1920 Foreign Min Lord Curzon wrote that Iraq High Comm
Wilson’s ideas were
backwards
and him leading Mandate was a problem Wilson rejected self-rule
1922 Nephew of cleric Khalisi arrested for posting
anti-election fatwa in Khadimiya
Baghdad When police tried to arrest
man for posting anti-election fatwa followers came to his aid but still detained
1922 Mujtahid Khalisi called for shop closings in Khadimiya
to protest nephew’s arrest
Few
complied
1981 UN rep Palme took 4th trip to Tehran to try
to negotiate ceasefire to end Iran-Iraq
War
1997 UN Resolution 1115 said Iraq had to fully cooperate with
weapons inspectors and
allow them
into disputed sites
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2002 CIA paper on Iraq-Al Qaeda relationship Said two had
contacts since mid-90s but
no evidence
of cooperation on terrorism Differences limited relationship
2003 Sadrist march in Baghdad against US occupation
2004 9/11 Comm member claimed captured Iraqi docs showed 3 Saddam
Fedayeen
members were in Al Qaeda Claimed a
Fedayeen Saddam was Al Qaeda facilitator in Malaysia Just had same name
2005 PM Jaafari announced $1 bil deal with Iran to build
schools hospitals and libraries
2005 US forces saw insurgents fighting other insurgents
along Iraq-Syrian border
2005 Sen Hagel told Bush he should listen to outside voices
on Iraq policy
2006 Saddam’s lawyer kidnapped by men in police uniform and
executed
2006 Zalmay Khalilzad sworn in as new US ambassador to Iraq
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey told Joint Chiefs plan to
transfer security to Iraqis in
18 months accept Anbar Wanted to
draw down US brigades in Iraq from 15 to 10 by end of yr
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey told Joint Chiefs he wanted only
5-6 US brigades in
Iraq by Dec
07
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2008 Petraeus issued new guidelines for US forces in Iraq to
set up governance services
build
economy
2009 Mayors in some Ninewa district threatening to join KRG
Hadbaa dispute
2010 ISF broke up protests in Nasiriya over lack of
electricity Protests in Basra too
2010 Electricity Minister Hassan resigned due to protests
2012 Maliki called for Gov Nujafi to be dismissed saying he
violated constitution by
holding
talks with Kurds over oil deals in disputed areas
2013 Transportation Minister and Badr head Ameri said Iraq’s
Shiites would fight ISIS
in Syria if
shrines were attacked
2014 Rawa Ana Rutba Albu Hayat Jubba in western Anbar fell
to ISIS
2014 ISF executed 25 prisoners in Rawa before withdrawing
2014 Fighting between Naqshibandi Ansar al-Sunna Islamic
Army vs ISIS over control
of Hamrin,
Diyala
2014 ISIS fought Naqshibandi over control of Riyad, Kirkuk
2014 ISIS executed 84 ISF in Tikrit
2014 New security op to clear Jurf al-Sakhr, Babil
2014 ISIS attacked Tuz Kharmato Salahaddin and turned back
2015 KRG stopped delivering oil for export by Baghdad
2017 IS blew up historic Nouri Mosque and Hadbaa minaret in
west Mosul as Iraqi
forces
approached
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