1945 Regent of Iraq promised political parties, new election
law in political
reform
package
1990 100 congressmen asked Bush to give Iraq sanctions
chance to work
1993 State Dept accused Iraq of indiscriminate
shelling/bombing burning villages
and executions
in southern marshes
2001 Gen Franks briefed Rumsfled on war planning
2003 Attacks on govt buildings and foreign troop bases in
Karbala killed 19 wounded
120
2004 Al Jazeera aired bin Laden tape calling Zarqawi the
prince of Al Qaeda in Iraq
2004 Iraqi Islamic Party withdrew from January 2005
election saying violence made
vote impossible
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq fired 2 rockets from south Lebanon
into Israel
2005 Kurdish Col in army’s 2nd Div in Ninewa
said unit would not allow Def Min to
add Arab
soldiers to division
2009 Barzani held meeting to create Peshmerga Ministry in
attempt to unify KDP and
PUK’s
forces
2011 Salahaddin council voted to turn province into a
federal region Blocked by
Maliki
2012 Protest in Mosul called for Iraqi forces to withdraw from
city after arbitrary arrests
2012 Tribal delegation from Basra joined Ramadi protest
2013 Ansar al Sunna claimed ISI killed 40 of its members
in inter-insurgent fighting
2013 Iraqi forces tightened security around Ramadi protest site
searching people coming
and going
2013 Army vehicle attacked near Ramadi protest site Blamed
on ISI
2013 Maliki said was last time would be Friday prayers at
Ramadi protest site
Demanded
tribes end protest
2013 Pro-Maliki Sheikh Hayes said Ramadi base for Al Qaeda
2013 Several sheikhs warned govt about closing down Ramadi
protest site
2015 IS head Baghdadi released message US afraid to fight
IS and Islam destined
to rule
world until judgment day
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