1914 British troops began attack
on Ottomans in Basra City
1924 Frontier Commission started demarcating border between
Iraq and new nation of Turkey
1971 Baath issued Charter for National Action to try to draw
Communists into govt
1986 Saddam told aides US wanted to keep Iraq and Iran
balanced Was reason why US
sold
weapons to Iran in Iran-Contra scandal
2000 UK Foreign Office report Saddam felt like he was
winning in breaking down sanctions
2001 Powell told Blair that after Afghanistan Right in US
would push for bombing Iraq
2002 US asked UK and other allies for military support
against Iraq
2002 Saudi Amb to US Bandar visited Bush Said Saudis wanted
to know US intentions on Iraq
2002 Bush told Saudi Amb Bandar he would tell Saudis if he
decided on war with Iraq
2003 CPA and Iraqi Governing Council agreed to return
sovereignty to Iraq early by July 1 2004
2003 Pentagon claimed UnderSecDef Feith’s intel unit on
Iraq-Al Qaeda ties was
authorized
by intel community but it wasn’t
2004 Heavy gun battles break out in Baquba Diyala between
insurgents and US forces
2005 PM Jaafari admitted that prisoners found by US forces
at secret prison in Baghdad were
tortured
2005 Interior Min Gen Kamal claimed abuse done by
inexperienced police and would lead
to reform
within ministry
2005 Secret prison was actually one of many run by Badr
Interior Min forces throughout
Baghdad
2005 28 Sunni men found shot in head in Jasan Diyala near
Iranian border
2006 Amb Khalilzad said Maliki should be given more control
over Iraqi forces and
US should
push him towards reconciliation
2006 White House staff began first day of Iraq strategy
review
2007 Maliki said referendum on Kirkuk’s future would be held
on this date Didn’t happen
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