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1916 UK parliamentary inquiry began into defeat at Kut
1921 King Faisal’s coronation
Started negotiations over Anglo-Iraq treaty
(Musings
On Iraq review The Role of the
Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings
On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil,
Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
(Musings
On Iraq review Imagining The Nation, Nationalism, Sectarianism and
Socio-Political Conflict in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern
Studies)
(Musings
On Iraq review A History of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The
Middle East 1789-1923)
1950 Nuri al-Said threatened to revoke license of transport
company if didn’t fill quota of shipping 500
Jews out of Iraq per day
1965 Col Fakhry retired and 318 officers arrested for being
in an underground political
group linked to Communists
(Musings
On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq,
Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings
On Iraq A History Of The Iraqi Communist Party Interview With Univ of East
Anglia’s Johan Franzen)
1969 Bakr govt executed opponents in central Baghdad Meant
to rally support for regime
1996 US Asst Sec of State for Nera Eastern Affairs
Pelletraeu told Barzani to talk with Talabani to try to
stop fighting Barzani said US had
to talk to Iran and stop it from interfering in Kurdistan
2002 Bush told press he had patience on Iraq and was thinking
of all the options Part of strategy to
privately work on war plans while
publicly denying it
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on
Conflict)
(Musings
On Iraq review Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account Of The Decision To
Invade Iraq)
2003 Sec State Powell asked UN Security Council to pass
resolution encouraging foreign countries to
provide troops for Iraq
2003 Ali Hassan al-Majid “Chemical Ali” captured by US
forces
2005 Interior Minister Jabr said that stories of Iran
supplying weapons to Iraqi militias were exaggerated
(Musings
On Iraq A History Of Iranian Weapons Shipments To Iraq Interview With
Arkenstone Blog’s Galen Wright)
(Musings
On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2005 Islamic Party leader Tariq Hashemi said constitution
would not stop violence in Iraq because most
politicians not recognized by
public
2005 Isam al-Rawi of Muslim Scholars Association advocated
US withdrawal reforming security forces
amnesty for Baathists talks with
insurgency
(Musings
On Iraq Spiritual Leader To Iraq’s Insurgency Harith Dhari Dies In Exile)
2006 2nd trial started for Saddam accused of
genocide during Anfal campaign
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish
Opposition)
2006 Sheikh Abu Risha’s Anbar Emergency Council declared war
on Al Qaeda in Iraq in Ramadi Drew
fighters from tribes Jaish al-Haq
Numan Brigade 1920 Revolution Brigades
(Musings
On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 21 Hope In Ramadi)
(Musings
On Iraq review A Soldier’s Dream, Captain Travis Patriquin and the
Awakening of Iraq)
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq destroyed new Jazeera police station
in Ramadi with suicide car bomb Killed head
of Albu Jassim tribe who aligned
with US and provided tribesmen for Ramadi police Beheaded him and left body in
desert
(Musings
On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 21 Hope In Ramadi)
(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 Illusions of Victory,
The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of
Martyrdom)
(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 The Sheriff of Ramadi,
Navy SEALS and the Winning of Anbar)
2006 Bush said Saddam had relations with Zarqawi Disputed by
CIA who said no ties between two
(Musings
On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and
Washington’s Culture of Deception)
2007 Report 3 attempts to replace PM Maliki including from
ISCI within his own Dawa and from Allawi
U.S. trying
to prop up his govt
2008 Report Iraq’s Finance Min counted all money
appropriated in budget as spent when little of it actually
was Govt claimed it spent 57% of
the 2008 budget by Aug when only 18% had been used
(Musings
On Iraq NY Times Finds Iraq Spends Even Less Of Its Budget)
2008 Report US commanders started telling Sahwa in north
Iraq program ending and they had to get jobs
because govt wouldn’t integrate
them
(Musings
On Iraq What’s In The Future For The Sons of Iraq?)
2008 Report Gen Petraeus said Maliki govt purposely not
integrating Sahwa Defense Ministry officials
talked about arresting Sahwa by end
of 2008
2008 Captured ISI member said group running out of money
Could carry out operations but no major
attacks Few foreign fighters coming
2010 Kurdish MP said Peshmerga would remain in disputed
areas until Article 140 implemented
Said constitutionally legal for
them to stay
2010 KRG made series of demands of Maliki govt Wanted
revenue sharing law Oil law Wanted
KRG laws to trump federal laws in
disagreements over KRG oil contracts In return Kurds said they would support 2nd
term for PM Maliki
2010 100s protested in Dhi Qar over lack of electricity
Clashed with police
2012 Report Maliki govt not agreed to pay oil companies in
KRG 2010 Baghdad-KRG came to agreement
over KRG exporting oil Baghdad
agreed to pay oil companies in KRG Dep PM Shahristani and Oil Min Luaibi not
agreed to that Apr 2012 KRG stopped exports over budget dispute Aug KRG
restarted exports
2013 Report MP on
parliament integrity comm said around $9 bil/yr laundered Said 10% of govt
contracts
payoffs to officials who then laundered money MP said top officials in
Baghdad and provinces involved Made fake govt deals Then laundered money to
send it out of Iraq
(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 ISF
unable to stop ISI’s Soldiers’ Harvest Security worsened after PM Maliki
ordered ISF
raid on Hawija protest site Afterward insurgents took Suleiman Beq During
op to free town Kurdish brigade of 4th Div refused orders Cmdr and
600 soldiers of brigade referred to court martial ISF only able to regain
control of Suleiman Beq by making deal with insurgents and local leaders Aug
Foreign Min Zebaari asked US for military aid Since 07 PM Maliki made loyalists
cmdr in ISF 1 was Gen Ghanam Commanded brigade in 6th Div in Abu
Ghraib Criticized for heavy handed tactics Made cmdr of 2nd Div in
Ninewa and also criticized for tactics Made cmdr 17th Div in
southern Baghdad/Babil Jul resigned Source said 17th Div
investigated because troops were going AWOL because of Ghanam’s leadership
Afterward Defense Min said it gave amnesty for any AWOL soldiers from 17th
Div 10% of ISF ghost workers Jul Defense Min replaced head of Anbar Ops Command
for refusing to arrest protest leaders
2014 IS and Mujahadeen Army fought in Garma Anbar 4 IS
members killed by Naqshibandi in Jalawla
Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq review The Caliphate At War,
Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2015 Protests in Baghdad Maysan Dhi Qar Wasit Diyala Basra
Kirkuk Qadisiyah Salahaddin Najaf Karbala
Babil demanding reform
2015 Police attacked reporters from 3 TV stations trying to
cover day’s protests
2015 Report US announced Haji Mutazz IS commander in charge
of military ops in Iraq killed in
drone strike near Mosul
(Musings
On Iraq Islamic State’s Second In Command Killed For 3rd Time In
Iraq)
2015 Fmr Trade Min Sudani convicted on 3 corruption charges $4-$8
bil missing from ministry
Bought expired food and charged
Ministry full price Bought food and kept it for themselves to sell on black
market Bought goods for double the prices Sudani signed contract with company owned
by his son for $50 mil for old tea that was only worth $20 mil Bought
contaminated milk from China Found $8 mil in expired food in warehouse Sudani’s
brother and nephew got $40 in kickbacks from every ton of sugar imported by
ministry Sudani used some of money to fund PM Maliki’s State of Law in 2009-10
elections
(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)
2015 Report Est $300-$350 bil stolen from Iraq since 03
Finance Min Zebari said bloated salaries
cost $3 bil/mo PM Abadi said 1
official had 900 bodyguards Head of parliament’s integrity comm said it sent
500 corruption cases for investigation in 2014 but most dropped PM Abadi’s
office said it has no power over judiciary and therefore can’t reform it
2016 Tribal council
in Anbar blamed Hashd for burning houses and orchards east of Ramadi and in
Albu Shihad and another town
2016 Report
Peshmerga Min said it would not withdraw from disputed areas after defeat of IS
Said
needed territory for defense
2018 Report 2006 Turkey began building Dam Started filling
dam Jun 2018 Turkey told Iraq about
construction during entire time
2017 Turkey’s Water Min met with Iraq’s Water Min 4 times in 2017 Iraqi group
went to Turkish dam in Dec 2017 Drastically cut water supply to Iraq Govt did
nothing during entire process
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq Failed To Prepare For Water Crisis)
2018 Report Abadi govt asked US for exemption from Iran
sanctions US couldn’t do much to
enforce sanctions Neither could
Iraq because had no real control of border Iraq had major energy contracts with
Iran
2018 Iran said it would restart electricity exports to Iraq
Stopped because Iraq wasn’t paying its
bills
2018 PM Abadi directive cancelled order by Dep head of Hashd
Abu Muhandis who told Hashd to
leave liberated cities Abadi said
Hashd units couldn’t move without coordination of Joint Ops Command and
commander in chief
2019 Deputy head of Hashd Commission Abu Muhandis said US
behind attack on Balad Air Base Said
US helped Israeli drones fly from
Azerbaijan to hit Iraq
(Musings
on Iraq Pro-Iran Hashd Brigades And Now Israeli Strikes Making A Joke Of PM
Abdul Mahdi’s Claims Iraq Neutral In Regional Conflicts)
2020 Protesters burn govt office in Basra City after
assassinations of activists there
(Musings
On Iraq Ebb And Flow Of Protests In Iraq)
2020 Protest activist assassinated in Baghdad as part of
intimidation campaign vs demonstrators
(Musings
On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To
Protect Protesters)
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