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1915 British attacked Ottomans at Es Sinn with frontal attack Ottomans held and then retreated at
night
1917 2nd Battle of Ramadi started between Ottomans and British
1922 King Faisal reinstated Naqib Abd Rahman al-Gaylani as prime minister 2nd time and said he
supported the Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1963 Damascus announced it would work to merge Syria and Iraq
1964 Barzani called conference of Kurdish notables to decry Ibrahim Ahmad-Jalal Talabani and
make him undisputed leader of Kurdish movement
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1970 Ammash removed as VP Saikhli removed as Foreign Minister Saddam trying to eliminate
possible rivals
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq Since 1958, From Revolution To Dictatorship)
1970 Request by Barzani to include Kurds in Revolutionary Command Council rejected
1980 Iraq reached Ahvaz one of the main targets in the south Took Susangard and Bosan in Khuzistan
without a fight Didn’t have forces to hold either Set up observation posts around area
1980 UN Resolution 479 called for cease-fire in Iran-Iraq War Rejected by Iran
1980 Saddam offered ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War Said he wanted Iran to recognize Iraq’s rights to
Shatt al-Arab and the territory it seized in war Non-aggression and non-interference in internal affairs
(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)
1980 Saddam realized invasion was going slower than planned Iraqi forces hadn’t achieved any
major war goals yet
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1980 Iraq reached Geilan Zarb across from Maysan Didn’t attack town waited for artillery to arrive
next day
1980 1st time UN Security Council discussed Iran-Iraq War Iraq’s UN amb blamed Iran for war
saying it violated treaties and attacked Iraqi territory
1980 Muslim countries’ committee visited Baghdad to try to mediate Iran-Iraq War
1980 Soviet Tass news agency criticized Iraq invading Iran as undermining national liberation
movements in Middle East
(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)
1980 PM Begin said that Israel had supported Kurds
2001 After NSC meeting on start of Afghan war Bush said he believed Saddam was involved in 9/11
but Iraq would be dealt with later
(Musings On Iraq review Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account Of The Decision To Invade Iraq)
2001 Chalabi briefed DIA on INC defector Col Abu Zainab Qairy who said he saw Arab terrorists
training to hijack airplanes at camp in Salman Pak in Baghdad Meeting was set up by fmr CIA-Dir Woolsey False story
(Musings On Iraq review The Man Who Pushed America To War, The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi)
(Musings On Iraq review Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi and the Selling of the Iraq War)
2002 Bush radio address Said Iraq could launch a WMD attack upon US in 45 minutes
(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception)
2002 US gave draft UN resolution to France Russia China on new weapons inspectors Gave 7 days
for Iraq to provide weapons declaration to UN 23 days to open all WMD sites Set up military bases for inspectors to work out of that would have no fly and no drive zones around them If Iraq failed to meet these demands UN was authorized to use all means to restore peace Were meant to make demands that Iraq would never comply with and justify war
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 Natl Sec Adv Rice and Sec State Powell said that US had lots of new intel on Iraq’s WMD
since 1998 when inspectors left in response to criticism
(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings On Iraq How The Administration Reversed Itself On Finding Iraq’s WMD)
(Musings On Iraq review Hoodwinked, The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War)
(Musings On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception)
2003 Natl Sec Adv Rice said were always questions about Iraq’s nuke program but no question it
had WMD
2003 Natl Sec Adv Rice on NBC said that US didn’t know how bad Iraq’s society was because
Baghdad looked so good Said US didn’t know what it was going to find in Iraq before invasion Admitted US never looked at studies of Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Rice: We Didn’t Know How Bad Iraq’s Infrastructure Was Because Baghdad Looked So Modern)
2003 Report DIA review found defectors provided by INC invented and exaggerated info about
Iraq’s WMD
2004 PM Allawi told Al Arabiya TV that govt had waited long enough on Fallujah and Iraqi forces
would help take 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)
2004 US troops started operation to clear Samarra of insurgents before Jan 05 election
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 14 Fighting To The Elections, August-December 2004)
2004 PM Blair said intelligence on Iraq’s WMD was wrong but getting rid of Saddam was right
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2004 Report Jan 03 Natl Intel Council issued 2 reports saying US invasion of Iraq would increase
support for Islamism and could lead to insurgency
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)
2006 UK Op Sinbad in Basra began focusing on police and reconstruction Didn’t get support of PM
Maliki who was against action vs militias
(Musings On Iraq US Army History Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 22 – The Failed Transition)
2006 Al Qeada in Iraq kidnapped brother of Sheikh Jassim Suwadawi and 3 tribesmen from Albu
Soda and executed them in Anbar Would lead tribe to turn against Al Qaeda in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part V Sheikh Jassim Mohammed Salah al-Suwaidi And Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Janabi)
(Musings On Iraq US Army History Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 22 – The Failed Transition)
2006 Gen Zahner deputy chief of staff for intelligence Multi-National Force Iraq said explosive
found with militias came from Iran
(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)
2006 Report UK Def Min think tank said that Iraq war radicalized disillusioned young Muslims and
led them to Al Qaeda War was recruiting tool for jihadist groups
2006 Report Around 240,000 Iraqis had registered as displaced Feb-Jul 06
2006 Report death squads mostly from Mahdi Army returned to Baghdad’s Ghaziliya after cleared
by US during Op Together Forward Iraqi police were letting militiamen back in
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 20 Baghdad Burns, Summer-Fall 2006)
(Musings On Iraq Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2006 Report US military complained about Maliki govt not allowing it to go after Mahdi Army in
Baghdad US said death squads were major problem with sectarian violence Aug and Sep US went after Mahdi Army commanders in Najaf and Baghdad and Maliki objected Maliki also cancelled planned US-Iraqi joint op to move into Sadr City Maliki had list of figures including Sadrists and Mahdi Army members US couldn’t arrest in Baghdad Govt spokesman Dabbagh said unfair to treat militias like insurgents Said US should go after insurgents first
(Musings On Iraq US Army History Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 22 – The Failed Transition)
(Musings On Iraq The Life Of Nouri al-Maliki An Interview With Journalist Ned Parker)
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2006 Report Maliki govt tried to send ISF units to Diyala US said they couldn’t until committed 4000
troops promised for Op Together Forward in Baghdad Diyala site of major sectarian fighting for control of province with ISF helping militias
2006 Report US intel officer said Mahdi Army splintering Said 6 militia leaders had broken away
Sadr appointed 4 different leaders to try to control militia in Basra
2006 InspGenIraqRecon report Baghdad Police College just completed a disaster 1 building had to
be shut down due to leaking pipes warped floors human waste flooding areas Was built by Parsons Corp that had series of corrupt and fraudulent contracts throughout Iraq since 2004
2008 InspGenIraqRecon report said Iraq had lost $16 bil in potential oil sales Jan 04-Mar 06 due to
insurgent attacks Even without those attacks Iraqi oil would be plagued by criminals oil smuggling and poor infrastructure
2008 ISCI Governor of Dhi Qar came out against establishing Tribal Support Councils there because
seen as tools of PM Maliki
(Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman)
(Musings On Iraq Disputes Over Tribal Support Councils)
(Musings On Iraq Maliki’s Tribal Support Councils Appear To Be Paying Off)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
2008 Investigation started in Mosul over killing 11 Christians which would lead to 1000s fleeing
(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Bad Times For Iraq’s Christians)
2008 Electricity Min said it wanted to end power shortages by 2012 Didn’t happen Iraq produced
5500mw Demand 11000mw
2010 Report Industry Min was going to offer 10 state owned enterprises to foreign investors
Eventually wanted to sell 250 enterprises by 2020 Ministry owned 60 companies that ran 250 factories mainly in cement petrochemicals steel pharmaceuticals Dep Min said all poorly run and needed money and rehabilitation Only 5 companies had been sold since 03
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Attempting To Privatize Its State-Run Businesses Once Again)
2011 Report Shiite politician said didn’t fear Sunni rule in Syria but Wahabi rule Said Saudis were
trying to break the Shiite crescent in Mideast Another Shiite politician said if Assad overthrown Wahabis would join with people in Anbar and start a new war in Iraq
2012 Report Iraq’s schools overcrowded Education Min made situation worse May ministry paid
companies to destroy old schools Were supposed to replace them but ran out of money Diyala more than 100 schools destroyed 1 town lost 28 schools Ministry said it needed 700-800 new schools
2014 Report Some estimated IS made $2-$3 mil/day from oil smuggling Thought overestimate
Lost 7 oil fields Still held 2 but neither produced much Still had fields in Syria
2014 IS took 3 districts in central Ramadi Attacked Amiriya Fallujah but turned back
2015 Kataib Hezbollah said passing National Guard Law would be treason
2015 Report Salahaddin govt made deal to allow displaced back to Albu Ajeel Had list of 300
people labeled IS sympathizers that would be banned from returning
2016 Metro Center for Journalists’ Rights and Advocacy said journalists had been arrested
equipment taken beaten by security forces in Sulaymaniya and Irbil for covering protests
2017 Iraq Pres Masum said that KRG referendum was constitutional but separation of Kurdistan
was not
(Musings On Iraq What’s Next For Kurdistan After The Referendum?)
(Musings On Iraq War of Words Continues Between Baghdad and Irbil After KRG Referendum)
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq review Quicksilver War, Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict)
2017 Pres Barzani said that cooperation between Irbil and Baghdad was important but Iraqi govt
acted recklessly and pushed Kurds away
2017 Turkey said it was suspending training program with Peshmerga over independence
referendum
2017 All intl flights to KRG ended upon order of Abadi govt
2017 Reporters Without Border Media being attacked and curtailed in KRG 4 reporters stopped
from covering KRG independence vote TV station suspended before vote 2 stations blocked from covering Pres Barzani’s speech in Kirkuk Reporter arrested for covering protest against Barzani 4 gunmen smashed windows of reporter’s car after he wrote article about corruption in KRG Host of daily talk show threatened Journalist who supported no vote against referendum went into hiding after death threats
2017 Hashd arrested 8 Christian health workers in Ninewa Plains Told them to convert to Shiism
Insulted and made fun of them
2018 Report After model shot dead in Baghdad Protest activist killed in Basra 2 women in beauty
industry killed PM Abadi ordered Interior Min to investigate Nothing happened
(Musings On Iraq Review What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq)
2018 Report Last 2 months 3 villages emptied of people in Qara Tapa Diyala because of IS
Some areas off limits to ISF at night IS threatened people if cooperated with Iraqi forces
2020 Pro-Iran group fired rockets at Baghdad Airport Some fell short and landed on residential
area Killed 5 civilians and wounded 2
(Musings On Iraq Islamic State And Pro-Iran Groups Both Pick Up Attacks In Iraq In September)
2020 Dist manager in Dohuk said Turkey built 2 new military bases in Zakho area to fight PKK
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