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1919 Sheikh Mahmoud Barzanji started rebellion against
British in Sulaymaniya
(Musings
On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
1941 Iraq attempt to recapture Fallujah failed
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s First Battle Of Fallujah 1941)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 Regent of Iraq along with Nuri al-Said arrived at
British base at Habaniya, Anbar Said sent letter to
Iraqi commander in Ramadi who
agreed to switch sides
(Musings
On Iraq review Persian Gulf Command,
A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq 1941, The Battles
for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
(Musings
On Iraq review Rashid Ali al-Gailani,
The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941,
The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
(Musings
On Iraq review Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against A
Fascist State In Iraq and the Levant, 1941)
1948 Iraqi army defeated in Battle of Gesher and retreated 1st
Arab-Israeli War
1948 Iraqi forces moved to Shechem area to make up for lack
of Jordanian advances 1st Arab-Israeli War
1959 National Democratic Party Economic Min said that party
suspended its activities and called
on others to do same Aimed at
reducing power of Communists
(Musings
On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings
On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi
Communist Party)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1973 Kurdish villages in Sheikhan forced to cede land to
Arabs and population expelled
1975 PUK formed when Maosit Komala led by Nirshurwan Mustafa
social democratic Bezutnawa
led by Ali Askari and KDP’s
Talabani joined
(Musings
On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
1979 Start of 9 days of protests against Bakr govt led by
Dawa
(Musings
On Iraq Interview with Lowy Institution’s Shanahan on history of the Dawa
Party)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Shi’ite Movement in Iraq)
1981 Iraq counterattack against Iran Op Imam Ali in
Susangard Khuzistan in south failed
1984 Reagan briefed on study that said there should be a
military embargo on both Iran and Iraq Reagan
agreed to policy
1986 US Amb to Iraq asked Eximbank to open up new lines of
credit to Iraq to help it through Iran-Iraq
War
(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 Saddam Tapes)
(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)
2003 UN Res 1483 made US and England occupying powers of
Iraq and ended sanctions on Iraq Also
created Development Fund for Iraq
to help pay for rebuilding using oil revenue
2003 Bremer told Bush Iraq needed new constitution then
elections then sovereignty Also
proposed disbanding Iraqi military
Bush approved Bremer also told NSC and no one objected Reversed Pentagon-ORHA
plan to recall army for security and rebuilding
(Musings
On Iraq review My Year in Iraq, The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope)
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the
Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Endgame, The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq,
from
George W. Bush
to Barack Obama)
(Musings
On Iraq Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons
Chapter 6 Charting A New Course)
(Musings
On Iraq US Army History Of Iraq War Vol 1 – Ch 6 Lost In Transition
May-July 2003)
2003 CPA and official from Def Sec Rumsfeld’s office drafted
CPA Order 2 to disband Iraq’s military
(Musings On Iraq review The
Occupation of Iraq, Winning The War, Losing The Peace)
2003 Report CIA started internal review of its pre-war Iraq
intelligence
2004 Neocon supporters of INC’s Chalabi told NatlSecAdv Rice
that US needed to stop harassing him
Came after US forces raided
Chalabi’s house claiming he had passed intel to Iran
(Musings
On Iraq review The Road to Iraq, The
Making of a Neoconservative War)
(Musings
On Iraq review America at the
Crossroads, Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy)
(Musings
On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Man Who Pushed America To War, The Extraordinary
Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi)
(Musings
On Iraq review Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi and the Selling of the
Iraq War)
2004 INC met with Nat Sec Adv Rice complaining US had
abandoned Chalabi
2005 Joint US-Iraqi operation started to clear Abu Ghraib in
west Baghdad
2005 Sadr sent delegation to meet Sunni clerics in an
attempt to stop sectarian violence
2006 Bush said Iraq at a turning point and heading in right
direction towards democracy Said PM Maliki
govt turning point for Middle East
(Musings
On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)
(Musings
On Iraq review Overreach, Delusions of Regime Change In Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and
Washington’s Culture of Deception)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq’s Dysfunctional Democracy)
(Musings
On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)
2006 Report US failure to adequately plan for Iraqi police
led to militia and criminal take over 2004
US military took over police
training and still inadequate Gen Eaton put in charge of effort in March 2004
and his budget was cut 20% Said that showed not priority in Washington Summer
2005 Gen Petraeus took over program and claimed he began meaningful reforms
Audit found 5,000 Iraqi police had criminal records including taking part in
insurgency Pre-war Bush admin thought Iraqi police not an issue Rejected
Justice Dept plan to use 1000s of police advisers US initially hoped Basra
police would be early success because back on duty in 03 and no insurgency but
quickly taken over by gangs political parties militias Politicians appointed
police chiefs in Basra who hired friends relatives tribesmen Came to be dominated
by Badr and Mahdi Army Carried out sectarian violence Enforced religious rules
of militias Demanded kickbacks to join force Helped smugglers Summer 05 Basra
police chief Gen Sawadi said he didn’t trust his own force and couldn’t control
them Interior Min tried to reform Basra police but failed Started with Internal
Affairs which turned into crime ring Trials failed against corrupt officers UK
Gen Mackay warned that unless Coalition regulated Iraqi police commandos they
would become personal army for Interior Min Fmr Interior Min Nakib warned Sec
Def Rumsfeld in Apr 2005 that Shiite parties were going to take over commandos
with their militias Fmr Interior Min Jabr denied any abuses by police and
blamed other ministries Jabr let his Badr Brigade take over police and
commandos US military played down sectarian killings and abuses by commandos
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Col Ted Spain on how US struggled to establish law
and order in post-invasion Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
US failed to develop the Iraqi police)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
(Musings
On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
(Musings
On Iraq review The U.S. Army In The Iraq War: Volume 1, Invasion,
Insurgency, Civil
War, 2003-2006)
2006 Report corruption endemic in Iraq Trans Min bought 2 planes
for $3 mil each that should
have been less than $1 mil Def Min
made $1 bil in questionable arms purchases Interior Min had at least 1100 ghost
employees costing $1.3 mil a month
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen
on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption
in Iraq)
2006 Report of 3000 corruption cases in Iraq only 780 went
to court Only few dozen got verdict
2006 Of 40 corruption cases against high ranking Iraqi
officials only 1 got verdict for Interior Ministry
official
2008 US got ISF to arrest Gen Zamel head of prisons for
abuse torture extortion of prisoners extra
judicial killings and providing
weapons to Mahdi Army
2008 Govt gained control of Khor al-Zubayr port Fired guards
that belonged to Mahdi Army Used to
extort money from shipping trucks
2009 Report Iraqi army auditing forces 24% not qualified 15%
illiterate Only had 50% of needed
officers and 60% of NCOs
2009 China National Petroleum Company started work at Wasit
oil field 1st foreign company to get
deal since 03
2010 Report ISF in Basra accused Iranian Revolutionary Guard
of drug smuggling
through city
2011 Red Cross interviewed people held ISF at Camp Honor in
Baghdad Said they were tortured
2011 Report South Gas Company wanted to move ahead with
natural gas plan in Basra whether Shell
joined project or not Basra oil
fields produce 1.1 bil cubic ft of natural gas/day Most burned off Iraq needed
gas to fuel power plants
2011 Report Illegal trade in kidneys for transplants
thriving in Irbil Police did nothing because no laws
against donor trafficking in KRG
2012 Integrity Comm found 5000 forged certificates and
diplomas used by govt officials
2012 Dep PM Shahristani ended order to stop fuel supplies to
KRG after met with Pres Talabani Was
threat to KRG after signed oil deal
with Turkey Iraq told Turkey to halt pipeline deal with KRG
2012 Report 4 electricity generators found in Khor Zubayr
port in Basra 1 had been there since 1988
Other 3 had been there since 2005 Had
capacity of over 2000 megawatts
2012 Report Pres Barzani Allawi Speaker Nujafi demanded PM
Maliki be replaced National Alliance said
supported Maliki
2013 Pres Barzani attacked PYD for arresting KDP affiliated
group in Syria
2013 ISF broke up
Jabhat al-Nusra cell operating in Qaim Anbar Smuggled weapons into Syria
2013 Report KRG was
exporting around 40,000 bar/day of oil through Turkey Supposed to reach 60,000
bar/day by end of Jun Iraq sent letters warning buyers not to purchase
oil Govt said it would sue companies exporting oil from KRG
2014 KRG provincial election results released Gorran won
most seats in Sulaymaniya
2014 Oil Ministry warned potential buyers not to buy 1st
shipment of independent KRG oil
2014 Mutahidun and Sadrists rejected 3rd term for
PM Maliki
2014 Report 100s of govt workers protesting since Jan in
Sulaymaniya Dohuk Hawler over not being paid
KRG in debt and financial crisis
due to dispute with Baghdad over oil and budget
2015 Joint Chiefs Head Gen Dempsey said would take 3 years
or more to defeat IS Blamed Iraqi
commander in Ramadi for fall of
city
2015 Report Some have claimed Baathists within IS make it
more of a Sunni national group than
Salafi one Disagreed Baathists that
joined IS were Salafis Baathists added military know how not ideology
2016 PM Abadi announced start of attack upon Fallujah to
free it from IS US said it would
support operation if Hashd stayed
on perimeter Were already US air strikes
(Musings
On Iraq New Effort To Liberate Iraq’s Fallujah Underway)
2016 Report Iranian
Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah supporting Hashd in Fallujah op Iran
said Basij cmdr killed by a car bomb southeast of city
(Musings
On Iraq Hezbollah’s Role In Iraq)
2017 Report 2009
Iraq bought 88 armored personnel carriers from Ukraine for $475.7 mil Only 34
worked Engines broken cracks in armor broken weapons 2014 Iraq returned
42 of the APCs Head of Ukrainian company that sold APCs under investigation for
stealing $30 mil from deal
2017 Human Rights
Watch Report Apr Hashd arrested 100 men in Ninewa Some were tortured
(Musings On Iraq Mosul Campaign Day 218 May 22 2017)
2017 Report 1800
soldiers from 82nd Airborne advising ISF in Mosul battle Joint
Chiefs head Gen
Dunford said 980 ISF killed 6000 wounded in Mosul
2017 Sinjar council
asked Hashd to leave district Hashd were supposed to stay out of Kurdish
areas during clearing op in Ninewa but ignored deal
2017 Sadr accused
Hashd of kidnapping and killing civilians
2017 Shabak Hashd
blamed for kidnapping director of Nimrod dist and two of his staff 4 Hashd
arrested for beating MP in checkpoint outside of Mosul
2017 Diyala MP said
IS rebuilding in center of province
2018 75 bodies
pulled from Old City Mosul
2018 Protest in
Babil over electricity shortages
2018 Interviewed
displaced woman Said Hashd demanded bribe to allow her to return to her home
Day of election Asayesh told people they could only vote if picked PUK 2 other
men said Asayesh and election workers offered bribes for people to vote for PUK
2019 Electricity Min said couldn’t find alternatives to
importing Iranian electricity and
natural gas for power plants
2019 Speaker Halbousi called for reconciliation and settle
tribal disputes with IS families
Families had been attacked forced
out blocked from returning home
2021 Report Gulf Keystone paid kickbacks to KDP politburo
member to get oil deal in KRG
Politician got 10% of company’s
revenue for 25 yrs
2021 Iraqi Resistance Coordination Comm said it would
increase attacks upon US for not
withdrawing from Iraq
2021 Report KRG changed payments to oil companies without
telling them beforehand Oil
executive said that would hurt
future investment Extended payments from 15 days to 60 days after end of month
Overdue invoices would be paid at slower rate Companies had to reduce
production as a result of slow payments in 2020 Due to KRG financial crisis
caused by budget dispute with Baghdad
2021 Dhi Qar activist wounded by sticky bomb Led protests in
Nasiriya
(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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