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1915 UK cmdr in Mesopotamia Gen Nixon told to march on Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1920 Convoy heading from Mosul to Baghdad ambushed by tribesmen Killed Lt Faruqi of Arab
nationalist al-Ahd group who helped lead to Arab Revolt during WWI
1922 1st Parliamentary election started Opposed by Shiite clergy over representation Led to
postponement
1973 Egypt accepted UN ceasefire in Yom Kippur War Iraq ordered forces to withdraw
from Syria Iraq lost 278 killed 898 wounded
1978 Pres Assad visited Baghdad 1st time to talk about unifying Iraq and Syria Issued
unification declaration
1980 Iraq took city center in Khorramshahr Declared it taken Fighting continued for 4 more days
Was supposed to be taken in 1st wk of war Took 1 month
(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)
1984 US Info Service reopened office in Baghdad Closed since 1958 in first step to reestablish
formal relations between US and Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings On Iraq Review The Twilight War, The Secret History Of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict With Iran)
1986 Iraq-Saudi pipeline opened to help Iraq finance Iran-Iraq War
1997 KDP launched offensive against PUK ending last ceasefire in civil war
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
2002 Pentagon’s Policy Counterterrorism Group briefed Rumsfeld on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign
Policy Tragedy)
(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The
Sectarian War of 2006)
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld told press Policy Counterterrorism Group was not an intel unit It was set
up by UnderSecDef Feith to go through intel and find Iraq-Al Qaeda ties because US intel agencies said two were not linked
2002 Intel officials complained to press that Pentagon politicizing intel on Iraq
2003 US secured $13 bil in aid and loans from allies for Iraq at Madrid conference Allies failed
to follow through with most pledges
(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The
Sectarian War of 2006)
2003 Maysan police chief assassinated after went to Sadrist mosque Afterward chief’s tribe
raided mosque Kidnapped 2 imams Sadrists called out Mahdi Army into streets Marched on police HQ Led to shooting UK military stopped fighting
2005 Palestine Hotel and Sheraton Ishtar Hotel in Baghdad hit by truck bombs
2006 US Cmdr Gen Casey Amb Khalilzad announced new timetable for US goals in Iraq Said
ISF should take over security in 12-18 months Govt had to demobilize and integrate Shiite militias Draft bill to divide oil revenues End deBaathification Hold provincial elections Revise constitution Set no date for when goals had to be achieved or any consequences for not meeting them
2006 SCIRI head Hakim gave sermon in Baghdad Called for 8-9 province federal region in south
Said would not mean partition of Iraq Condemned a strong central govt Said southern region supported by history when south was Basra province in Ottoman era
(Musings On Iraq history of Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
2006 US forces cordoned off Sadr City after US soldier went missing there Violence dropped
50% in district as a result
2007 Mahdi Army and Badr in fought in Karbala despite Sadr’s freeze on his militia and Iranian
peace deal between Sadr and Hakim signed Oct 6 City was shut off to try to keep militias out Each accused the other of being an Iranian tool
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
2008 Interview with ISI War Min Abu Hamza al-Muhajir posted Said that sahwa members could
repent and return to the insurgency
2008 2 Iranian agents intercepted attempting to infiltrate into Wasit One killed one arrested Were
allegedly planning military operations in Iraq 3rd such incident in Oct
(Musings On Iraq Overview of Iran’s Influence In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iranians And Special Groups Forces Returning To Iraq)
2008 UN estimated 13,000 Christians fled Mosul after 14 killed in city
(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Bad Times For Iraq’s Christians)
2008 Report on avg 1,000 Iraqi soldiers AWOL 1,000 in jail 2,000 in hospital or recuperating per
day US hired company to install computers to track Iraqi soldiers for $21 mil Only 1 computer working by Jan 08 Officers rejected system because would interfere with ghost soldiers and stealing salaries
2008 Report Drought meant wheat crop down 27% Barley crop down 40% Rain was down 40%
in 2007 Led to drought Maliki govt appropriated $200 mil for farmers Didn’t help
2008 Interview with Sheikh Suleiman of Iraq National Salvation Front Said Awakening would
win elections in Anbar because kicked out Al Qaeda in Iraq Said Islamic Party that ran Anbar came to power on backs of US and insurgency
2010 Report Oct 11 17 Iraqi soldiers arrested by US for robbing Sunnis in Mansour and Washash
in Baghdad Told Americans they were working for PM Maliki Defense Min official showed up and asked for their release Said he came under orders from Maliki
2010 Report Wikileaks doc reported Oct 06 Sadr sent Mahdi Army death squad to assassinate
PM Maliki
2010 Federal Court said parliament holding first session open for weeks had to end Was done so
ruling parties could ignore deadline to form new govt Parties ignored court decision
2011 Maliki govt arrested over 900 alleged Baathists Claimed involved in coup plot No evidence
of coup
2011 Special Insp Gen for Iraq Recon audited State Dept’s police training program Found lack of
planning No assessments High costs Maliki govt didn’t care about program
2011 Agricultural Min offered land to foreign investors Wanted foreign companies to help Iraq
become self-sufficient in crops Farming suffered from cheap imports and droughts Didn’t get much investment
2012 Austria’s OMV withdrew from 2 blocks in KRG Explored for oil and gas for 5 yrs Didn’t
find any
2012 Report Iraq wanted to double electricity production in 2 yrs Would be fueled by natural gas
imports from Iran Also from Shell natural gas deal in Basra Didn’t happen
2013 Report Govt memo claimed Baathists infiltrated Interior and Defense Ministries and that
was how insurgents were able to carry out so many attacks Said Baathists were working with ISIS
2013 Sahwa leaders in Kirkuk said ISI trying to take over towns and hold territory
2014 Babil’s Jurf al-Sakhr finally cleared after a dozen attempts All civilians forced out of city
and not allowed to return Turned into Hashd base
2014 Report Sep CIA est IS had 20,000-31,500 fighters Large increase from last CIA report that
said 10,000 fighters Due to heavy recruitment and new foreign fighters CIA est 15,000 foreign fighters went to Iraq and Syria over last few yrs IS went into Arab villages in Ninewa to recruit Also recruited amongst other insurgent groups in Iraq and Syria After fall of Mosul got more recruits Other insurgent groups joined IS
2014 Report US blamed PM Maliki for politicization of ISF and its problems 6 brigades were
being retrained by govt Jul US reported 24 out of Iraq’s 50 brigades were undertrained and underequipped
2014 IS attacked Edheim NDiyala ISF and tribes freed 3 villages between Hit and Baghdadi in
Anbar
2014 Report Peshmerga cmdr said Hashd killing civilians and burning homes in Tuz Kharmato
Salahaddin Up to 7000 families fled
(Musings On Iraq review A Stranger in Your Own City, Travels in the Middle East’s Long War)
2016 UN said Kirkuk security comm and Asayesh ordered displaced to leave city Arab residents
said Asayesh trucks drove through neighborhood telling people to leave or their homes would be destroyed Came after IS attack
2016 Report Turkish officials said Turkish forces were in Ninewa to stop Hashd from taking
Mosul Pres Erdogan did TV interview where he asked what ethnosectarian group would control Mosul after it was freed
2016 IS emptied villages southeast of Mosul and marched people towards Mosul Rounded up
local police Feared they were executed
2017 Hashd spokesman said 3 Hashd 3 soldiers killed 10 wounded by Peshmerga shelling in Kirkuk
2017 Hashd and Peshmerga fought in 2 areas in Ninewa as Iraqi forces moved north after KRG
independence referendum
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Ups Ante Attempting To Seize Control Of Kurds’ Oil Pipeline)
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 Peshmerga Secretary Gen said Abadi govt was trying to push Kurds to pre-2003 borders It
was
2017 Amnesty Intl Reports 11 civilians killed during fighting between Hashd and Peshmerga in
Tuz Kharmato Salahaddin Was looting and buildings burned 35,000 fled since Oct 16 when fighting started
2017 KRG announced presidential and parliamentary elections would be delayed 8 months
Gorran called it a coup
2018 Parliament voted on 14 of PM Abdul Mahdi’s 22 candidates for cabinet
2019 Protesters in Baghdad Dhi Qar Basra Diwaniya Maysan Najaf surprised govt by
demonstrating day before planned national protests People in Baghdad were able to get into Green Zone before being turned back by security Govt declared state of emergency beforehand to try to stop protests
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Protesters Outsmart Govt And Security Forces)
2019 Human Rights Watch Abdul Mahdi govt said it would punish sr ISF officers for violence
against protesters Didn’t deal with Hashd Govt started giving compensation to families who had members killed and wounded in protests Govt acknowledged arbitrary arrests Activists went into hiding Masked men were looking for activists Reports of wanted lists Journalist said his company told not to report on protests
2019 Report PM Abdul Mahdi said if he resigned would lead to chaos Said early elections
wouldn’t be good Said govt had ordered reforms in Hashd and confine weapons to the govt Promised to change cabinet and not follow quota system Said cut salaries for top govt officials and would use money for poor Was response to protests
2019 Kataib Hezbollah blamed protests on US Israel Saudis Said PM Abdul Mahdi would
deal with protest demands
2019 Activist survived assassination attempt in Dhi Qar Baghdad activist released after
being kidnapped for 15 days Had to pay ransom
2019 Interior Min banned live TV reporting on protests
2019 Human Rights Comm counted 157 protesters killed Oct 1-24
2020 Osama Nujafi formed Iraq Front to oppose Speaker Halbusi preeminent Sunni politician
Included financier Khamis Khanjar and Ahmad al-Jabouri They left and Nujafi’s effort failed
2020 MP on security committee said PM Kazemi kept saying he was forming committees to find
killers of protesters but nothing done
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)
2021 Report Fatah won 670,00 votes and 17 seats Sadrists got 650,000 votes and 73 seats Fatah
had 48 seats in 2018 Sadrists 54 seats Under old election law candidates could redistribute their votes to others from the same party New election law stopped that Fatah didn’t study new law and acted like old one still in effect Sadrists predicted votes in each voting district named candidates for each one and got supporters to come out and vote Had mobile phone app to help voting Fatah ran multiple candidates in same districts undermining votes because made up of different parties that all wanted to win seats
2022 Survey Iraq faced 2nd year of severe drought 90% said faced wheat failure due to water
shortages 25% said made no profit from wheat crop 4 out of 10 said harvested less wheat barley fruit vegetables in 2022 vs 2021 Iraq faced record low rainfall and increase temperature due to climate change Also reduced water flow down rivers due to neighboring countries
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