraq Premier Abadi’s Reform Program Interview With Reidar Visser)
2015 KRG PM Barzani removed four Gorran ministers from KRG cabinet in dispute over Pres Barzani’s
term
2015 Op started to free Baiji Salahaddin
2015 Sadr’s Saraya al-Salam rounded up displaced men at Ishaqi camp Never seen again
2016 Report Tribes going after IS sympathizers in Ramadi Houses blown up
2017 PUK Peshmerga withdrew from areas of Bashir and Taza in south Kirkuk ceding territory to Iraqi
forces
(Musings On Iraq Escalation In Iraq Continues After KRG Referendum, The Kirkuk Challenge)
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 PM Abadi gave Kurds 48 hours to vacate territory military bases oil fields occupied in 2014 by
Peshmerga
2017 Fighting broke out between Hashd and Peshmerga in Tuz Kharmato again Hashd began
occupying areas of Kirkuk while Peshmerga withdrew
(Musings On Iraq Kurds Fall Back To 2014 Borders)
2017 Iranian Rev Guard Hashd PUK met in Kirkuk Talked about seizing province and removing
Gov Karim
2020 Oil Min proposed joint KRG-Baghdad company to run KRG oil sector KRG rejected idea
2021 Election Comm started manual recount of 8000 polling stations
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