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1917 British military governor in Baghdad banned weapons and ammunition for public and
imposed curfew on city
1921 Colonial Sec Churchill wrote Iraq High Comm Cox that Faisal needed to be told all British
would be out of Iraq by end of year unless he gave up demands for more power
(Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
(Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923)
1935 Duweilim tribe fired on train in Rumaitha Demanded govt end confiscation of land and exempt
tribes from conscription Govt refused and Iraqi air force bombed tribe
(Musings On Iraq review Wings of Iraq, Volume 1: The Iraqi Air Force, 1931-1970)
1941 PM Churchill told For Sec Eden that UK troops landed in Iraq were to set up a base in Basra to
control province
(Musings On Iraq review Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against A Fascist State In Iraq and the Levant, 1941)
1941 UK Amb told PM Gaylani that Iraqi forces in Basra would be reinforced to a full division Said
UK had no right to land troops and keep them in Basra
(Musings On Iraq review Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings On Iraq review Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq 1941, The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1946 Govt approved 5 new political parties as part of political reforms
1948 Operation Hametz began with Jewish forces attacking Arab villages held by Iraqi volunteers in 1st
Arab-Israeli War
1962 Mullah Mustafa Barzani said he would agree to ceasefire if Kurds given autonomy in
constitution Political and cultural rights and Gen Qasim replaced Barzani’s demands supported by Iraqi Communist Party
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
(Musings On Iraq review Journey Among Brave Men, Travels in Kurdistan)
(Musings On Iraq review People Without A Country, The Kurds and Kurdistan)
(Musings On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq A History Of The Iraqi Communist Party Interview With Univ of East Anglia’s Johan Franzen)
(Musings On Iraq Explaining Kurdish Nationalism Interview With Teen Tech Univ Prof Michael Gunter)
1983 Iraq-Turkey security deal allowed each country to carry out cross border raids into each others’
territory against Kurdish rebels
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review Turkey, the US and Iraq)
1986 Iraq’s 1st attempt upon Faw-Um Qasr road in Basra failed Iran claimed it killed 1500 Iraqis
wounded 2600 Took 1000 Iraqi prisoners
1987 Iraq agreed to allow UN team to visit and investigate its use of chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq
War
(Musings On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Use Of Chemical Weapons In Iran-Iraq War And Their Western Origin)
1987 Iran Op Karbala 10 attacked Mawat to help KDP in Kurdistan
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1988 UN mediated end of last war of cities Iran-Iraq War Iraq fired 200 missiles at Iran killing 2000
Iran fired 77 missiles at Iraq Two sides were almost out of missiles leading to deal
(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 End of 3rd Anfal campaign that targeted PUK in Sulaymaniya Civilians were rounded up and put
into camps Mass executions
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition)
1991 Bush White House didn’t think Saddam was going to be overthrown anymore after Gulf War
(Musings On Iraq When The US Helped Start A Rebellion In Iraq That It Didn’t Want)
(Musings On Iraq review The United States And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
1991 SCIRI claimed it started attacks upon govt forces in southern Iraq Came after Shiite revolt put
down
1991 US and UK forces landed in Zakho to set up northern safe haven for Kurdish refugees
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
2002 Gen Franks briefed Bush on Iraq war plans Franks said he wanted to cut timeline by 1/3 and
could start with 180,000 troops
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings On Iraq review Shaping the Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 1st Arbaeen pilgrimage conducted after Saddam Was previously banned
2003 US forces arrested Sadrist cleric Fartusi leading to days of protests
2003 Riot in Mosul against Mishan Jabouri declaring himself mayor Marines intervened Were shot at
Fired back killing 10-15 Iraqis
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 5 We’re Here, Now What?)
2003 ORHA head Garner held meeting Said top priority was getting to Baghdad and establishing
presence
2003 ORHA head Garner said when staff got to Baghdad had to get Iraqi ministries up and running
2003 ORHA staff finally allowed to enter Iraq by US military
(Musings On Iraq review State of Denial, Bush At War, Part III)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq and Back, Inside The War To Win The Peace)
(Musings On Iraq Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Ch 5 ORHA In Baghdad)
2003 Report US wanted long term military relationship with Iraq and use of up to 4 bases
2003 Report Kurds expelled 2000 Arabs from Daquq, Kirkuk
(Musings On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City In
2003)
2003 Apr 10-20 up to 40 people killed in Arab-Kurd violence in Kirkuk city
(Musings On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations in Kirkuk)
2003 UnderSecDef Feith cancelled State Dept plan to set up Kirkuk committee to return displaced set
up compensation etc
2003 Ayatollah Haeri from Iran demanded that new Iraqi govt be consistent with Iraq’s religion and
morals
2004 US forces surrounded Najaf that was under control of Mahdi Army
2006 PM Jaafari stepped down under pressure from Sadr Kurds US Said he wouldn’t give up
office until Ayatollah Sistani told him to
2007 ISI sent letter to Ansar al-Sunna apologizing for past attacks and asking for unification Ansar
said no
(Musings On Iraq The Demise But Not Death of Al Qaeda In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)
2007 Ramadi sheikhs said they would turn Awakening into political party to run in 09 provincial
elections
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2007 Abu Sheibani captured by US Was deputy of network that delivered EFPs from Iran to militias
(Musings On Iraq How Iran Used Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFPs) To Influence events In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
(Musings On Iraq A History Of Iranian Weapons Shipments To Iraq Interview With Arkenstone Blog’s Galen Wright)
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2007 Report Sadr came out against Basra Gov Waeli Called for his followers to join demonstrations
against governor Mahdi Army and Fadhila militia clashed in city in recent weeks
2008 Report Pentagon organized more than 75 ex-military officers who worked as TV analysts to
promote Iraq War Many also profited from war as worked as consultants for defense contractors Got trips to Iraq Meetings with high level officials Were used to counter criticisms of war such as when ex-generals said Def Sec Rumsfeld mishandled war
2008 Report that Thar Allah head Sinawi executed in Baghdad after being captured in Basra during
Charge of Knights
2009 Suicide bomber in Iraqi army uniform attacked US soldiers visiting Baquba mayor killing 11
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
2009 Report Islamic Party agreed to not challenge PM Maliki with no confidence vote in return for
getting Samarraie elected parliament speaker Maliki was trying divide and conquer policy with Sunni parties
2009 Iran opened power line to Diyala that would provide most of its needs Iraq agreed to pay $34
mil/yr for electricity
2010 Abu Shuhabi ISI head of military operations in Kirkuk Ninewa Salahaddin killed in US-Iraq
operation
2011 Mass grave found in Anbar with more than 800 bodies in it Victims of Saddam
2011 Arab League delayed summit in Baghdad due to Iraqi govt complaints about crackdown in
Bahrain against Shiites Bahrain’s Foreign Min lobbied Gulf States to cancel summit
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Will Have To Wait For Its Return To The Regional Stage)
2011 Protest in Fallujah demanded withdrawal of ISF after man killed by army
2011 Courts issued warrants for 11 senior officials for corruption Included 1 minister 1 dep minister 1
case was sale of property in Baghdad for $1 mil when it was worth more than $800 mil Nothing happened
(Musings On Iraq Corruption In Iraq An Interview With Stuart Bowen Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Trouble Fighting Corruption Interview With Vincent Foulk Former US Anti-Graft Official)
2011 Report Iraq’s electricity capacity double prewar levels Supply almost double prewar levels
Demand increased 73% from 2005-11 Demand continued to outgrow supply Most people paid nothing for power providing no incentive to control use
2011 Report 2010 UN survey of refugees who returned to Baghdad found 61% regretted going back
due to lack of security 87% regretted returning because couldn’t afford cost of living Said health education housing were problems 77% couldn’t go back to original homes out of fear 40% of professionals left Iraq since 2003
2012 Oil Min backed down Said Exxon could continue work at West Qurna oil field despite signing
oil deal with Kurds
(Musings On Iraq How the New Chevron Deal Affects Oil Dispute Between Iraq’s Central Government And Kurdistan)
(Musings On Iraq The State Of The Kurdish Regional Government In Iraq, An Interview With National Defense Univ’s Dr Denise Natali)
2012 Sadr met with KRG PM Barzani in Tehran to talk about removing PM Maliki
(Musings On Iraq The Sadrists’ Double Game: Criticizing Iraq’s Prime Minister, While Supporting Him At The Same Time)
(Musings On Iraq What Does Iraq’s Sadr Want?)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Sadrist Back Off Attacks Upon Prime Minister Maliki For Now)
(Musings On Iraq How The No Confidence Move Against Iraq’s Premier Split The Kurdish Parties)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
2012 Pres Barzani gave speech saying power sharing agreement after 2010 elections was dead due to
PM Maliki
2012 Pres Barzani speech said that PKK would not be tolerated if continued to use violence
2012 PM Maliki called Turkey a hostile country Turkey’s Erdogan said Maliki creating sectarian
tensions
2012 Report PM Maliki becoming autocrat Concentrating power Going after opponents 2010 election
increased political divisions Issued arrest warrant for VP Hashemi in 2011 Banned Dep PM Mutlaq from cabinet Maliki ignored Irbil agreement after 2010 election to share power Maliki named National Security and Defense Ministers which were supposed to go to other parties Courts come under Maliki’s control Ruled independent commissions under cabinet’s control not parliament Court ruled new laws can only come from cabinet not parliament Arrested head of Election Comm Salahaddin and Diyala said they would become regions to protest Maliki
(Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
(Musings On Iraq Is Iraq’s Prime Minister Becoming A Dictator? An Interview With Kirk Sowell Of Inside Iraqi Politics)
(Musings On Iraq Is Iraq’s Prime Minister Maliki More Like Premier Nuri al-Sa’id Than Saddam? An Interview With Historian Phebe Marr)
2013 Provincial elections held in 12 of Iraq’s 18 provinces 51% voter participation rate Baghdad had
lowest voter turnout at 33% Salahaddin highest with 61% PM Maliki’s State of Law biggest winner Won 10 provinces
(Musings On Iraq 2013 Provincial Elections Look To Maintain The Current Political Deadlock In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Comparing Iraq’s Provincial Elections 2005-2013)
(Musings On Iraq Complete 2013 Iraq Provincial Elections Results)
2014 Anbar Ops Command announced offensive to retake Fallujah while Anbar council said no op
started Wouldn’t be liberated until 2016
2014 Dep PM Shahristani said Iraq aiming for 9 mil/bar/day in production by 2020 Said Iraq going to
develop natural gas Didn’t reach target Gas only partially developed
2014 ISF launched 1st operation to clear Jurf al-Sakhr in Babil Failed
(Musings On Iraq Deteriorating Security In Northern Babil Province Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Southern Front Babil Province Where The Islamic State Has Free Reign)
(Musings On Iraq Twelve Security Operations Later And Iraq’s Northern Babil Is No Less Safe)
2014 ISIS destroyed army column of T-62 tanks and APCs with anti-tank missiles in Kirkuk
2015 IS held ceremony where Ramadi sheikhs gave it allegiance
2015 80 Anbar sheikhs called on PM Abadi to provide more military aid and called on Hashd to help
fight in province
2016 Report 21 workers including fmr director general of North Oil Company arrested Used front
company to steal money Front company sold equipment to North Oil for millions when only cost thousands Got $6 mil contract in 2014
(Musings On Iraq Corruption In Iraq An Interview With Stuart Bowen Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Trouble Fighting Corruption Interview With Vincent Foulk Former US Anti-Graft Official)
2017 Turkey’s Pres Erdogan called Hashd terrorist group Said Iran working in region to become
main power Said Hashd tool of Iran
2017 Report Bodies turning up in Tigris River in Qayara south Ninewa Officials said people killed
by IS Others said revenge murders Some accused ISF Some bodies showed signs of execution
2017 IS fighters fled into house in Mosul and then exited Was hit by airstrike 2 civilians killed 102
wounded
2018 IS said it would attack candidates in parliamentary elections Referenced Zarqawi’s 2005 call for war against elections Claimed attacks in Anbar and Kirkuk
2018 PM Abadi said 2nd victory in war would be rebuilding development services investment and job creation Said it would happen quicker than most thought Part of re-election campaign Said corruption main problem with rebuilding
2018 Human Rights Watch Report Mar govt workers removed 80 bodies from house in Mosul then burned it Think they were executed IS members PM Abadi promised to investigate war crimes from Battle of Mosul but never happened July 2017 Human Rights Watch documented Iraqi forces torturing and executing IS members
2020 MP on finance committee said more than 250,000 govt workers had more than one
salary
2021 Iran’s fmr ambassador to Iraq said that attacks on US forces in Iraq would continue until all
Americans withdrew from country
2021 PM Kazemi suspended order by Finance Min to tax govt salaries Was part of economic
reform program to deal with financial crisis due to collapse of oil prices
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