1938 Iraq wrote UK saying Iran was threatening Shatt al-Arab waterway Iraq wanted outlet to sea
via Kuwait UK said Iran not threat because ally and Kuwait wouldn’t allow canal through its territory
(Musings On Iraq review Unholy Babylon, The Secret History of Saddam’s War)
1980 Saddam claimed full sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab waterway Precursor to Iran-Iraq War
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)
1980 Iraq officially protested Iran shelling border towns Seized Zain al-Qas in retaliation
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1980 5 Iraqi helicopters crossed over into Iran and 1 got shot down Iraqi army seized two
disputed border villages in Iran
1983 US-Iraq began high level diplomatic talks to restore full relations Iraq asked US for help to end
Iran-Iraq War
(Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
1986 Iran Op Karbala 2 in Kurdistan ended
(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)
1990 Emir of Kuwait agreed to pay $15 bil to help pay for military operations in Saudi Arabia to
protect it from Iraq
1990 Republican Guard withdrawn from Kuwait to form defensive line to protect Basra
1992 Report US hoped that new no fly zone in south might cause coup against Saddam
1994 CIA estimated that over 100,000 driven out of marshes in Maysan by military campaign
1996 Iraq submitted declaration on nuclear program Inspectors thought Iraq was hiding information
1996 PUK said that Iraqi Republican Guard were about to attack Sulaymaniya
2002 NSC meeting debated whether US should go to UN and ask for return of weapons inspectors
Sec State Powell for VP Cheney against Sec State Powell brought up his concerns about size of Iraq invasion force at NSC Cheney argued for 30-60 day ultimatum for Saddam to step down Said Iraq developing WMD so fast US couldn’t wait Briefing book for meeting included argument for invading Iraq how Iraq would be run after Saddam Lessons learned from occupation of Germany and Japan after WWII
(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The
Sectarian War of 2006)
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco)
(Musings On Iraq review Rise Of The Vulcans, The History of Bush’s War Cabinet)
2002 PM Blair and Bush met Decided on new UN resolution demanding new inspections in Iraq Blair
told Bush they should seek 2 UN resolutions 1 for inspectors 2nd for if Iraq didn’t comply Blair said that UK would take part in any military action against Iraq Blair said rebuilding Iraq would take a major effort Might need troops to stay in Iraq for up to 18 months
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
(Musings On Iraq review Days Of Fire, Bush and Cheney in the White House)
(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.4 Development of UK Iraq Strategy and Options, Late July to 14 September 2002)
(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.5 Development of UK Strategy and Options September to November 2002 – Negotiation of Resolution 1441)
2002 Bush and Blair press conference Both said IAEA found Iraq had nuclear program and was 6
months away from getting a bomb Were referring to 1996 IAEA report during UN inspections not new one
(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Created An Iraqi Nuclear Threat In 2002)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Bush said Iraq central front in the war on terror Said invasion was to spread democracy and
change MidEast Announced $18.4 bil for reconstructing Iraq Admitted that hundreds to thousands of foreign fighters had entered Iraq to carry out attacks
(Musings On Iraq How The U.S. Failed To Recognize The Insurgency In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Overreach, Delusions of Regime Change In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Future The aftermath of regime change)
(Musings On Iraq review Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)
(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The
Sectarian War of 2006)
(Musings On Iraq Special Inspector General For Iraq Reconstruction’s Hard Lessons Chapter 10 Contracting Billions for Reconstruction)
2004 Number of US troops killed in Iraq reached 1,000 647 of those were after invasion ended
2005 Report Al Qaeda in Iraq controlled Qaim Anbar Made alliance with local tribe to run town
2006 US captured Al Qaeda in Iraq leader in Ramadi Abu Bakr setting back group in district
2006 New Al AQaeda in Iraq War Min Abu al-Masri released 1st statement Called for each member
to kill an American and every Sunni to kill a Shiite in next 15 days to see who was with the group and who was not
(Musings On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement)
2006 Iraqi govt took control of armed forces command and 8th Division based in Qadisiya
2007 Gen Petraeus wrote letter to his commanders saying he was disappointed in lack of reconciliation
by Maliki govt Hoped Surge would lead to changes during summer but didn’t happen
(Musings On Iraq review Surge, My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq Inside The Surge An Interview With Prof Peter Mansoor Former Executive Officer To Gen Petraeus)
(Musings On Iraq Reassessing The US Surge, And Recognizing Iraqi Agency In Ending The 2005-2008 Civil War In Iraq An Interview With New America Foundation’s Douglas Ollivant)
2007 Report Mahdi Army tried to purge Sunnis from Jihad Baya Amil Sadiya neighborhoods of
Baghdad Did not find drop in violence in Baghdad as US and Iraq claimed Interior Min official said PM Maliki govt releasing lower death counts to show progress
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2007 Report US CENTCOM cmdr Adm Fallon opposed Surge Fallon sent admiral to Baghdad during
summer to collect info on Surge which led to his plans for ending Surge and withdrawing US troops
2008 Iraq approved deal with Shell to capture natural gas in Basra from oil fields Deal was delayed
for years
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Signs Natural Gas Deal As Half Of Oil Plan Is Dropped)
(Musings On Iraq Battle Over Control of Iraq’s Natural Resources Heats Up)
(Musings On Iraq Shell Natural Gas Deal Held Up By Iraqi Politics)
2009 Report US brokered 1st talks between al-Hadbaa and Kurdish Ninewa Brotherhood List Kurds
boycotted provincial council after elections and Hadbaa took all the provincial offices
(Musings On Iraq U.S. Holds Talks Between Al-Hadbaa And Kurds In Ninewa)
2009 Report After provincial elections Basra govt started Islamist policy Ordered dress codes gender
segregation alcohol ban
(Musings On Iraq The Islamist Side Of Maliki’s Dawa Party)
2010 US govt report Maliki govt only implemented Provincial Powers Law in provinces controlled
by his State of Law Baghdad wouldn’t give powers to provinces run by others
2010 US govt report Constitutional Review Committee submitted final report Jun 09 Didn’t deal
with any major issues Didn’t know if govt would act on recommendations It didn’t
2010 US govt report Iraq imported 18,500 mw from Iran and Turkey in May 12% of total Jan-May
Electricity Min added 190 mw to power grid Ministry had plans to add 20,000 mw over 5 yrs Didn’t have funding Owed foreign companies for existing contracts Signed contracts to install generators but no turbines
2011 KRG Pres Barzani called on PM Maliki to sign troop extension with US Said would stop
sectarian war
2014 Anbar’s Governor Dulaimi seriously wounded by mortar fire in Barwana
2014 Report 17 yr old Yazidi girl seized with 40 other women by IS Taken from Sinjar to village
south of Mosul Were raped by IS
(Musings On Iraq Islamic State’s Destruction Of Iraq’s Yazidi Community)
2014 Report KRG ruling party members and journalists and intellectuals affiliated with parties were
getting pensions as fmr govt workers 300 women from KDP-PUK were listed as former peshmerga
2014 Peshmerga backed by US air strikes began attack upon Bashiqa Ninewa
2016 Banking officers and traffic police in Sulaymaniya went on strike over KRG not paying them
KRG in financial crisis after cut off from monthly budget payments by Baghdad over dispute over oil
2016 Report Harakat Nujaba spokesman said it sent 1000 fighters to Syria Group’s Twitter showed
its fighters in Syria with Gen Suleimani
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Prime Minister Abadi Continuing Maliki’s Syrian Policy)
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
2016 Report Anbar govt said 1500 civilians held in Amiriya Fallujah for 4 months Called for their
release
2018 PM Abadi said that funds for Basra would not follow procedures and would be under direct
control of governor
2018 Pro-Iran group fired rockets at US consulate in Basra
2018 Ayatollah Sistani’s representative in Friday prayers condemned violence of protesters and ISF in
Basra Said it only led to more problems Said incompetent officials led to water crisis in Basra
2018 In Basra Iranian consulate and Dawa office burned Integrity Comm offices stormed Asaib
Ahl Al-Haq guards fired on protesters outside offices Killed 3 Cars driven by soldiers hit protesters killing 1 Three other protesters died Hospital for Hashd sacked US consulate besieged Um Qasr port closed again Stormed water injection plant in West Qurna 1 field Cut road to Maysan Basra protest committee and Bar Assoc said they would not join Sep 8 protests due to looting and burning buildings Lukoil office in West Qurna 2 temporarily occupied Solidarity protests in Najaf Maysan Qadisiya Baghdad Dhi Qar
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
2018 Interior Min sent large police force to Basra city to suppress protests
2020 Govt announced it would give 1.2 mil dinars to families that lost a member during protests
The families and those injured during demonstrations would also get a monthly pension
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Govt Promises Pensions For Killed And Wounded Protesters It Can’t Cover)
2021 Fmr Ninewa Gov Nujafi given 7 yrs for corruption
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