1914 British troops after landing at Faw Peninsula Basra captured Ottoman Faw Fort
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1918 UK Foreign Min official Sykes wrote proclamation that goal of WWI was to free all people
under Ottoman Empire and give them self govt
(Musings On Iraq review U.S. Policy In Post-Saddam Iraq)
1919 Anglo-French Declaration said they were not imperialists but would sponsor self-govt in
Middle East UK Political officer in Iraq Sir Wilson said if declaration followed through with Iraqis least ready to run country would be given power
1920 British military entered Karbala and arrested rebel leaders during 1920 Revolt Karbala one of
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)
1932 PM Shawkat dissolved parliament which was full of ex-PM Said followers
1980 Saddam said Iraq was ready to withdraw from Iran if Tehran recognized Iraq’s rights to Shatt
al-Arab Iran refused
1982 4th attack in Iranian Op Muharram in Maysan
(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 US Natl Advisory Council met to discuss giving credit to Iraq State Dept pushed
through giving Iraq $1 bil line of credit Agreed to break it up into 2 installments of $500 mil each Part of Bush admin’s plan to improve relations with Iraq Sec State Baker lobbied govt agencies to end objections over Iraq using money to buy military equipment
1989 CIA report UK Matrix Churchill company front for Iraq’s weapons procurement
program Had other front companies Were buying technology for WMD nuclear missile programs Iraqi intel involved in companies Said reduction of credit program for Iraq would harm US-Iraq trade ties
1990 Bush ordered 150,000 troops to the Persian Gulf Would increase US presence to over 380,000
1990 Bush asked if he would use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait Wouldn’t answer the question Did
say there would be enough US forces for offensive action
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
1990 Sec State Baker met Gorbachev to win support for UN use of force resolution against
Iraq Gorbachev believed only threat of force would make Iraq withdraw
1990 Soviets said they wanted political solution to invasion of Kuwait but use of force vs
Iraq couldn’t be ruled out
(Musings On Iraq review The Gulf Conflict 1990-1991, Diplomacy and War in the New World Order)
1996 Report Baghdad was selling weapons to KDP in its conflict with the PUK
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
2001 Pentagon memo on options for Iraq 1 was to back Iraqi opposition 2 was to help Kurdistan and
create no go zone for Iraqi military in south 3 was to encourage Iraqis to defect to Kurdistan 4 was giving more aid to INC through Iraq Liberation Act
2001 NY Times article based upon 2 Iraqi defectors provided by INC 1 was Abu Zainab Qairy Both
said they worked at a terrorist training camp in Salman Pak Baghdad Said they saw Islamists and WMD produced to attack US Story released to coincide with INC defectors appearing on PBS Frontline Stories were false
2001 Frontline aired “Gunning for Saddam” Was full of conspiracies about Iraq being behind 9/11
and arguing that it should be attacked Talked with Defense Policy Board’s Perle who said Saddam most dangerous man in world because he could use WMD against US Included ex-CIA Dir Woolsey who thought Iraq probably behind Al Qaeda and 1995 World Trade Center bombing Author Mylroie said Iraq behind Al Qaeda Interviewed INC connected ex-nuclear scientist Khidhir Hamza who said Iraq behind 9/11 and INC defector Khododa who claimed to have seen jihadists training with Iraqis in Salman Pak including taking airliners Said this was connected to 9/11 Khodada had been dismissed by US intel because he claimed he fled Iraq after he was tortured but he had no marks on his body
(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)
2001 Natl Sec Adv Rice said US would not allow Iraq to threaten its own people its neighbors or US
interests by acquiring WMD
2002 CENTCOM cmdr Gen Franks told planners only 1 army division and Marine Expeditionary
Force could overthrow Saddam Planners said wouldn’t be enough to secure Iraq if Saddam quickly fell
2002 UN Resolution 1441 said Iraq was in violation of previous resolutions and authorized new
weapons inspections anywhere in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Hangs Blix Replies To Tony Blair)
(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)
2002 UN Res 1441 was immediately interpreted in different ways France said it meant a 2nd
resolution was necessary to go to war UK said it was last chance for Iraq or it would suffer the consequences
2003 Red Cross withdrew most of its staff from Iraq after Zarqawi bombing
2004 2 Marine regiments started attack in 2nd Battle of Fallujah clearing northern section of city
Zarqawi and head of Mujahadeen Shura Council Janabi fled
(Musings On Iraq review The Battle for Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Fighting for Fallujah, a New Dawn for Iraq)
2004 Sadr issued statement calling on Iraqi forces to not take part in the 2nd Battle of Fallujah
Association of Muslim Scholars also condemned the battle
(Musings On Iraq Spiritual Leader To Iraq’s Insurgency Harith Dhari Dies In Exile)
2004 Battle of Mosul began as many insurgents had moved north to avoid Fallujah battle
2004 Def Sec Rumsfeld said most of Iraq stable with violence only in 4 of 18 provinces
2005 Another one of Saddam’s lawyers was killed in an ambush
2006 NatlSecAdv Hadley memo to Bush on Iraq trip Said Maliki had good intentions Said Maliki either
didn’t know what was going on in Iraq was lying about it or didn’t have power to do what he wanted Asked whether Maliki was able to rise above sectarianism PM talked about ethnosectarian cooperation but was moving towards Shiite control of state Asked if US and Maliki wanted same thing Said Maliki wanted to be a good leader but didn’t seem like he knew how Stopped raids against militias and encouraged raids on insurgents Removed good ISF commanders based upon sect Only listened to small group of advisers Said US should embed forces with ISF and give Maliki more control over them Supported Gen Casey’s plan to speed up transfer of security to Iraq Mentioned sending more troops to reduce violence in Baghdad but left it up to Casey to decide Said success relied upon Maliki promoting reconciliation and reforming ISF something Hadley doubted Maliki could o
2006 Bush announced Rumsfeld out as Secretary of Defense in large part because of Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Overreach, Delusions of Regime Change In Iraq)
2007 Basra education director from ISCI escaped IED as Shiite factions vied for control of province
2007 ISCI controlled Karbala police chief accused Mahdi Army of 668 murders from 2004-07
including 62 police along with dozens of robberies and kidnappings Part of on going struggle between ISCI and Sadrists for control of south
2008 PM Maliki said he wanted constitution amended to give Baghdad more control over provinces
Was aimed at Kurds and their control of disputed areas
2008 KDP and PUK said they were against PM Maliki creating Tribal Support Council in Kirkuk
(Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman)
(Musings On Iraq Disputes Over Tribal Support Councils)
2008 Latvia held ceremony to withdraw its troops Deployed May 03 Worked in Wasit Babil Kirkuk
Qadisiya
2009 Parliamentary election law passed expanding number of seats to 325
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Parliament Finally Does Its Job – Passes Election Law)
2011 Barham Salah said that new draft oil law was agreed upon and would go to parliament by end
of 2011 Never passed
2012 US Treasury Dept designated Kataib Hezbollah a terrorist organization
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
2012 Report Kurdish Coalition said afraid weapons bought from Russia would be used against KRG
Said opposed Iranian style govt in Iraq State of Law MP said Pres Barzani was a threat to Iraq
2014 2nd operation launched to try to free Hit Anbar ISF and Hashd declared Baiji Salahaddin
freed
2016 Peshmerga freed Bashiqa Ninewa from IS
2016 UN said IS abducted 300 fmr soldiers in Ninewa 100 were taken to villages west of Mosul 195
taken to Tal Afar in western Ninewa Also forced 1500 families out of Hamam al-Alil and drove them to Mosul Were used as human shields
2016 Report IS ordered people out of Abu Saif south of Mosul into city
2017 Central Bank of Iraq called on Iraqi banks to stop working with KRG Aftermath of KRG
independence referendum
2017 PM Abadi said willing to pay KRG govt salaries Disputed how many workers there were
Abadi said willing to pay 334 bil dinars KRG said it needed 897 bil dinars
2017 Report Nov 2016 was off and on fighting between Peshmerga vs Shiite Arabs and Shiite
Turkmen Hashd in Tuz Kharmato Salahaddin Lasted 17 days Left 21 dead Over 100 wounded Meetings between PUK and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq led to ceasefire
2017 UN condemned abuses that happened in Kirkuk and Tuz Kharmato Condemned destruction of
property Looting Kurds attacked and forced out Arabs
2018 Protest in northern Basra over jobs and services
2018 Report 54,000 homes destroyed during Battle for Mosul 2015 $400 mil fund set up for
reconstruction Mosul only got $252,000 in 2017-18
2019 ISF still trying to break up protests at Um Qasr Port and Basra city 13-14 died total
(Musings On Iraq Govt Moving To Break Up Southern 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 PM Abdul Mahdi’s spokesman said armed men fired on both protesters and security
forces in Basra
2019 Basra Ops Command said unknown forces fired at Basra protesters Basra police
chief denied that his forces fired at demonstrators 8 killed
2019 ISF destroyed protest camps in Rifai Dhi Qar and Karbala city
2019 Report 2 protesters killed in Maysan by unknown groups Last 2 days 7 protesters killed
at Um Qasr port Basra 6 killed in Baghdad Sources said Hashd brought in hundreds of fighters into Green Zone to deal with protests
2019 Report Ayatollah Sistani representative said ISF responsible for violence against protests
Called for end of use of excessive force Said Abdul Mahid govt had to respond to demands of public
2019 Activist kidnapped in Baghdad Last 3 days 66 protesters killed in Baghdad
2019 Yazidis protested in Sinjar Ninewa demanding that they become a district Said didn’t
want Hashd or KDP in area
2020 Report PM Kazemi Tweeted that his govt would deal with ISF that used live ammo vs
protesters Said violated his order not to use bullets Came after protester killed in Basra Nothing happened
2020 Ninewa Governor said all displacement camps in province would be closed Came after PM
Kazemi decided to close all camps by end of 2020 Didn’t happen
2021 PM Kazemi met with Coordination Framework Leaders admitted that a pro-Iran Hashd group
carried out drone strike on his house Said it would turn over 3 Hashd members responsible
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