1949 PM Said said Jews had been mistreated in Iraq and
warned that things
could get
worse for them due to Israel
1963 New Arif govt started talks with Mustafa Barzani and
KDP to end Kurdish
rebellion
1986 US condemned Iraq’s use of chemical weapons against
Iran in Fao Peninsula
in Basra
Iran-Iraq War
1987 NSC official said US attempted to assist Iraq in
Iran-Iraq War without
providing
it with arms
1990 Saddam demanded that US warships leave the Persian Gulf
1991 US 1st Cav division launched probing attack
into Iraq
1995 Saddam representatives met with bin Laden in Sudan who
asked for
broadcast
of jihadist lectured and asked for joint ops against Saudis
1995 Iraq-bin Laden meeting confirmed in Iraqi intel report
Only confirmed meeting
between two
sides
1996 Saddam’s son-in-law Hussein Kamal sent letter to Iraq
asking about returning to
country
after defected to Jordan
1998 Blair said UN weapons inspections had to continue or
action would be taken against
Iraq
1998 Comm for Peace and Security in the Gulf publishes
letter to Clinton saying US
should
overthrow Saddam
1998 Report Al Qaeda operative was to travel to Iraq to talk
with govt False story
1999 Followers of Ayatollah Sadr met in Saddam City after
his assassination by govt
Fired upon by army 80 killed Led to
more protests
2002 CIA met with fmr Amb Joseph Wilson to ask if he would
go to Niger to
investigate
alleged Iraq yellowcake deal
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 ORHA head Garner briefed Natl Sec Adv Rice to use Iraqi
army and police to
help
rebuilding Iraq after war
2004 UN endorsed CPA’s timetable for transferring power back
to Iraqis in June 2004
2004 CPA had to abandon idea of unelected caucuses choosing
interim govt to
write new
Iraq constitution
2011 Sulaymaniya protesters went to KDP headquarters to
protest shooting of
demonstrators
on Feb 17
2017 Attack on West Mosul began by Iraqi forces
View the Iraq History Timelines
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