1922 Anniversary for King Faisal’s coronation opposition
gave him petition
calling for
elections and Iraqi independence
1922 During King Faisal’s anniversary someone said down
with British Mandate which
was
applauded
1986 Ayatollah Khomeini said Iran had to fight until
victory and Saddam deposed
1988 Iran and Iraq started peace talks in Geneva to
officially end Iran-Iraq War
1988 Start of 6th and final Anfal campaign
focused upon destroying KDP bases
in Dohuk
KDP HQ attacked
1990 PLO Foreign Minister Qaddumi said PLO supported Iraq
against colonialists
1995 UK intel report said Iraq had hidden much of its nuke
program destroyed its
SCUDs
didn’t have hidden chemical stockpile
1998 US Intel said Iraq was connected to Al Qaeda chemical
plant Clinton admin
bombed in
Sudan
2003 Ayatollah Hakim wounded in bombing at his Najaf
office Some blamed Sadr for
attack in
growing inter-Shiite rivalry
2003 Bremer admitted US not doing a good job securing
Iraq’s borders
2004 Panel found Rumsfeld’s orders on interrogations
contributed to abuse of
prisoners
in Iraq
2004 Panel found that U.S. underestimated need for prisons
in postwar Iraq then
didn’t
attempt to solve the problem
2004 Panel contradicted White House claim that Abu Ghraib
prison abuse scandal
was act of
a few prison guards
2004 Panel found Abu Ghraib prison abuse was not part of
an intelligence gathering
operation
2006 Maliki banned TV channels from showing bloodshed caused
by the war
2007 Natl Intel Estimate on Iraq said security improving
unevenly No reconciliation
2009 Sadrists ISCI Jaafari announced creation of National
Alliance
2015 Sadr said his followers should join Friday protests
in Baghdad on Aug 28
2015 Sit in protests in Basra ended when govt promised to
meet their demands
Were not
met
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