1920 UK Cabinet decided to send Sir Percy Cox to Baghdad to help deal with 1920 Revolt
1920 British military reinforcements began arriving in Basra mostly from India to deal with 1920
Revolt
1920 Rebels in Karbala declared jihad against British during 1920 Revolt
(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)
1921 Gertrude Bell wrote that Iraq might be the best chance England had to straighten out
the Mideast and if it worked it would change relations between Europe and Asia
(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell And Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq movie review Letters from Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Queen, The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia)
1933 Assyrians captured by Kurds trying to return from Syria turned over to army and executed
Gen Sidqi said retaliation for Assyrian attack on army camp Rumors spread that Assyrians had blown up bridges and poisoned water
(Musings On Iraq review The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review State and Society in Iraq)
1940 Mufti of Jerusalem’s representative met with German Amb to Turkey Said Italy promised
independence to all Arab states following WWII Said Iraq wanted to resume diplomatic relations with Germany
1946 UK Embassy official met with Foreign Min Jamali and Social Affairs Min Pachachi Pushed
for reform rather than repression dealing with striking oil workers
1966 PM Bazzaz forced to resign Pushed out by officers who didn’t like him moving away
from Egypt and towards Turkey and Iran slowing down nationalization program and talks with Kurds
1967 Law 97 Said no oil concessions could be given on undeveloped land Qasim seized
under Law 90
1981 Cuba China India Zambia PLO sent delegation to Tehran to try to end Iran-Iraq War
1982 Iran began new operation in Qasr-e Shirin by Diyala to encircle Basra Failed
1983 Iranian forces attacked hills around Mehran Iran central front during Op Wa al-Fajr 3 Iraq
launched offensive to capture Mehran
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1985 Iran started Op Al Quds 5 in southern marshes of Maysan
1986 Iraq air strike hit 5 of Iran’s 11 tankers at Kharg Island Iran’s main oil terminal
(Musings On Iraq review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1988 Saddam said he would accept ceasefire to end Iran-Iraq if Iran would hold direct
talks Iran said no Saddam was trying to add his own demands to UN proposal
(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 Bush said things would not be stable in world until Saddam was gone
1990 U.N. Resolution 661 placed economic sanctions on Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait
(Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions)
1990 Iraq issued statement saying reports about its forces heading towards Saudi border were false
1990 Saddam met with US Charge De’Affaires Wilson Said he respected US interests and was not
going to attack Saudi Arabia Said invasion was to help Kuwaiti revolutionaries Said he never told Arab leaders he wouldn’t invade Kuwait He did Said Sabbah family was finished in Kuwait Said if Bush intervened US would lose
1990 US delegation convinced King Fahd to invite US troops to Saudi Arabia after
Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
1990 Bush authorized Def Sec Cheney to start deploying troops to Saudi Arabia
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
1990 Bush met Thatcher Both agreed to confront Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Gulf Conflict 1990-1991, Diplomacy and War in the New World Order)
1991 Iraq told UN weapons inspectors that it worked on anthrax and botulin toxin as
part of its biological weapons program
(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 review The Saddam Tapes)
1999 Jim Hoagland in WashPost reported Clinton Natl Sec Adv Berger told Iraqi
opposition Clinton wanted Saddam removed by end of his term
2002 Nat Sec Adv Rice called Sec State Powell and told him he did a great job with Bush Said there
should be more discussions on what Iraq policy should be Were few actual discussions
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 White House Chief of Staff Card called Sec State Powell asking for same briefing on Iraq he’d
given Bush day before
2002 Natl Sec Adv Rice paper Liberation Strategy for Iraq Said goal was to make Iraq a democracy
Didn’t say how Said couldn’t act like an invader Had to pose war as a liberation of the Iraqi people Same time US would have to stay in Iraq for many years
(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 Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account Of The Decision To Invade Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Assassins’ Gate, America In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review State of Denial, Bush At War, Part III)
(Musings On Iraq review Hard Lessons, The Iraq Reconstruction Experience)
(Musings On Iraq review Blood Money, Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 3 Maneuvering Into
Position)
(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The
Sectarian War of 2006)
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld upset with Natl Sec Adv Rice’s memo on creating democracy in Iraq
Rumsfeld didn’t care about that Wanted to stop terrorism Eliminate WMD and get rid of Saddam
2002 Gen Franks told his commanders to switch to Hybrid War plan which could start immediately
(Musings On Iraq review Shaping the Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Sanchez said limiting arrests and raids looking for Baathists Said few
returns and angering Iraqis
(Musings On Iraq review The U.S. Army In The Iraq War: Volume 1, Invasion, Insurgency, Civil
War, 2003-2006)
2004 After 2 days of fighting in Najaf US claimed killed 300 Mahdi Army fighters
(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 Report US intel officers were involved in Abu Ghraib prison abuse
2006 Report ISF not able to secure Baghdad and US doubling troops in city from 7200 to 14200 to
help Iraqis
2006 PM Maliki created committee to implement Article 140 of constitution that would hold
referendum on future of Kirkuk Never completed its work
2007 KRG passed its own oil law Condemned by Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2007 Iraqiya’s 4 ministers started boycott of cabinet Were now 17 ministers total not going to
Maliki cabinet
2007 US audit found couldn’t account for 190,000 rifles and pistols it gave to the ISF
2008 KRG moved 2 Peshmerga brigades outside Kirkuk city Baghdad sent Defense Minister to
check on situation Was protest over provincial election law that called for power sharing in Kirkuk
(Musings On Iraq Kurds Come Out Swinging)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
2008 US Govt report Iraq revenues up Could take more responsibility for reconstruction but most
of budget going to salaries and benefits Barely spending investment money Only 23% in 05 19% in 06 28% in 07 Iraq was now outspending US on reconstruction
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Outspends US on Reconstruction)
2008 Iran and Iraq signed trade agreement to create free trade zone Tehran one of Iraq’s top 2 trade
partners
(Musings On Iraq Iraq-Iran Trade Agreement)
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2008 Govt gave squatters 1 month to leave or be sued or arrested Would be given limited
compensation Part of PM Maliki’s displaced program to force people to return home Complaints that govt had no real plan or funding for program
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Issues Ultimatum To Squatters)
2010 Report ISI offered money to sahwa to return to insurgency Tried to exploit Maliki govt
not hiring them
2010 PM Maliki met with Pres Talabani Afterward Talabani said he had no reservations about
Maliki remaining PM
2013 Report Parliament’s security committee said up to 10,000 soldiers on leave in exchange for
part of their salary being taken by officers MP said more than 10% of ISF were off duty Also ghost soldiers that don’t exist Created so officers could steal salaries
2013 Sadrist MP said PM Maliki should not run again Blamed him for Iraq’s poverty unemployment
corruption and lack of security
(Musings On Iraq Sadrists Increasing Their Attacks Upon Iraq’s Prime Minister Maliki Once Again)
2014 Peshmerga withdrew from Gwar Ninewa and IS took area Makhmour also fell to IS Peshmerga
backed by Iraqi army took Shalat
2015 Protests in Karbala, Najaf, Baghdad, Basra, Hillah, Nasiriya and Rumaitha, Muthanna
demanding reform
2017 Report US Embassy in Baghdad sent letter to KRG requesting independence referendum be
postponed
(Musings On Iraq What’s Next For Kurdistan After The Referendum?)
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 Report Ninewa Plains Protection Unit took stolen artifacts from Babylon Brigade and arrested
6 members 6 given to Qaraqosh police Babylon Brigade stormed Ninewa Plain office Took weapons and vehicles Freed 6 suspects PM Abadi ordered Babylon Brigades to leave Qaraqosh afterward Refused order
2018 9th day of sit in protest in Muthanna also demos at Safwan border crossing and West Qurna 1
oil field in Basra Baghdad
2019 PM Abdul Mahdi gave into protests by 30th Brigade of Hashd who refused order to leave
Ninewa Plains and Mosul
(Musings On Iraq PM Abdul Mahdi Fails 1st Test Of New Hashd Order In Iraq)
2019 Western oil company workers hit by IED in Basra Blamed on pro-Iran Hashd
2019 UN said Iraq rivers dropped 1/3 Tigris and Euphrates expected to drop 50% by 2030
Iraq also facing salinization 92% of Iraq subject to desertification 100 sq km of fertile land lost each year to salinization Led to more sand and dust storms Turkey building more dams to reduce rivers
2022 New Generation Movement called for protests in Sulaymaniya against corruption
Demonstration broken up by security forces Party’s HQ surrounded and members arrested
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