1986 Iran started Op Karbala 2
attacking Kurdistan
1996 30,000 Republican Guards began attack upon PUK Captured
Irbil city to back
KDP
1996 PUK gave orders to flee to hills to escape Iraqi attack
upon Irbil
1996 INC camp in Qushtapa, Irbil captured by Iraqi forces 96
INC members killed
1996 Clinton said he was concerned about Iraqi attack on
Irbil but US not ready to
respond
1996 Def Sec Perry said US should not get involved in
Kurdish civil war
2003 Commander of Guantanamo Bay prison Gen Miller flew to
Iraq to advise on
interrogation techniques
2003 Pentagon Defense Policy Board’s Perle US should have
organized Iraqi opposition to
take over
govt after invasion
2004 CIA report Sistani and Sadr’s standing increased by
Battle of Najaf Allawi’s
hurt
2005 Rumor of suicide bomber led to stampede of Shiite pilgrims
on Tigris
Bridge in
Baghdad leading to over 1,000 dead and wounded
2006 Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey said Baghdad security progressing
US forces clearing
areas but
Iraqis not holding them
2006 Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey said Iraqi forces could take over
security in country in
12-18
months
2006 Maliki told Iraq Survey Group security problems caused
by Baathists and Al
Qaeda
2006 Maliki told Iraq Survey Group problem with Iraqi police
too many former
regime
members in it
2010 US officially ended combat operations in Iraq
2015 Protest in front of Judicial Council building in
Baghdad demanding Chief
Justice
Medhat be dismissed
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