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1909 Mosul representatives to new Ottoman Assembly left for Istanbul Was part of Young Turks’
reforms
1914 US consulate report Sheikhs met with Ottomans in Baghdad Didn’t want war but
would defend their land Wanted guns ammo promises of rewards for their service
1920 Kufa fell to British during 1920 Revolt Led to surrender of Najaf next day Tribal siege of
Diwaniya also ended
(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)
1972 CIA memo Shah told Iraq he would end support for Kurds if Baghdad cancelled old
frontier treaty
(Musings On Iraq review Killing Hope, U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)
(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 The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq & the Kurdish Question, 1958-70)
(Musings On Iraq When The Shah and Nixon Manipulated The Kurds)
1973 Saddam said govt and KDP were far apart on autonomy talks for Kurds
1973 Syrians ordered Iraqis 3rd Armored Div to attack Tel Antar again in Golan Heights Yom
Kippur War
1973 Iraqi Special Forces brigade carried out raids against Israelis in Tel Antar in Golan
Heights Yom Kippur War
1980 UN Security Council discussed Iran-Iraq War Addressed by Iran and Iraq Iran Foreign Min
told UN Iraq was aggressor Saddam wanted to overthrow Iranian govt Iraq backed by superpowers and Arab countries Iraq Foreign Min said Iran violated treaties attacked border towns never replied to letters calling for negotiations UN Security Council backed Secretary General’s attempts to negotiate a ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War
1984 Iran launched new attack into Maysan
(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)
1987 Iraq held national census
1994 Russia urged UN to lift oil embargo on Iraq after it withdrew its troops from Kuwait border
Russia said sanctions should be allowed to expire unless Security Council voted to continue them
1994 Iraqi defector Saadi claimed he went to Jordan with Mukhabarat to buy nuke material from
Russians for a bomb
2001 Bush called PM Blair Told him Iraq probably behind anthrax letters in US
2001 NY Times Iraqi defector saw Iraq training terrorists at Salman Pak to take airliners INC
claimed Iraq diplomat met bin Laden in 98 Offered him safe haven Reported Czech Inter Min said 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intel officer in Prague
(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The
Sectarian War of 2006)
2003 Iraqi prisoner photographed stripped and handcuffed to cell door by US jailers at Abu
Ghraib
(Musings On Iraq US Army History Of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 9 Down The Spider Hole, October-December 2003)
2003 Gunfight outside Sadr office in Karbala killed 3 US soldiers and 7 Iraqis
2004 Zarqawi pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda Tawhid wal Jihad became
Al Qaeda in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Tracking Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Zarqawi Interview With Ex-CIA Analyst Nada Bakos)
(Musings On Iraq The Rise And Rebirth Of The Islamic State Interview With Author Michael Weiss)
2004 Heavy fighting in east and south Fallujah between US forces and insurgents US wanted to
clear city before Jan 05 election
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 14 Fighting To The Elections, August-December 2004)
(Musings On Iraq review The Battle for Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2006 NSC started review of Iraq strategy to come up with new one Wouldn’t be finished until Jan
(Musings On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)
(Musings On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)
2006 Interior Min fired 3,000 police for human rights abuses corruption connection to militias 1
Police Commando commander and a public order brigade commander removed for ties to militias
(Musings On Iraq From Bad To Worse How Military Moved Into The Iraqi Police Force And The United States Failed At Nation Building Part Two Of An Interview With Jerry Burke Former Advisor To The Baghdad Police And Interior Ministry)
2006 After 4 days of sectarian fighting Iraqi army and US forces deployed to Balad Almost entire
Sunni population had fled
2006 Sheikh Abu Risha head of Anbar Awakening met with Anbar Governor Alwani Was US
attempt at reconciliation between two Abu Risha wanted Alwani removed
(Musings On Iraq Anbar Before And After the Awakening Pt X, 2005-09 Governor Mamoun Alwani)
(Musings On Iraq Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part III Sheikh Ahmed Sattar Al-Rishawi Abu Risha)
2008 ISF arrested 4 ISI members planning attacks on Christians in Mosul Since attacks started in
Oct 9,360 had fled city
(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Bad Times For Iraq’s Christians)
2008 UN reported more Iraqis seeking asylum than any other nationality 1st 6 months of 2008
165,100 Iraqis asked for asylum
(Musings On Iraq Largest Number Of Asylum Seekers Continue To Come From Iraq)
2008 Report Iraq govt unable to spend money Used paper system and authorizations came from
multiple ministries before money could be spent Took 6-9 months for money to be used Many bureaucrats fled country due to violence also slowing process Ninewa only spent 2% of its capital budget in 2008 Planning Min said Iraq spent 43% of its $16 bil in investment funds in 08 Govt also counted money appropriated as spent even if it wasn’t
2009 ISCI head Hakim said party no longer pushing southern federal region
2010 Report Diyala and Salahaddin sahwa leaders denied any of their fighters had joined
insurgency Claimed politicians who opposed sahwa went to press and spread stories
(Musings On Iraq Are The Sons Of Iraq Returning To The Insurgency?)
2010 Report Iran worked out deal for 2nd PM Maliki term Got Sadr to support Maliki Got Maliki
chief of staff to meet with Sadr in Iran along with Quds Force cmdr Gen Suleimani and Hezbollah’s Kawtharani Also went to Syria who originally supported Allawi and got it to back Maliki
(Musings On Iraq Sadr’s Decision To Support Maliki And Its Effect Within And Without Iraq)
2010 Report Sadr asked for 7 ministries Secretary of cabinet Deputy ministers in all security
agencies 25% of staff in each ministry Release of Sadrist prisoners to support PM Maliki’s 2nd term
2011 Report Planning Min wanted to reduce poverty in Iraq Main plan was to provide 4 mil govt
jobs in next 4 yrs Govt workers had 14% higher income than private sector workers Last 8 yrs poverty unchanged Govt didn’t follow through with plans
2013 Report KRG hoped independent oil pipeline to Turkey would earn more money than what
it got from budget Maliki govt afraid pipeline would lead to KRG independence Natural Resource Min Hawrami said revenue from pipeline would be shared It wasn’t KRG would have to produce 400,000-500,000 bar/day of oil to make up for budget payments Estimates were KRG only had capacity of 350,000 bar/day 140,000 bar/day of that was used internally
2013 Report New survey found 450,000 excess deaths in Iraq Said Iraq Body Count method of
monitoring media to count deaths missed many Survey said 270,000 died violently US responsible for 90,000 deaths Survey had lower death count than Lancet study
(Musings On Iraq Major Flaws With The Lancet Reports On Iraqi Deaths Part I)
(Musings On Iraq Major Flaws With The Lancet Reports On Iraqi Deaths Part II)
(Musings On Iraq New Survey On Estimated Deaths In Iraq Refutes Lancet Reports)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Mark Van Der Laan on Lancet Reports)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Michael Spagat on Lancet reports)
2013 Repot New survey on Iraqi deaths reported 405,000 excessive deaths from 2003-11
243,000 violent deaths Figure was comparable to Iraq Body Count and Iraq Family Health Survey
2014 Interior Min approved 3000 tribal fighters into new brigade in Anbar Would be trained by
US
2014 Salahaddin governor said ops started to free Tikrit and Baiji Both failed
2014 IS began final assault on Ramadi
2015 Sulamaniya teachers held protests in four cities over KRG not paying them
2016 Mosul campaign started with joint operations between Iraqi forces and Peshmerga Kurds
freed 2 towns 9th Div freed 6 villages Ex-Ninewa Gov Nujafi’s militia said it would take part in op with Peshmerga Attacked Mosul Dam
(Musings On Iraq Mosul Campaign Day One, Oct 17, 2016)
(Musings On Iraq Reviewing The Battle Of Mosul Interview With Ret Col David Witty)
(Musings On Iraq How The Islamic State Has Fought The Battle For Mosul Interview With Horizon Access’ Alex Mello)
(Musings On Iraq Plight Of Civilians In The Battle For Mosul Interview With Amnesty International’s Donatella Rovera)
(Musings On Iraq How Is The Islamic State Dealing With Its Defeat In Mosul? Interview With Charlie Winter On IS Media Output)
(Musings On Iraq The Battle For West Mosul Interview With BBC’s Quentin Somerville)
(Musings On Iraq Securing Mosul Interview With Niqash’s Mustafa Habib)
(Musings On Iraq Interview Stephen Kalin of Reuters On Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq Interview With Agence France Presse’s Ahmad Mousa On The Battle For Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq Interview With Journalist Florian Neuhof On The Mosul Campaign)
(Musings On Iraq Review They Will Have to Die Now: Mosul and the Fall of the Caliphate)
(Musings On Iraq Review Shatter the Nations, ISIS and the War for the Caliphate)
2017 PM Abadi said KRG independence referendum over and in the past Said Baghdad would
have control of all parts of Iraq including KRG Pres Barzani said 1 day Kurds would be independent
2017 Kurds withdrew from Khanaqin Diyala Also Bashiqa Makhmour Gwar Rabia part of Sinjar
Ninewa that they occupied in 2014 Was gun battle between Hashd and Police vs Peshmerga at Mosul Dam
(Musings On Iraq Kirkuk Aftermath)
(Musings On Iraq Kurds Fall Back to 2014 Borders)
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 5 Turkish soldiers killed by IEDs laid by PKK 1st time in years Turkish soldiers killed by
PKK in Iraq Would start escalation of conflict End of 2017 318 PKK fighters and 23 Turkish soldiers killed along with 23 Turks wounded in fighting
(Musings On Iraq interview with journalist Frederike Geerdink on escalating conflict between PKK and Turks in Iraq)
2017 Report Hashd leader Abu Muhandis and Badr head Amiri met with Quds Force member
Eqbalpour in Kirkuk KRG rejected Quds Force cmdr Gen Suleimani’s lobbyied to end independence referendum Eqbalpour threatened Iranian attack on Kirkuk if Kurds didn’t withdraw Peshmerga claimed Iranians were with Hashd who advanced into Kirkuk
2017 Report PUK saw KRG independence referendum as attempt by Pres Barzani to stay in
office and increase his power PUK angry KDP controlled oil revenue from fields in Kirkuk Mar KDP sent its Peshmerga to Kirkuk oil field run by PUK Reinforced idea KDP trying to encroach on PUK areas Kirkuk governor who was from PUK aligned with KDP Iran cut off fuel exports to KRG which hurt PUK in Sulaymaniya Gorran claimed PUK made deal with Badr’s Amiri Other report PUK met with PM Abadi to withdraw from Kirkuk
(Musings On Iraq Fighting Breaks Out Between Federal Forces And Peshmerga In Salahaddin And Kirkuk)
2017 MP said Kurdish shops burned in Tuz Kharmato Hashd blamed PM Abadi admitted to
abuses in city
2017 Peshmerga accused of destroying 3000 Arab homes in Jawlala Diyala and trying to change
demographics of area
2018 Report Health Min samples found toxic water in Basra Found increases in
contaminants Factory and oil waste from Basra and Iran flowing into Shatt al-Arab polluting water
2018 Human Rights Comm said 2265 bodies found in Ninewa after liberated from IS
2019 Maliki Hakim Abadi all condemned govt going after journalists for covering protests
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
2019 Report Iraqi blogger involved in protests kidnapped Came after he was arrested by ISF
Pro-Iran Hashd accused him of trying to normalize relations between Iraq and Israel for money
2019 Report Lami head of Hashd Security Directorate from Kataib Hezbollah involved in
coordinating Hashd attacks on protesters
2020 Pro-Iran Hashd and supporters burned KDP office in Baghdad’s Green Zone after Hoshyar
Zebari said that Hashd should be expelled from Green Zone
2020 12 men kidnapped and 8 of their bodies later found in Balad Salahaddin Asaib Ahl Al-Haq
blamed Provincial officials demanded Hashd withdraw from area
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Security In Iraq Oct 15-21, 2020)
2021 Hikma protested in Baghdad Wasit Basra against election results
2021 Maliki called elections illegitimate and void due to low voter turnout Called for protests
2021 Kataib Hezbollah spokesman called for PM Kazemi to be put on trial for election results
Claimed they were fraudulent
2021 Fatah accused UAE for manipulating election results
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