1921 UK cabinet decided Faisal would be coronated king and then Anglo-Iraq treaty drafted
(Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923)
(Musings On Iraq review Imagining The Nation, Nationalism, Sectarianism and Socio-Political Conflict in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1922 Iraqi Renaissance Party formed 1 of 1st in country Rejected UK Mandate and Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1958 Ibrahim Ahmed asked Deputy PM Arif if United Democratic Party of Kurdistan could
publish a newspaper Was turned down
1969 Army burned to death all the Kurdish residents of Dakan
1984 France agreed to refinance $1.4 bil in debts Iraq owed France biggest western backer of Iraq
1988 UN Res 619 created military observation group to watch Iran-Iraq border to make sure ceasefire
followed
(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 Saddam said he would release foreign nationals if US withdrew from Saudi Arabia
1991 After PKK attack in Turkey it launched incursion into Kurdistan
1996 PUK accused KDP of working with Baghdad KDP accused PUK of working with Iran during
civil war
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
2003 Zarqawi bombed UN headquarters in Baghdad killed 23 including UN Rep de Mello and injured
over 100
(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
(Musings On Iraq review The Terrorists of Iraq, Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraqi Insurgency 2003-2014)
(Musings On Iraq review Black Flags, The Rise Of ISIS)
2003 Bremer asked Washington if he could arrest Sadr Rumsfeld said no fearing would provoke more
violence
(Musings On Iraq review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2004 PM Allawi wrote Bush saying Iraq was more dangerous and unstable than a year ago
2004 Allawi govt called for Sadr to disband Mahdi Army and leave Najaf shrine
2004 Sistani’s office said it was open to Sadr’s offer to turn over keys to Najaf shrine
(Musings On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
(Musings On Iraq review Battle For The City Of The Dead)
(Musings On Iraq review US Marines in Battle An-Najaf August 20014)
2004 Iraq Survey Group head Kay was rebuked by NSC staffer for criticizing NSC to Congress on
WMD Kay said Rice more interested in being Bush’s friend than being National Security Adviser
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq unsuccessful fired rockets from Jordan at 2 US ships docked in Israeli port
2005 3 Islamic Party members kidnapped by gunmen in Mosul putting up flyers to vote in
constitutional referendum
2007 US general accused Iran of training Shiite militias in Iraq to attack US forces Said 50 Iranian
Rev Guard members in South Baghdad Last 3 months found 217 weapons in 4 provinces suspected of coming from Iran Said most going to Mahdi Army
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Overview of Iran’s Influence In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq A History Of Iranian Weapons Shipments To Iraq Interview With Arkenstone Blog’s Galen Wright)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings On Iraq review Vanguard of the Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
2008 Iraq signed agreement to import fuel from Iran
2008 Fmr Iranian official said Iran and Hezbollah trained Iraqis in Basra Maysan Najaf Baghdad Said
Iranian intelligence and Quds Force angry that some Iraqis they supported under Saddam were no longer under their influence
2009 ISI set off 2 truck bombs in Baghdad hitting Finance and Foreign Ministries 2 other bombings
of Rashid Hotel 101 killed 723 wounded PM Maliki blamed Baathists and Syria even though it was ISI Iraq withdrew its Syrian ambassador Maliki had visited Damascus day before 1st of 3 mass casualty bombings ISI would carry out in Baghdad during the year
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)
(Musings On Iraq Syria-Iraq Dispute Could Be Ending)
(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)
2010 Report 2007 est $1-$2 bil/yr stolen from Baiji Refinery Up to 70% of output stolen 2010
down to around 5% Director of refinery got death threats Had to move to Jordan and run plant by phone Corrupt officials tried to get director arrested Director said political parties interfered with refinery
2010 Natural Resource Min Hawrami said KRG would be producing 1 mil/bar/day in oil by 2014
Said KRG would join Nabucco natural gas pipeline and export gas to Europe Neither happened Said no oil had been smuggled to Iran KRG had been smuggling oil to Iran since 1990s
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Kurds Claim They Can Produce 1 Million Barrels Of Oil A Day)
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2011 Report Sadr rejected calls for Pres Assad to step down Said Syria stood against US Said he
supported Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt but Syria was different
2013 Head of State of Law in Basra said bombing of Um Qasr port was to cover up corrupt deal
involving sugar imports by Trade Min Said ISF were involved
2014 ISF Hashd and Tribal Hashd attacked Tikrit again Were turned back by IS
2014 IS posted video of beheading of journalist James Foley part of video series A Message To
America in response to Obama’s decision to bomb IS
(Musings On Iraq review ISIS The State of Terror)
2015 IS and Naqshibandi fought in Hawija Kirkuk
(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2015 Report IS made $11 mil/month from Ninewa before took Mosul in Jun 2014 Charged
taxes on petroleum products sent from Baiji refinery to Ninewa Taxed cement companies Got salaries of 300 contractors in Mosul Doctors power generator owners paid protection money
2016 Report Jul Khalidiya Island in Anbar freed by Hashd Looted and burned homes Executed
people accused of being IS sympathizers
(Musings On Iraq review A Stranger in Your Own City, Travels in the Middle East’s Long War)
2017 Report Investigation into abuses in Mosul found Rapid Reaction Div beat and abused
civilians Verified Der Spiegel article about abuses which Abadi govt and ISF attacked and denied
(Musings On Iraq on Der Spiegel article on abuses by Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings On Iraq Human Rights Watch called for investigation into Der Spiegel article)
(Musings On Iraq ABC News had follow up to Der Spiegel article on abuses by Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings On Iraq Toronto Star added more to story about abuses by Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings On Iraq reactions to Der Spiegel article on abuses by Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Joint Operations Command attacked Der Spiegel article on abuses by Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings On Iraq Review Impossible Victory, How Iraq Defeated ISIS)
2017 Operation to free Tal Afar Ninewa began
(Musings On Iraq Start Of The Tal Afar Battle)
2018 Protest in Qadisiya over services
2019 Balad Air Base in Salahddin hit by apparent Israeli strike targeting pro-Iran Hashd
(Musings on Iraq Pro-Iran Hashd Brigades And Now Israeli Strikes Making A Joke Of PM Abdul Mahdi’s Claims Iraq Neutral In Regional Conflicts)
2019 Kataib Hezbollah got Anbar Operations Command head removed Claimed he was
helping Israel and CIA
2020 KDP security forces raided media offices in Dohuk and Irbil for covering protests
2020 Protest activist in Dhi Qar escaped assassination attempt Female activist and another activist
and his wife assassinated in Basra in intimidation campaign vs demonstrators
(Musings On Iraq While PM Kazemi Visits Trump Pro-Iran Groups Target US And Kill Protesters To Embarrass Govt)
(Musings On Iraq Ebb And Flow Of Protests In Iraq)
(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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