1968 Baath assassinated former foreign minister Nasir Hani
and arrested Western businessmen
1980 Iraq captured Khorramshahr Iran Iraqis called it “city
of blood” afterward
1980 Iraq claimed Iran started Iran-Iraq War by bombing
border towns in Sep 80
1980 Iraq gave up claim to break up Iran but said its right
to Iranian territory would be determined
on
battlefield
1981 Iran rejected Iraqi call for a ceasefire and said it
was a sign of weakness by Baghdad
1991 Saddam dismissed his son in law Gen. Hussein Kamal as
Defense Minister
and
replaced him with his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid
1982 Saddam said Iran wanted to rule Iraq not just get rid
of him
1994 Iraq parliament recognized Kuwait’s border and
independence
1997 Iraq said it would not allow any US planes to be used
for weapons inspections
1998 All UN weapons inspectors left Iraq after Baghdad
refused to cooperate anymore
2003 Bremer met Bush saying two routes for Iraq could be
elections for new govt
or CPA
could hold caucuses to pick govt Bush backed CPA
2003 CIA report more Iraqis joining insurgency Said Iraqi
leaders not showing
ability to
run country
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq took responsibility for bombing 3
western hotels in Jordan
2005 Al Qeada in Iraq later realized bombings cost it
support and tried to justify them
2005 Nat Sec Adv Hadley denied that White House manipulated
Iraq intel before 2003
invasion
2006 Bush formally asked his staff to review Iraq strategy
because not working
2007 Lions of Adhamiya Sahwa group announced in Baghdad
2010 Barzani called meeting and agreed on new govt of Maliki
PM Talabani Pres Allawi
head of new
strategic council Nujafi speaker
2010 Deal for new govt called Irbil Agreement
2014 IS announces it got allegiance from groups in Egypt
Libya Yemen Algeria Saudi Arabia
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