1915 UK committee wrote paper
advocating for break up of Ottoman Empire and
creation
of Iraq to control its oil and agriculture Cabinet didn’t agree
1930 Anglo-Iraq Treaty agreed on
independence in Oct 1932 Allowed British to keep
military
in Iraq and use Iraqi territory for 25 years
1957 Ali Aiyubi became premier 3rd
time
1973 Police Chief Kazzar
launched failed coup against Bakr Arrested Defense Minister
Shihab
and Interior Minister Ghaydan Failed to assassinate Bakr and Saddam
1973 Kazzar was captured trying
to flee to Iran but not before he killed Def Min Shihab
and
seriously wounded Inter Min Ghaydan
1980 Newly elected parliament took office Naim Haddad of
Revolutionary Command
Council
elected speaker
1986 Iran started Op Karbala 1 to recapture Mehran, Iran
from Iraq
1988 Iraq recaptured Mawet, Kurdistan from Iran Iran-Iraq
War
1991 Saddam created special committee headed by Tariq Aziz
to conceal weapons
programs
from UN inspectors
2003 Rumsfeld said no guerrilla war or organized resistance
in Iraq
2003 Report IAEA had US British German experts look at
aluminum tubes Iraq tried to
buy All
said they were for rockets not centrifuges
2003 New Republic article quoted intel officials that Bush
admin exaggerated Iraq
aluminum
tubes story
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2007 Battle of Donkey Island US destroyed ISI force
threatening Ramadi
2008 5 IEDs targeting judges in Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq article on attacks on judges)
2009 US withdrew forces from Iraqi cities
2009 Iraq auctioned eight oil and gas fields to
international energy companies Rumaila
only field successfully auctioned Was
considered a failure at first further hurting standing of Oil Min Shahristani
that parliament was trying to remove
2014 ISIS killed Mohammed Khamis head of Ramadi Awakening
Council
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