1830 Daud Pasha’s Mamluks assassinated governor sent to replace him in Baghdad Sultan
Mahmoud declared Daud a rebel and appointed another governor
1915 UK General Staff recommended taking Baghdad before Turkish forces grew in
strength in Mesopotamia
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1920 UK Gen Leslie commended one of his subordinates for destroying villages around Hillah
and wiping out area around Karbala 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 Royal decree called for 1st parliamentary elections
1930 2nd cabinet formed under PM Nuri al-Said
1931 PM Said named new cabinet Were 14 govts under Mandate
1948 All Jewish govt workers fired in Iraq after creation of Israel
(Musings On Iraq review Iraqi Jews, A History of Mass Exodus)
(Musings On Iraq review Last Days in Babylon, The Exile of Iraq’s Jews, the Story of My Family)
(Musings On Iraq New Babylonians, A History Of Jews In Modern Iraq)
1958 Gen Bakr forced to retire after Col Arif lost power struggle with Gen Qasim within govt
1973 Iraqi 3rd Armored Div forced to give up attack on Tel Antar in Golan Heights
Retreated with heavy losses Yom Kippur War
1973 Iraqi Special Forces brigade carried out raids on Israelis in Tel Alaqiya Golan Heights Yom
Kippur War
1980 Saddam speech said Iraq couldn’t win war because outnumbered by Iran
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)
1983 Iranian Op Wa al-Fajr 4 began to take Penjwin Valley in Sulaymaniya from KDPI and cut
its supply line to Iraq 2nd op in Kurdistan KDP helped Iran
(Musings On Iraq Pres Bakr, Saddam, And Iraq’s Kurds Before The Anfal Campaign)
(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 diplomat Primakov told Bush Saddam would never back down from occupying
Kuwait
1995 UN report said 28% of Iraqi children under 5 were severely malnourished Result of sanctions
2002 Draft UK Foreign Office paper said economic reconstruction in Iraq planning needed to
start immediately Never adequately happened
(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Inquiry Section 6.4 Planning and Preparation For A Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, Mid-2001 to January 2003)
2003 Sec State Powell said US found evidence of Iraq’s WMD programs and that Saddam
always wanted nuclear weapons
(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Created An Iraqi Nuclear Threat In 2002)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Bin Laden tape aired on Al Jazeera Congratulated Iraqis for resisting Americans in
Iraq Said US was mired in the swamps of the Tigris and Euphrates
2004 Head of aid group CARE was kidnapped in Baghdad Later killed by insurgents Led to CARE
withdrawing from Iraq
2004 Iraq conspiracy theorist Mylroie wrote OpEd in NY Sun that Saddam trained
foreigners to carry out terrorist attacks and worked with Islamic groups
(Musings On Iraq Laurie Mylroie’s Convoluted Iraq-Terrorism Conspiracy Theory)
(Musings On Iraq Laurie Mylroie’s Iraq Conspiracy Theory Was Debunked By Captured Baath Documents)
2004 PM Allawi got US to free insurgent leader Sheikh Jumaili in attempt to split militants in
Fallujah against Zarqawi Failed
2005 Saddam’s trial started and pled his innocence
(Musings On Iraq review The Prisoner in His Palace, Saddam Hussein, His American Guards and What History Leaves Unsaid)
2005 Natl Sec Adv Rice told Senate about Clear Hold Build counterinsurgency plan for Iraq Was
not discussed with US military beforehand
(Musings On Iraq 2006 Clear Hold Build: An Iraq Strategy That Wasn’t A Strategy)
(Musings On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)
(Musings On Iraq review State of Denial, Bush At War, Part III)
2005 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey US Iraq Amb Khalilzad later asked Rice what Clear Hold Build
was and why not consulted
2005 Def Sec Rumsfeld complained to Natl Sec Adv Rice that he did not back Clear Hold Build
and he was not consulted about it
2006 IED killed Amara police chief from Badr Police arrested brother of suspected bomber from
Mahdi Army 2 days of fighting started Mahdi Army stormed 3 police stations manned by Badr in Amara
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
2006 US military spokesman said Op Together Forward II failed to reduce violence in Baghdad
Said attacks up 22% since start of Ramadan US forces returned to Dora after it was touted as first area cleared during operation
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 20 Baghdad Burns, Summer-Fall 2006)
(Musings On Iraq review Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey US Amb Khalzad gave press conference saying Op Together
Forward II in Baghdad working It wasn’t
2006 Report over 20 militias operating in Baghdad Mahdi Army splintering
2006 Report police unit blamed for killing 26 Sunnis at food factory in Baghdad’s Amil Unit was
suspended
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2008 PM Maliki ordered US to release top Sadrist arrested Oct 18 for taking part in sectarian
fighting
(Musings On Iraq The Life Of Nouri al-Maliki An Interview With Journalist Ned Parker)
2008 Sheikh Hayes of Anbar Salvation Council accused Sheikh Abu Risha of Iraq Awakening
Movement of making alliance with Islamic Party and working against the Awakening
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2010 Report Iraq natural gas auctions not garnered a lot of interest Put up 3 fields for bids Hardly
any gas infrastructure No pipelines to export Govt had no plans for how to use gas
(Musings On Iraq Iraq To Hold Natural Gas Auction Today)
2010 PM Maliki went to Iran Met Sadr in Qom along with Pres Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah
Khamenei Meant to ensure his 2nd term
(Musings On Iraq Sadr’s Conditional Support For Maliki)
(Musings On Iraq Sadr’s Decision To Support Maliki And Its Effect Within And Without Iraq)
2011 Report Iraq made deal with oil companies to build water injection plant in Basra to boost
oil production Exxon mobile would lead project Cost around $3 bil Water project never done
2013 IS held parade in southern Fallujah
2013 Report PM Maliki put son in charge of security of Green Zone Son arrested contractor for
corruption Maliki said ISF couldn’t do job so his son had to
2015 Report Quds Force cmdr Gen Suleimani led new offensive in Syria using Iraqi militias
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba said Iraq and Syria same war Suleimani said road to liberate Mosul was through Aleppo Kataib Hezbollah sent 1000 fighters to Aleppo on orders of Suelimani Kataib Sayid al-Shuhada said it sent 500 fighters
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Sheikh Akram Al-Kaabi and Hezbollah al-Nujaba)
2016 Report Sadr met with pro-Iran Hashd leaders Amiri Abu Muhandis Khazali Kaabi to try to
reconcile Didn’t work
2016 Report Sadr’s Saraya al-Salam kidnapped 3 US contractors in Jan Held them for 31 days
Saraya al-Salam acted independently of Hashd Sadr called Hashd brazen militias Iran still supported Sadr Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and Sadrists carried out tit for tat killings Sadr froze his militia several times to try to control them Nov 2015 froze Saraya al-Salam in Diyala Claimed involved in crimes Sadrists fought in Syria even though denied it
2016 Report KRG deal with PM Abadi to take part in Battle of Mosul from four axes
2017 Oil Min repeated warning that oil companies could not sign oil deals with KRG
2017 Supreme Judicial Council warrant for KRG VP Rasul for inciting violence because he called for
peshmerga to fight for Kirkuk
2017 UN reported violence and looting in Tuz Kharmato and Kirkuk after Iraqi forces expelled
Kurds Said 150 homes burned in Tuz Kharmato
2017 Hashd fired on Kurdish protesters in Khanaqin Diyala 1 killed Were protesting Hashd
presence
2018 Report Iraq lost 250 sq km of farmland every year mostly in south Desertification
on rise due to decreased water on Tigris and Euphrates Up to 4 mil could be displaced in next 8 yrs 2018 4000 had to leave homes due to water crisis Agriculture severely affected by water crisis in Basra Salinity another issue Couldn’t drink water or use for farming Climate change disrupting farming Would increase urban migration Many farmers said govt neglected them No tariffs to protect local farmers
2019 Sadrists held protests in Karbala during Arbaeen pilgrimage against corruption
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
2019 People in village in Khanaqin dist Diyala fled due to IS threats and attacks
(Musings On Iraq The Islamic State’s Failed Comeback In Iraq)
2020 Report Hashd used Telegram and WhatsApp to recruit Posted on social media against PM
Kazemi for ties with US Several new groups formed most connected to Kataib Hezbollah Aug pro-Iran Hashd burned Dijlah TV for playing music during Ashura Was excuse because station promoted protests Oct 17 Hashd burned KDP HQ in Baghdad after Zebari said Hashd shouldn’t be in Green Zone Members of Rab Allah arrested Threatened to burn Natl Intel Service HQ if men not released
2020 PM Kazemi set up investigation into kidnappings and killings in town in Balad dist
Salahaddin Speaker Halbusi said parliament created committee 12 MPs from Salahaddin demanded Hashd leave province Nothing happened
2020 Activist received death threats His mentor assassinated outside police station in Maysan
Group counted 44 kidnappings and 74 attempted assassinations in last yr 39 killed since Oct 2019 Reuters talked with 5 activists who were told by police to leave because couldn’t be protected
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)
2021 Dohuk journalist and an activist given 1 yr each Accused of inciting violence and illegal
gatherings for protesting and reporting on them
2021 Protests in Baghdad Kirkuk claiming election fraud
2023 Report Water Minister said neighboring countries weren’t following agreements to
increase water flow down rivers Sudani govt claimed Turkey had increased water flow during summer to help with drought
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