1917 British retake Kut from
Ottomans in 2nd Battle of Kut
1921 Churchill met with French who argued against Feisal
being put in power in
Mesopotamia
because of his record in Syria against France
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
1955 Iraq signed security treaty with Turkey which England
eventually joined Would
become anti-Communist
Baghdad Pact
1955 Iraq got control of Habaniya and Shaiba air bases from
England UK would come
to aid of
Iraq in war and continue with military supplies under Baghdad Pact
1984 Iran ended Ops Dawn 5 and 6 attacking Basra after just
9 days with few gains
1984 Iranians started Op Khaibar attacking Hawizeh Marshes
in Basra
1986 2nd Iraqi attempt to retake Fao from
Iranians failed 10,000 Iraqis and
30,000
Iranians killed
1986 Iran’s Wa al-Fajr 9 attacked Sulaymaniya to try to draw
Iraqi forces away from
Fao
Peninsula Basra
1986 UN Resolution 582 deplored use of chemical weapons in
Iran-Iraq War but
didn’t say
who was using them
1986 UN Resolution 582 also called for immediate cease-fire
in Iran-Iraq War
1990 Saddam gave speech about liberating Jerusalem and
warning US could take
over
Persian Gulf
1990 Saddam was trying to determine Israel’s policy towards
Iraq before he decied
to invade
Kuwait
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saddam’s motivation for threatening Israel before the
Kuwait invasion)
1991 U.S. led Coalition attacked Iraqi ground forces to
liberate Kuwait in Operation
Desert Sabr
1991 US-Saudi Voice of Free Iraq began broadcasting calling
on Iraqis to rise up and
overthrow
Saddam Allawi and Iraqi National Accord also part of radio station
1991 Saddam told aides that Coalition airpower would limit
troop movement but
Iraqi
soldiers were better because of experience in Iran-Iraq War
1991 Saddam and aides believed that U.S. casualties would
lead to end of Gulf War
2001 Powell said Iraq had not developed any significant WMD
capability and UN
sanctions
worked
2002 CENTCOM intel staff completed first draft of intel
estimate for Iraq invasion
2003 US UK Spain tabled 2nd draft resolution to UN saying
Iraq had not taken
opportunity
to disarm
2003 Russia France Germany tabled counter draft resolution
at UN calling for step by
step
disarmament process in Iraq
2003 Turkish cabinet agreed to allow US forces to be
deployed for Iraq invasion in
return for
$1 bil in aid
2003 Turkish Foreign Min asked US for $92 bil in aid and
allowing Turkish troops into
Kurdistan
in return for US using Turkey for Iraq invasion
2003 CIA denied Newsweek story that Hussein Kamal claimed
Iraq destroyed its
WMD in 90s
He did say that
2003 NSC meeting on Iraq oil sector Said US should not determine
industry Went over
rebuilding
and getting sector back on line after war
2003 Bush told NSC important to get Iraqis to be seen
running oil sector after war
2003 Bush worried about oil shocks due to invasion Saudis
said they would handle prices
2003 US outlined general humanitarian relief plan for
postwar Iraq including finances and
implementation
2011 All universities and institutes in Irbil closed to stop
student protests
2011 Kurdistan Students’ Union told students in Irbil had to
end protests or all
services at
school would be closed to them
2011 Protests in Halabja turned violent as govt building
burned and 3 died
2011 Kurdish protests spread to southern Kirkuk province
2014 ISIS released statement in Ninewa attacking Maliki and telling
people not to vote in
election
2016 Sources said Iran told Abadi he needed to keep Shiite
quotas in any new govt
View the Iraq History Timelines
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