1941 Regent of Iraq returned to power after PM Gaylani
overthrown by British
1941 497 Iraqi soldiers killed and 695 wounded British lost
150 troops during Anglo-
Iraq War
1941 Regent welcomed at airport by group of Jews from
Baghdad who were attacked
on way home
that continued into capital
1941 Farhud anti-Jewish pogrom in Baghdad started Around 120
people killed and
850 wounded
1941 Yunis Sabawi pro-Nazi leader who appointed himself
governor of southern Iraq
planned
pogrom against Jews but deported by Brits
1941 British troops barred from entering Baghdad during
Farhud UK Foreign Office
thought it
would look bad for Regent to return to power backed by English troops
1941 German Gen Felmy head of military mission to Iraq
arrived in Syria after Anglo-
Iraq War
was over
1946 Arshad al-Umari became premier of Iraq, would hold
office 2 times
1948 Jewish forces attacked Iraqi positions in Jenin but
were turned back in 1st Arab-
Israeli War
1967 Iraq For Min Pachachi met with US officials about
growing tension with Israel
before 6-Day War
1972 Pres Bakr with Public Law 69 nationalized Iraq
Petroleum Company Created
Iraq National Oil Company Saddam
main decision maker Had backing of Soviets and France
1975 PUK announced its formation and date celebrated as
anniversary even though
party
created in May
1984 UN Security Council condemned Iran and Iraq attacking
tankers in Persian Gulf
Iran-Iraq
War
1987 Iran captured Darbandi Khan Lake dam in Kurdistan
1994 Barzani and Talabani agreed to 50-50 power sharing deal
to jointly run Kurdistan
administration
1994 600 killed in week’s worth of fighting between KDP and
PUK especially around
Halabja
1997 PKK launched 1st of 4 suicide bombings
against KDP 55 KDP killed
2001 UN Res 1352 extended Oil for Food program
2001 White House national security meeting on revising Iraq
policy but no decisions
made Asked NSC for new ways to
pressure Iraq
2002 Bush gave speech at West Point arguing for pre-emptive
war against rogue
states
because couldn’t be contained
2002 Bush told Natl Sec Adv Rice “Fuck Saddam. we’re taking
him out”
2003 Sadrist march against British occupation of Basra
2003 ORHA head Garner left Baghdad ending his short tenure
in Iraq
2003 Barzani and Talabani wrote letter to Bush objecting to
sectarian quotas putting
Shiite as
PM and Sunni as president
2003 House Armed Services Comm said it would investigate US failure
to find Iraq’s
WMD
2004 Iyad Allawi became interim PM of transitional Iraqi
govt Ghazi Yawer President
2004 CPA signed deal with Kurds INC SCIRI and others to
disband their militias
Never
followed through with
2004 CIA Dir Tenet letter to Congress said doubted 9/11
hijacker Atta met with
Iraqi
intelligence in Prague in 2001
2004 Gen Casey became new Coalition commander in Iraq
2007 Islamic Army spokesman went on Al Jazeera accusing ISI
of belligerence since it
declared
its state
2008 Fmr PM Jaafari announced leaving Dawa to create own
party National
Reform
2008 Australia began withdrawing its troops from Iraq
Operated as trainers and
advisers in
south
2009 Ex-Trade Min Sudani appeared in court to answer
questions on corruption
charges
2009 Def Min claimed it captured leader of Ansar al-Sunna
Mohammed Hardawi
2009 KRG began exporting oil from Tawke and Taq Taq fields
2010 Parliamentary election results were certified
2010 Maliki attended PUK congress to lobby for new term as
PM
2010 PKK ended ceasefire with Turkey hoping to spark peace
talks Didn’t happen
2010 Electricity Min doubled bills for users to cut
consumption but Iraqis unused to
paying for
power No effect
2011 Second day of protests in Ramadi calling for army to
withdraw from city after
police
chief killed in raid
2011 Iraq Ground Forces Commander Gen Ghidan made agreement
with Anbar
govt to
move soldiers out of cities due to protests after raid
2011 Human Rights Minister escaped assassination attempt by
sticky bomb in Baghdad
2011 Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Iraq worse
country in world due to
deaths of
reporters
2011 Amnesty Intl called on Baghdad to stop suppression of
protests in Baghdad by
arresting leaders
2011 Protest in Nasiriyah calling for jobs services and
demanded govt step down
2011 Oil Min signed deal with South Korea’s KOGAS to develop
Akkas gas field in
Anbar
2012 US asked Iraq to extradite Hezbollah operative Daqduq
to US after Iraqi court
found him
innocent of terrorism Didn't happen
2012 During anniversary of founding PUK Pres Talabani
mentioned Gorran head
Mustafa 29
times pointing to possible reconciliation
2012 Report Iran pressured Sadr to pull support for no
confidence vote against Maliki
Sadr called
for all parties to move against Maliki
2013 Kurdish parliament extended Pres Barzani’s term for 2
years
2013 Def Min claimed it broke up ISI cell working on
chemical weapons
2013 Salahaddin governor escaped mortar fire on his home north
of Tikrit
2013 Ninewa Governor Nujafi escaped 2nd IED on
his convoy west of Mosul
2013 Sheikh Sulaiman said Anbar governor’s committee to
negotiate with Baghdad did
not
represent protest movement
2013 Sheikh Ubaidi of Albu Obeid tribe said Anbar protesters
supported talks with
Baghdad
2014 ISIS leader ambushed and killed by Naqshibandi in
Hamrin Mts, Diyala in
retaliation
for ISIS killing 8 Naqshibandi
2014 Report fighting between ISIS and Naqshibandi in Hamrin
Mts, Diyala over last
few days
led to 70 insurgent deaths
2015 Iraq began selling Basra Heavy crude that greatly
increased oil sales
2015 Pres Barzani said KRG would start independent oil
exports if Baghdad didn’t
deliver
KRG’s share of budget
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