1922 UK cabinet adopted Colonial
Sec Churchill’s proposal to put Royal Air
Force
in charge of security in Iraq replacing army
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s words on Mesopotamia)
1963 Gen Qasim asked for safe passage out of Iraq Was
refused by coup leaders Qasim
captured
shot and body shown on TV
1963 Baathist Gen Ahmed al-Bakr became premier Col Abd Salam
Arif president
1981 Iran and Iraq agreed to visits by Islamic leaders who
wanted to try to negotiate
a ceasefire
in Iran-Iraq War
1986 Iran Op Wa al-Fajr 8 Largest so far 50% of army 2/3 of
Revolutionary Guard
attacked
Fao Peninsula Basra
2003 France and Germany proposed tripling number of UN
inspectors in Iraq US
attacked
plan
2003 Report UK intel didn’t think there was an Iraq-al Qaeda
connection
2003 Observer article disputed Iraqi defector Mohammed
Shahab who claimed Iraq
connected
to Al Qaeda via Ansar al-Islam
2004 US released Zarqawi letter to Al Qaeda Said goal to
start sectarian war
by
attacking Shiites to rally Sunnis to its cause
2004 Report White House 03 paper on Iraq WMD dropped
qualifications and doubts
from 02
Natl Intel Est on Iraq
2016 PM Abadi called for technocratic and non-partisan
cabinet
2016 Ramadi finally freed from IS by Iraqi forces
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