1920 UK High Commissioner Sir Cox formed Iraqi provisional govt after 1920 Revolt led
British to give up direct rule Abd Naqib of Baghdad was premier Had 21 ministers 12 with no portfolios Naqib opposed giving any ministries to Shiites
(Musings On Iraq review Dictatorship, Imperialism & Chaos, Iraq since 1989)
(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
(Musings On Iraq review The Shi’is Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1920 UK High Commissioner Sir Cox said Basra province showed no support for Mandate
Merchants in province just wanted to maintain status quo Mid-Euphrates sheikhs and landlords the same Baghdad and Mosul provinces wanted to have role in govt Intellectuals were nationalists
1952 Baghdad Pharmacy College strike over exams Would lead to protests against monarchy
1967 Arif visited Kurdistan Met with Barzani Said would implement Jun 29 agreement
Govt would disband Fursan anti-Kurdish fighters
(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)
1970 Plebiscite on whether Kirkuk would become part of Kurdish region delayed Never
happened
1978 Pres Assad signed National Charter of Joint Action to counter Israel-Egypt peace treaty
while visiting Baghdad
1980 Iraq fired missiles at Dezful, Iran for 2nd day
1980 Most of the Iranian forces driven out of Khorramshahr Gave Iraq control of Shatt al-Arab
Iraq lost 4,000-12,000 casualties
1980 Soviet news agency accused Iraq of aligning with US in Iran-Iraq War
1980 Iran objected to Iraq abrogating 1975 Algiers Agreement in letter to U.N. Said Iran still
following it Iraq broke it
1984 Tariq Aziz told Sec of State Shultz Iraq ready to resume full diplomatic relations with US
after 17 yr break
(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)
1989 Sec of State Baker memo said that ties with Iraq important to shape Middle East politics
(Musings On Iraq review The United States And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
1989 Sec State Baker reviewed legal report on Agriculture Dept credit program with Iraq
Said Iraq had plenty of oil and could pay back US loans Didn’t think any high Iraqi officials were involved in corruption over credits Said BNL bank investigation was just about bank officials Said Iraq needed to cooperate in investigation Baker was happy with report because meant he could push for more credit and trade with Iraq
1992 Report Aug 89 FBI raided Atlanta bank that made $5 bil in fraudulent loans to Iraq Used
some money to buy weapons and tech for weapons or bought US farm products and traded those for weapons from other countries Bush admin tried to block investigation into bank
(Musings On Iraq review Spider’s Web, The secret history of how the White House illegally armed Iraq)
2001 After anthrax letters sent to Wash DC ABC reported anthrax trademark of Iraq’s WMD
program
2001 Czech Interior Ministry told press 9/11 hijacker Atta met Iraqi intel officer in Prague False
story
(Musings On Iraq Overview of America’s Policy Towards Iraq: From The Clinton Years To The
Sectarian War of 2006)
2003 DepDefSec Wolfowitz arrived in Baghdad and met with Chalabi who warned him
insurgents knew he was in the country
2003 Baghdad’s Rashid Hotel hit by rocket while Wolfwitz staying there 16 killed 18 wounded
Part of Ramadan offensive
2003 US military said were not many foreign fighters in Baghdad
2003 Iraq Survey Group found aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy were not for centrifuges
Pentagon replied group had not finished its analysis Were for rockets
(Musings On Iraq How A Contested Aluminum Tubes Story Became The Basis For War With Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The WMD Mirage, Iraq’s Decade of Deception and America’s False Premise for War)
2003 Report CIA interviewed head of Iraq’s centrifuge program who said Iraq ended centrifuge
work after Gulf War and aluminum tubes had nothing to do with it CIA claimed he was lying Were for rockets
2004 PM Allawi blamed US for deaths of 49 army recruits killed in Diyala by Zarqawi
2005 Report CIA review of Zarqawi’s visit to Baghdad in May 02 based upon interviews
with Saddam era Iraqi officials said Zarqawi probably didn’t have protection of Iraqi govt Bush administration claimed Zarqawi given safe haven by Saddam and said that was proof of Iraq-Al Qaeda cooperation
(Musings On Iraq review Insurgent Iraq, Al Zarqawi and the New Generation)
2006 PM Maliki interview refuted US timetable for Iraq Said ISF could take over security in 6
months not 12-18 US set out Said he didn’t agree to timetable Said he met with Sadr and they agreed greatest threat to Iraq was Al Qaeda in Iraq and Baathists not militias
2006 Def Sec Rumsfeld said US had not gotten PM Maliki to agree to crackdown on militias
Said Maliki would work towards US benchmarks but would be no deadlines or penalties if he didn’t
2007 Islamic Army fought ISI outside Samarra Salahaddin
(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)
2007 Report US and ISF targeting insurgent finance networks in Mosul Found kickbacks
overbilling illegal sales real estate deals black market gas and propane sales earned $40-$60 mil for insurgents over last few years
2008 US Special Forces raided ISI camp in Syria used to ferry foreign fighters into Iraq captured
huge amount of documents
2008 US threatened to cut all services to Iraq if Status of Forces Agreement not passed
2010 Transparency International ranked Iraq fourth most corrupt country in world in its
Corruption Index Was ranked #4 in 2009
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Ranked Fourth Most Corrupt Country In World)
(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)
2010 Report ISF said ISI mostly Iraqi Lost leaders and not as big as before 3rd generation of
group 1st was mostly made up of foreigners 2nd was foreigners and Iraqis Aimed at attention grabbing attacks Wanted to return to former strongholds in Baghdad
2010 Report PM Maliki used ISF to control Diyala May 09 sent special forces to arrest
councilmen and sahwa leader Nov 09 arrested deputy governor Some said Maliki wanted to pressure Accordance Front who were threatening investigations Report that Accordance Front made deal with Maliki Wouldn’t investigate Oil Min and Maliki would end arrests Before 2010 election more arrests Feb arrested Iraqiya candidate Was released for lack of evidence Anti-terrorism force arrested him again 3 other Iraqiya candidates went into hiding
2010 Report US effort to rebuild ISF full of problems Different groups were in charge High Iraqi
desertion rate ISF infiltrated by insurgents and militias 04 US only focused on creating as many ISF as quickly as possible US didn’t start building ISF training planning logistics until 08 Ruling parties put followers into ISF Fmr Natl Sec Min said led to institutional problems that were hard to change US didn’t consider recruiting and political problems After 05 elections Shiites and Kurds put followers into command positions After 08 PM Maliki also put followers into commands Shiites afraid of Baathists Used deBaathification to eliminate officers saw as threats Militias infiltrated Interior Min After 05 elections more militias put into police Interior Min divided between KDP PUK ISCI Sadrists Jan 05 Badr got Interior Minister and accused of running death squads 06 Bolani made Interior Min Tried to centralize power Became more professional Cleaned up finances Became autonomous from Maliki CPA created Natl Sec Min under Rubaie PM Allawi believed Rubaie close to Iran so created rival Natl Sec Affairs Min Maliki controlled his own security forces like Baghdad Brigade Presidential Brigades Ran secret prison in Baghdad Maliki created operations commands that reported to him and not Defense or Interior Ministries
2010 Karbala govt rejected Electricity Min plan to make citizens pay for electricity Said it was
unfair for poor Said only 2 hours of power provided by ministry Said people shouldn’t pay until service better
2011 KRG Pres Barzani formed Kurdish National Council to try to unite Syrian Kurds under
KDP patronage
(Musings On Iraq Explaining Iraqi Kurdistan’s Policy Towards Syria, Interview With Wladimir van Wilgenburg)
2013 Iran signed agreement to provide natural gas for 3 power plants in Basra Pipeline supposed
to be finished Mar 2014 Would be 2nd Iranian pipeline to Iraq
2013 Electricity Min Aftan said there would be no more power outages in Iraq Said new power
plants were operating and old ones rehabilitated Said Iraq was receiving 24 hrs of power Not true
2014 IS destroyed a Suffi shrine and a Sunni one in Salahaddin
2015 Media adv to Trade Min killed in Sep by sticky bomb Was going to reveal corruption to
Integrity Comm 4 Trade Min guards admitted to assassination Had killed ministry workers before Murder led investigation that found corruption in importing grain and construction equipment
2015 KRG Finance Min said it would cut Jul salaries for Interior Min Police Electricity and
Religious Endowments ministries KRG in financial crisis due to war with IS and budget/oil dispute with Baghdad
2015 Peshmerga Secretary said 1,258 Peshmerga killed 7301 wounded in war vs IS
2015 KDP Peshmerga blocked road from Syria to Sinjar to stop PKK movement PKK retaliated
by blocking road to Mount Sinjar to stop KDP reinforcements from arriving
2016 Parliament passed Hashd law that made it part of ISF
2016 KRG paid Gulf Keystone $15 mil for Aug exports Natural Resource Min tried to pay
invoices from oil companies for May Jun Jul Aug Gulf Keystone had to restructure financing to stay in business due to lack of KRG payments
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2016 Early 2015 IS was producing 50,000 bar/day in oil Earned $40-$50 mil/mo Industry now
devastated by Coalition air strikes and lost territory Jun 2016 US destroyed IS’s oil ministry HQ in Mosul Aug Peshmerga killed IS oil minister in raid with US Oil professionals quit working for IS Oct 2015 US started Op Tidal Wave II to conduct air strikes on oil industry Went after production areas and middlemen that bought and sold IS oil IS had to lower prices as a result to attract new middlemen IS tried to spread out network to avoid attacks Buried pipelines and storage tanks underground
2017 Iraqi forces renewed west Anbar op This time aimed at liberating Qaim along Syrian border
from IS
2017 More clashes between Iraqi forces and Peshmerga in Fishkhabur Dohuk and Altun Kupri
Ninewa after independence referendum
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Ups Ante Attempting To Seize Control Of Kurds’ Oil Pipeline)
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2019 Protesters killed rose from 42 to 70 in 2 days People tried to enter Green Zone in
Baghdad ISF tried and failed to clear Tahrir Sq Basra ISF broke up protest outside govt building and carried out mass arrests Also protest in Shatt al-Arab Dhi Qar governor and deputy governor had homes burned Overnight sit-in in Karbala Protest outside Iranian consulate in Karbala Protests in Maysan Muthanna Najaf Qadisiya
(Musings On Iraq Death Toll Rises As Govt Tries To Break Up Iraq Protests)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)
2019 Sadr announced his Sairoon bloc was joining the opposition and started sit in protest
in parliament building
(Musings On Iraq More Confrontations Between Protesters And Govt 3rd Day Of Renewed Demonstrations)
2020 Police fired stun guns and tear gas to break up protest in Baghdad Were clashes between
protesters and police in Karbala Police fired live ammo at crowd Protests in Diwaniya and Dhi Qar Basra
2020 Report Activists fled Baghdad for KRG to escape threats by Hashd
2020 Parliament’s finance committee said Iraq running 6 tril dinar deficit/mo Said passing
borrowing law would cut how much govt could borrow Kazemi govt said couldn’t cover govt salaries without borrowing Govt earned 4 tril dinars/mo from oil taxes customs Needed 10 tril dinars to cover govt salaries/pensions
2021 IS attacked mostly Shiite village in Diyala Beforehand kidnapped 2 from village who
refused to pay taxes Afterward tribesmen attacked nearby Sunni town backed by Hashd Bulldozed and burned houses Baghdad sent ISF to control situation
2022 Baghdad court annulled KRG contracts with Addax Petroleum ShMaran and Gulf Keystone
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
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