1393 Baghdad surrendered to Tartars rather than fight and have city sacked
1914 Gen Delamain cmdr UK 6th Div in India told to sail to Persia Said Turks had small
inferior force in Basra Sir Percy Cox appointed his political officer
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq In World War I, From Ottoman Rule to British Conquest)
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1920 Sayid Abu Tabikh made head of Iraqi provisional govt during 1920 Revolt
1920 UK Gen Leslie wrote British troops setting up blockhouses along railway in south and
destroying all the villages they could and killing inhabitants which they enjoyed doing as punishment for 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)
1922 Anglo-Iraq Treaty signed Opposition parties opposed it Allowed UK advisers in Iraqi
govt who would be paid for by Baghdad Said King Faisal would follow suggestions of High Commissioner for Iraq Military would be under UK command Foreign relations would be controlled by London Services would be turned over to Iraq but it would have to pay costs of building them Iraq would run railroad but would be UK owned Basra port would be run by trust under UK direction Port would owe England $2.5 million Turkish debt would be held by Iraqi govt Foreigners charged with crimes would go to UK court Was to last 20 years
(Musings On Iraq review Britain In Iraq, Contriving King and Country)
(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1940 UK official told UK Amb Iraqi politicians pan-Arab London unwilling to change Palestine policy
meant Iraq would be lukewarm towards UK until it started winning in WWII
(Musings On Iraq review Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
1961 Qasim govt ended military operations against Mullah Mustafa Barzani claiming revolt ended
Caused dissent within military
(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 Journey Among Brave Men, Travels in Kurdistan)
(Musings On Iraq Explaining Kurdish Nationalism Interview With Teen Tech Univ Prof Michael Gunter)
1980 Iraqis crossed Karun River took Darkhovin forcing Iranians to retreat to Ahwaz in south Moved
towards Abadan in Khuzistan
1982 Iran made 2nd attack on Diyala Entered Mandali but forced out Aim was reaching Baghdad
Recaptured 80 sq mi of Iranian territory from Iraqis
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1984 Tariq Aziz complained that Western Europe was still sending military equipment to Iran despite US
efforts to stop them
1986 Iran carried out commando raid on pipeline near Kirkuk
1986 Iran Op Fath 1 attacked Luka Dukhan electricity plant Kurdistan
(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 Gen Schwarzkopf’s chief of staff presented 1st offensive Gulf War plan Was just an outline
1990 Congressional caucus held hearing where Kuwaiti girl claimed she saw Iraqi soldiers take babies out
of incubators and stole the equipment during invasion of Kuwait Story was false promoted by PR firm hired by Kuwait govt
1991 Western troops withdrew from southern Turkey Led to clashes between Iraqi army and
Peshmerga in Sulaymaniya Kifri Kala
1994 Clinton decided to continue Bush’s policy of undermining Saddam
(Musings On Iraq review The United States And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
1994 UN inspectors reported to Security Council Said Iraq had not fully complied to end sanctions
1994 1,000 UK Marines deployed to Kuwait after Iraq put troops on border
1994 Iraq announced it was withdrawing troops from Kuwait border
1996 PUK attacked KDP along Iranian border
2001 FBI issued warning may be more possible anthrax attacks Pundits began blaming Iraq for attacks
2002 UK intel report said that Iraq would only launch terrorism if attacked by US and couldn't use WMD
outside its territory
2002 UK intel report found no cooperation between Iraq and Al Qaeda and attack on Iraq would lead to
more terrorism and radicalization Rejected Iraq-Al Qaeda ties Was leaked to press
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.5 Development of UK Strategy and Options September to November 2002 – Negotiation of Resolution 1441)
2002 US House of Representatives approved use of force resolution against Iraq 296-33
(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The
Sectarian War of 2006)
2002 Pew poll 66% in US believed Iraq involved in 9/11 79% believed Iraq had or was close to building
a nuclear bomb
2003 Sadr announced his own shadow govt
2003 VP Cheney cited Iraq Survey Group report to claim that Iraq in material breach of UN resolutions
and had WMD programs Said Iraq had a relationship with Al Qaeda and trained Al Qaeda in poisons and bomb making Said if Saddam still in power he would be training terrorists and producing WMD
(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings On Iraq How The Administration Reversed Itself On Finding Iraq’s WMD)
(Musings On Iraq review Hoodwinked, The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War)
(Musings On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception)
2003 Sec State Powell said overwhelming evidence that Iraq violated UN resolutions about its WMD
program
2003 Iraqi diplomat that went to Niger said his trip was about trade and breaking sanctions not buying
uranium for nuke program
(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Failed The Iraq-Niger Uranium Story)
2006 US brought Anbar Gov Alwani and Sheikh Abu Risha together for meeting Two had heated
argument Abu Risha wanted Mamoun replaced
(Musings On Iraq Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part III Sheikh Ahmed Sattar Al-Rishawi Abu Risha)
(Musings On Iraq Anbar Before And After the Awakening Pt X, 2005-09 Governor Mamoun Alwani)
(Musings On Iraq Demise, But Not Death of Al Qaeda In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq How A Change In Perceptions Led To The Anbar Awakening)
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings On Iraq review Confronting Al Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings On Iraq review The Marines Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2006 Meeting of ruling parties over ending sectarian violence in Baghdad broke up when Sunnis accused
Shiite militias of killing VP Hashemi’s brother Fadhila MP and National Dialogue Front MP said parties lost faith in each other Meetings would descend into Sunnis and Shiites blaming each other for violence
2007 Police and Mahdi militiamen fired rockets at Camp Victory in Baghdad killing 2 US soldiers
2008 Sadrists marched in Baghdad to protest assassination of MP Auqaeili day before
(Musings On Iraq Another Sadrist Assassinated)
2008 Report Health Min bought $11 mil worth of expired chlorine from Iran to purify water in Diwaniya
Karbala Babil during cholera outbreak ISCI officials in Babil used expired chlorine Babil had most cholera cases as a result
(Musings On Iraq Political Intrigue and the Cholera Outbreak)
2008 Report UN and Iraqi govt argued over number of refugees returning UN said still more Iraqis
leaving country than returning Interior Ministry said opposite Head of displacement committee in parliament said many refugees who returned left again
2009 Report Electricity Min said it lacked money to fulfill new deals and didn’t have fuel leading to
power shortages Said it increased capacity by 10,000 megawatts but couldn’t produce that much Drought had cut hydroelectric power
2009 Report Najaf banned alcohol citing holy city Aug Basra banned alcohol
2009 200 protested in Baghdad over lack of electricity and water
2011 Report 2010 parliamentary investigation found 5000 govt officials had fake diplomas Govt largest
employer People who moved from rural areas to cities wanted govt jobs and needed an educ Led to fake diplomas Dean at Baghdad Univ said records were changed and docs forged to create fake diplomas Was gang working in Univ registration dept Dean tried to investigate but threatened and then beat by police
2012 Report Oil Min signed $170 mil deal with CH2M to plan water injection project to keep pressure up
in oil wells in south Dep PM Shahristani said Iraq could produce 6 mil/bar/day by 2015 and 10 mil/bar/day by 2020 Didn’t happen CH2M replaced Exxon who was originally in charge of project Water project never finished
2013 Report Pres Talabani’s son Bafel involved in corruption case Bafel involved in building power plant
in Sulaymaniya that was never finished PUK MP also involved Bafel got 10% of $18.75 mil contract Bafel said he represented the KRG but had no govt position Bafel got another $5.2 mil from company Bafel kept the money Contract cancelled Nov 09
(Musings On Iraq Corruption In Iraq An Interview With Stuart Bowen Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Trouble Fighting Corruption Interview With Vincent Foulk Former US Anti-Graft Official)
2013 Report Planning Min did report on ministries and govt offices implementing budgets in 2012 Avg
was 27% Communications Min only spent 6% Finance Min 7% Industry Min 12% Transportation Min 26% Ninewa spent 7% Diyala 24% Basra 35%
2015 KDP accused Gorran of being behind protests that burned KDP HQ in Sulaymaniya Said it
was planned and not spontaneous Accused Gorran of trying to destabilize KRG Govt workers in KRG were protesting over not being paid
2015 Govt workers protesting not being paid by KRG threw stones at Kurdistan Islamic Union HQ
and KDP HQ in Kalar Broke into Gorran HQ Rudaw offices in Sulaymaniya burned Clashed with security forces
2015 Sulaymaniya Asayesh and security forces attacked NRT TV station for covering protests
2015 New Ramadi offensive began Backed by US artillery US pressured Abadi govt to exclude
Hashd Kataib Hezbollah Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Saraya al-Salam pulled out of Ramadi area More Sunni tribal fighters recruited into tribal Hashd
2016 Report 2014 IS took Zummar Ninewa Quickly recaptured by Peshmerga Town was now mostly
Kurds who seized homes Destroyed others Residents claimed Kurds forced out 100s of people from town Accused them of being IS Amnesty International est tens of 1000s of Arabs forced out of disputed areas by Kurds Kurdish man said he occupied house that belonged to IS Kurdish commander in Zummar said 80% of Arabs supported IS After fall of Mosul Kurds added 40% to territory KRG talked about reversing Arabization in seized areas KRG wanted to take as much land as possible for independence referendum Aug 2014 Pres Barzani claimed Sunnis were using IS to seize territory
2016 Report Supreme Court ruled that PM Abadi’s order to abolish VPs unconstitutional Were in
constitution Said number of VPs could be reduced
2017 Security op to free Hawija dist in Kirkuk ended
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Forces Finish Hawija Now On To Western Anbar Again)
2017 UN said 5.4 mil displaced in Iraq due to war with IS
2017 Report Tal Afar Ninewa freed by Hashd but empty of people Hashd burned Sunni homes VP
of Arab Center for Human Rights and head of Yaqin Net said Iran wanted to turn Tal Afar into way station to ship weapons to Syria
2019 Human Rights Watch Report recorded police and Hashd beating and shooting protesters Police
warned crowd in Baghdad if they didn’t disperse they would be shot at Medic arrested insider her hospital treating wounded Police fired tear gas at ambulances in Baghdad Dijla TV received letter from Media Comm ordering it to close for one month for covering unrest Govt officials called NRT TV telling to stop covering protests Both were raided the next day by security forces Nasiriya crowds tried to burn Badr office and shot at by police and guards Asaib Ahl Al-Haq guards and police shot at crowd outside office
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Govt Repression Of Protests Being Exposed As More Promises Of Reform Being Made)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
2019 Report lawyers and activists said 1,000 arrested during protests Estimated half beaten
and tortured by ISF
2019 Report massive arrest campaign against protesters in Dhi Qar
2019 PM Abdul Mahdi nominated Health, Education, Communication, Displacement
Ministers and voted on by parliament
2019 Parliament authorized 10 mil dinars for those killed and wounded during protests
2020 Coordinating Committee of the Iraqi Resistance said it would stop attacks upon US and
foreign forces in Iraq to allow them to withdraw Didn’t happen
(Musings On Iraq Security In Iraq Oct 8-14, 2020)
2020 Finance Min Allawi said that public employee compensation went from 20% of oil revenues
in 2005 to 120% by 2020 highlighting economic crisis
2020 Kazemi govt presented White Paper on economic reform Talked about improving services
and collecting fees for use Called for increasing agriculture oil natural gas Support private sector Cut govt salaries 12-25% Stop financing pensions from budget Cut aid to public companies Increase taxes and tariffs Never really implemented
2020 Parliament’s finance committee said govt could pay salaries in coming months Said govt
only wanted to borrow money to cover costs and not carry out reforms
2021 Early elections for parliament held Sadr won first place Voter participation only 32% Lowest
since 2003 invasion
(Musings On Iraq Revised Election Returns For Iraq’s Oct 2021 Election)
(Musings On Iraq 2021 Election Reshuffles Iraq’s Political Deck)
2023 Report MP said ruling parties still manipulating Central Bank of Iraq dollar auctions
through banks they controlled
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