1914 Start of Battle of Qurna between British and Ottoman
forces with the British
attacking
but beaten back
1915 British expeditionary force driven back to Kut, Wasit
after losing Battle of
Ctesiphon to Ottomans
1967 Arif govt issued new press law restricting freedom of
the media
1996 Iran admitted to Iraq smuggling oil through its
territory violating UN sanctions
and
promises action against it
1999 UN Res 1280 extended Oil for Food program
2001 Blair told Bush he was not opposed to removing Saddam
2002 Iraq officials cooperated with UN inspectors at
surprise search of one of Saddam’s
Baghdad
palaces
2004 3 members of Ansar al-Islam arrested for planning to
assassinate PM Allawi
2004 Bush called speech writer Gerson saying he wanted to change
US foreign policy
to
promoting democracy Iraq at forefront
2008 Presidential Council passed Status of Forces
Agreement with US setting
withdrawal date for US forces
12/31/11
View the Iraq History Timeline
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