1920 Najaf surrendered to British in 1920 Revolt Was one of the centers of rebellion
(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)
1928 Shiite sheikhs issued statement about conscription saying only the Shiites would be drafted
as Kurds and western tribes would never allow it meaning Shiites would make all the sacrifices
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq Between the Two World Wars, The Militarist Origins of Tyranny)
1940 German Amb to Turkey told Fin Min Shawkat Germany supported Arabs but gave no
specific promises or support
(Musings On Iraq review Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The Nationalist Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings On Iraq review Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1973 Iraqi 3rd Armored Div started its attack on Tel Antar in Golan Heights Yom Kippur War
1980 Pres Carter called on Iraq to withdraw from Iran Carter was trying to get US hostages held
by Tehran released
1980 Iraqi forces attempted to attack Abadan from behind but failed Iranian counterattack in
Andimeshk forced Iraqi retreat
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1984 Iranian Op Al Fajr 7 began to recapture Mehran Iran in central front Discovered by Iraqi
intelligence
(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 Soviet Arabist Primakov went to US Proposed Mideast summit on Palestine if Iraq
withdrew from Kuwait Bush admin rejected idea Saw no reason to offer concessions to Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review The Gulf Conflict 1990-1991, Diplomacy and War in the New World Order)
1990 Bush told PM Thatcher US was talking about containing Iraq
1995 Saddam met with military cmdrs Said priority was dispersing Republican Guard units to avoid
being hit by US air strikes and making national security threats from other countries secondary concern Main concern was defending against internal revolts
1997 PUK and KDP agreed to US brokered ceasefire in civil war Clashes continued
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
2001 2nd CIA report on story that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger Said Iraq didn’t have
facilities to process uranium
(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Failed The Iraq-Niger Uranium Story)
(Musings On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The Selling Of The Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq review The WMD Mirage, Iraq’s Decade of Deception and America’s False Premise for War)
2001 Wall St Journal OpEd by ex-CIA Dir Woolsey said Iraq behind 9/11
2002 Sec Def Rumsfeld told Under Sec of Def Feith to create postwar planning office for Iraq
Cancelled few days later Cancellation came from White House that didn’t want postwar planning because could derail invasion
(Musings On Iraq Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction’s “Hard Lessons” – Part I: Planning for Postwar Iraq September 2001 to May 2003)
(Musings On Iraq on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 3 The Department of Defense Takes Charge)
(Musings On Iraq review Blood Money, Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Hard Lessons, The Iraq Reconstruction Experience)
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign
Policy Tragedy)
2002 UK Foreign Office paper went over how UN could administer postwar Iraq Said best plan
would be UN administration and coalition for postwar security
(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Inquiry Section 6.4 Planning and Preparation For A Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, Mid-2001 to January 2003)
2003 US officials met with Custer Battles over its contract to replace old dinars with new ones
Company accused of buying substandard trucks Company threatened to walk out of deal Left behind spreadsheet that showed company billed US $2.1 mil for work that only cost $913,000 Was 1st sign company bilking govt It created front companies that made false bills at inflated prices to rob govt
(Musings On Iraq review Blood Money, Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq)
2004 US cmdr in Mosul sent warning that city could fall to insurgents at any moment unless US
took immediate action
2006 ISI held march in Ramadi to declare it capitol of Islamic caliphate and mark its new name
2006 CENTCOM briefing said Iraq heading towards chaos Increased sectarian violence despite
U.S. security plan
2006 Badr Maysan police chief killed by IED likely by Sadrists
2008 Female suicide bomber killed at Sahwa checkpoint in Salahaddin Part of ISI campaign vs
sahwa
(Musings On Iraq The Rise of Female Suicide Bombers0
(Musings On Iraq Motivations Behind Female Suicide Bombers)
(Musings On Iraq Behind The Revival Of The Islamic State in Iraq, Interview With Naval War College Prof Craig Whiteside)
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
2008 Govt committee to investigate attacks on Christians in Mosul found some army units
worked with armed groups and weren’t protecting Christians
(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Bad Times For Iraq’s Christians)
2008 4 armed members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were found and arrested in Diyala by
ISF
(Musings On Iraq Iranians And Special Groups Forces Returning To Iraq)
2008 1000s of Sadrists protested in Baghdad against the Status of Forces Agreement
2010 Report South pipeline built 1975 Was supposed to only last 20 yrs without major upgrades
Inspected 1991 Found 76% of pipe corroded Iraq reduced capacity by 75% to keep using it Couldn’t be shut down because 75% of exports used it 2 assessments in 07 Said new export pipes needed to be added Found underwater section of pipe leaked and sea water collected in it increasing corrosion
2010 Report US wanted PM Maliki and Allawi to form alliance to create new govt and shut Sadr
out US told Kurds to withhold support for Maliki as a result Sadr supported Maliki PM agreed to KRG’s demands
(Musings On Iraq Sadr’s Decision To Support Maliki And Its Effect Within And Without Iraq)
2011 Exxon signed oil and gas deal with KRG marking 1st major energy company to enter region
(Musings On Iraq New Twists In Exxon-Kurd Oil Deal)
(Musings On Iraq How the New Chevron Deal Affects Oil Dispute Between Iraq’s Central Government And Kurdistan)
(Musings On Iraq Exxon May Drop Contract With Iraq’s Central Government To Concentrate On Kurdistan)
(Musings On Iraq The State Of The Kurdish Regional Government In Iraq, An Interview With National Defense Univ’s Dr Denise Natali)
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2012 Report Warrant for Central Bank of Iraq chief surprise Many believed power grab by PM
Maliki to control bank Head of Board of Supreme Audit named new bank head ISCI against warrant Said Maliki could become dictator MP on integrity committee said it hadn’t investigated bank Said investigation led by State of Law and Sadrist members MP said Maliki had been trying to interfere and take over bank
(Musings On Iraq More On Central Bank of Iraq Scandal)
2012 Exxon said in talks to sell share of West Qurna 1 field Wanted to focus on KRG Oil Min
payments to Exxon barley covered costs Nov 2011 signed deal with KRG
(Musings On Iraq Exxon May Drop Contract With Iraq’s Central Government To Concentrate On Kurdistan)
2013 European Relations Comm official said $800 mil smuggled out of Iraq to Swiss banks and
other foreign banks each week Said came from bribes and corruption
(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 PLOS Medicine report est 405,000 excess deaths in Iraq 2003-2011 Lancet study est
655,000 excess deaths from 03-06 1 critique of Lancet was sample size was too small and didn’t represent all of Iraq New study covered twice as many areas Another critique of Lancet was focused upon main streets with more violence New survey was more random Lancet est annual mortality rate of 13.3 per 1000 2003-06 New study est 4.55 per 1000 2003-2011 New report had similar casualty figures to Iraq Body Count and Wikileaks
(Musings On Iraq Comparing Surveys of Iraqi Deaths During The War)
(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)
2014 Hashd and Peshmerga got into gun fight in Tuz Kharmato dist Salahaddin Peshemrga fired
on Badr vehicle that didn’t stop at checkpoint 1 Peshmerga 2 Hashd wounded 2 sides had peace talks afterward
2014 IS attacked Baghdadi Anbar City now surrounded on all sides Est IS controlled 80% of
Anbar
2015 National Intel Service arrested Trade Min Kareem over taking bribes
2016 Report Drug gangs moved into Basra Smuggled drugs in from Iran Police only arrested
drug users and middlemen rather than gang Drugs led to increased violence Zubayr hub of drug trade in Basra
2017 KRG Election Comm said it stopped preparations for presidential and parliamentary
elections because no candidates
(Musings On Iraq In Face Of Referendum Fallout Kurdish Ruling Parties Decide To Hold Onto Power)
2017 UN warned Election Comm that choosing electronic voting system would undermine trust
in voting
2017 Report KRG lost half its oil production Kurds took Bai Hassan and Avana oil fields in
Kirkuk in 2014 after Mosul fell Produced 280,000 bar/day of oil Was 45% of KRG production
(Musings On Iraq Fighting Breaks Out Between Federal Forces And Peshmerga In Salahaddin And Kirkuk)
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2017 Rosneft signed deal for 5 oil blocks in KRG
2017 Iraqi forces and Peshmerga fought in Mahmudiya Ninewa
2017 KRG VP and deputy head of PUK Rasul attacked PUK members for Kirkuk Said Kurds
suffered another Anfal Said Kurds expected intl community to help them after KRG independence referendum but didn’t Bafel and Lahur Talabani ordered withdrawal of PUK peshmerga from Kirkuk
2018 Outgoing Oil Minister Luabi transferred 9 state oil companies to new Iraq National Oil
Company that he headed PM Designate Abdul Mahdi warned that his govt would cancel any orders it felt illegal
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Starts Reviving National Oil Company)
2018 Report 2017 Iraq produced 680 mil/sci/day in dry gas 1st qtr of 2018 produced 803
mil/scf/day
2019 Amnesty reported govt had on going campaign against activists and journalists for
protests Included threats arrests and disappearances
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)
2019 Sunni Endowment in Ninewa sent letter to Ninewa Gov Mirad Asked him to stop
Shiite Endowment from seizing and confiscating properties
2020 Petronas threatened to leave Gharraf oil field after tribes threatened company
2020 MP on legal committee said 3-4 large lists made all the decisions in govt Were negotiating
distributing electoral districts amongst themselves to hold onto power
2020 Report Members of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq arrested for kidnapping and killing civilians in town
in Balad dist Salahaddin
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
2020 Report KRG started paying govt salaries but cut by 18% Came after PM Kazemi started
sending monthly budget payments to KRG Jul and Aug salaries cut 21%
2020 PM Kazemi announced new fact finding committee to investigate violence against
protesters Nothing happened
2021 Iraq cut its winter crops in half due to drought Water in some areas of Diyala completely
cut off by Iranian dams
2021 Pro-Iran Hashd blocked roads in Khalis Diyala Fatah announced protests outside Green
Zone after bad showing in election Also protests in Kirkuk and Diwaniya over results
2022 Report KDP and PUK carrying out low level violence against each other Fmr PUK special
forces officer killed in car bomb reportedly because was going to join KDP Officials said houses of KDP members have been attacked in Sulaymaniya Fmr Gorran member who joined KDP had house attacked by drone
2023 Pro-Iran groups attacked Al-Asad airbase in Anbar and Al-Harir airbase in Irbil
targeting US troops for Washington’s support of Israel in Gaza War
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Groups Renew Attacks Upon US Targets In Retaliation For Gaza War)
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