This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 10 Irbil Agreement led to PM Maliki’s 2nd term Allawi to head new strategic council Deal never implemented

 

1958 Iraqi Communist Party issued plan for Kurdistan saying it supported Kurdish self-govt within

Iraq

(Musings On Iraq review A People’s History Of Iraq, The Iraqi Communist Party, Workers’ Movements, and the Left 1924-2004)

(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)

 

1968 Baath assassinated former Foreign Minister Nasir Hani and arrested Western businessmen

1980 Iraq claimed Iran started Iran-Iraq War by bombing border towns in Sep 80

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq in Wartime, Soldiering, Martyrdom, and Remembrance)

1980 Iraq gave up claim to break up Iran but said its right to Iranian territory would be determined

on battlefield

1981 Iran rejected Iraqi call for a ceasefire and said it was a sign of weakness by Baghdad

1982 Iraq counterattacked Iran Op Muslim ibn Aqil in Diyala

(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)

1982 Saddam said Iran wanted to rule Iraq not just get rid of him

(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)

1991 Iraqi army attacked Peshmerga in Dawud after they refused to retreat to Irbil

1991 Saddam dismissed son-in-law Def Min Hussein Kamil and replaced him with cousin Ali

Hassan al-Majid who was Interior Minister

1994 Iraq parliament recognized Kuwait’s border and independence under UN Res 833

1995 Jordan seized Russian guidance system for ballistic missiles headed for Iraq Violated

sanctions

1997 Iraq said it would not allow any US planes to be used for weapons inspections

(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)

(Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)

1997 KDP attacked PUK with backing of Turkey

1998 All UN weapons inspectors left Iraq after Baghdad refused to cooperate anymore

(Musings On Iraq UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD and 2003 Invasion)

(Musings On Iraq Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N. Inspections)

(Musings On Iraq review The Greatest Threat, Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, And The Growing Crisis Of Global Security)

2003 Bremer met Bush Said 2 routes for Iraq Elections for new govt or CPA could hold caucuses to pick

govt Bush backed CPA Said interim constitution would accelerate US returning sovereignty to Iraqi Natl Sec Adv Rice told Bremer to come to DC and brief Bush on plans

(Musings On Iraq review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)

2003 CIA report more Iraqis joining insurgency Said Sunni alienation disbanding military

deBaathification lack of jobs and political progress main factors behind insurgency Said Iraqi leaders not showing ability to run country

(Musings On Iraq How The U.S. Failed To Recognize The Insurgency In Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review State of War, The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration)

(Musings On Iraq review Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency In Iraq)

2003 PUK HQ in Kirkuk bombed by insurgents

(Musings On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City In

2003)

2004 Ayatollah Sistani called for a peaceful resolution of 2^nd Battle of Fallujah Expulsion of foreign

fighters Return of govt forces

(Musings On Iraq review The Battle for Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)

2004 Zarqawi and other insurgent group attacked Mosul ISF collapsed in 24 hrs Took control of

80% of city Insurgents retook Tal Afar

2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq took responsibility for hotel bombings in Jordan Later realized attacks cost it

public support and tried to justify them by claiming they were targeting Israelis and Americans and would never attack Jordanian public

2005 Nat Sec Adv Hadley denied that White House manipulated Iraq intel before 2003 invasion

2005 Marine report on Haditha massacre Claimed an IED and then attack left 8 insurgents dead No

mention of the Marines killing civilians

2006 Bush formally asked his staff to review Iraq strategy because not working

(Musings On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)

(Musings On Iraq Inside The Surge An Interview With Prof Peter Mansoor Former Executive Officer To Gen Petraeus)

(Musings On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)

2006 Iraq Health Min estimated 150,000 deaths since 2003 Previous Iraqi counts were 45,000-

50,000 Refuted Lancet study that estimated 655,000 deaths

(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)

2006 Report After rejecting a US timetable for ISF to take over security PM Maliki wanted one that

would have Iraqi forces assume control of most of Iraq by end of 2006 which was in original US plan

2006 Dawa MP Adeeb said that including Sunnis in govt was mistake Accused Iraqi Accordance

Front of being front for insurgency Said Sunnis wanted to seize power in a coup Accordance Front MP Hayali said Shiites didn’t want to share power Didn’t follow through with promises to remove militias from ISF Committee was supposed to work out differences within govt after election but never happened Sadrist MP Shanshal said parties were told national unity govt was only way to save Iraq but didn’t work

2007 Lions of Adhamiya Sahwa group announced in Baghdad

(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Update)

2007 2^nd day of fighting between Islamic Army and ISI in Samarra after ISI blamed for killing 4

Islamic Army leaders

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)

(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)

2008 Planning Min said it would reduce govt jobs by 75% in 10 yrs Said 3.3 mil govt workers 20%

of 2007 budget was for govt salaries Said govt wanted to privatize economy Opposite happened

2008 Maliki govt set up 16 Tribal Support Councils in Diwaniya Part of patronage network for Maliki

2009 Human Rights Watch report After 03 Kurds kicked out Arabs around Mosul Helped lead to

insurgency in Ninewa Kurds tried to co-opt Ninewa minorities via patronage intimidation threats attacks Insurgents targeted Christians Yazidis Shabaks Oct 08 insurgents tried to drive Christians out of Mosul 40 killed 12,000 fled

(Musings On Iraq Human Rights Watch: Ninewa’s Minorities Under Pressure From Both Sunni Insurgents and Kurds)

(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)

2009 Sahwa leader in Baghdad arrested for killing 5 ISI members in 2007 Was planning on

running in 2010 elections

2010 Pres Barzani called meeting and agreed on new govt Maliki would remain PM Talabani stayed

Pres Allawi would head new strategic council Nujafi would be speaker of parliament Called Irbil Agreement

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)

2010 11 IEDs went off within 1 hr in 3 Christian neighborhoods in Baghdad 5 killed 33 wounded

Mortars fired at Christian neighborhood in Baghdad Done by ISI

2010 London energy consultancy said would be 10 yrs before Iraq delivered natural gas to Europe

via Nabucco pipeline plan Executive from trading company said KRG would sign deal within a year to export natural gas Neither happened

2011 Head of Accountability and Justice Comm said 655 alleged Baathists arrested for attempted

coup Was no coup

2012 Iraq canceled $4.2 bil arms deal with Russia over corruption

2014 IS announced it got allegiance from groups in Egypt Libya Yemen Algeria Saudi Arabia

2014 2 step brothers of Pres Barzani cousin of Pres Talabani PUK leader in Diyala Kirkuk police

chief accused of buying oil from IS 2 car companies in KRG accused of selling vehicles to IS

2015 Sadr froze Saraya al-Salam in Diyala after accused of kidnapping extortion other crimes

2018 Sit in protest started at West Qurna 2 oil field in Basra

(Musings On Iraq Protests Return To Iraq’s Basra After Having Failed To Achieve Goals During Summer)

2019 ISF closed off square in central Basra and arrested people who showed up ending

protests in city Students rallied at Zubayr Univ in Basra 6 killed in Baghdad’s Khalani Sq which govt cleared Nov 9 Justice Min office burned in central Baghdad Protests closed govt offices in Hillah 3 politicians’ houses burned in Dhi Qar’s Shatrah Clashes in Nasiriya led to 4 deaths Border crossing with Iran blocked in Maysan

(Musings On Iraq Protests Continue In Iraq After Basra Demos Put Down)

(Musings On Iraq New Clashes In South Iraq As Another Activist Disappears In Baghdad)

(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)

(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)

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