1958 Col Arif gained control of 20th Brigade and
began march towards Baghdad
from Diyala
to start 1958 coup
1959 Gen Qasim appointed several Communists to his cabinet
1982 Iran’s Op Ramadan invaded Iraqi territory for 1st time
in attempt to seize Basra
Took 10 miles of territory and then
stopped Consisted of 5 human wave attacks with 100,000 troops against Iraqi
lines
1982 Iraq used tear gas to turn back Iranian attacks
1988 Iraq threatened to invade southern Iran if it didn’t
withdraw from Kurdistan
1988 Iraq launched another offensive operation into Iranian
territory to increase its
negotiating
position with Tehran
2001 Deputy Secretary of State Armitage suggested that Bush
make Iraq the top foreign
policy
issue
2003 Iraqi Governing Council announced its formation and held
first session Mohammed
al-Uloom became
premier
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraqi Governing Council)
2003 After White House blamed CIA for Bush using Iraq-Africa
uranium story CIA
leaked it
had blocked story from being used before
2003 Blair said he still believed story Iraq tried to buy
uranium from Africa CIA
questioned
its veracity
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2005 UndersecDef Feith said US didn’t train enough Kurds and
Iraqi exiles to help
with security before 03 invasion Said
US officials relucatant to end CPA early in 2003 Said US military not Pentagon determined
size of invasion force
2005 US army officers refuted Feith saying Pentagon
curtailed troop deployments to
Iraq before
and after invasion
2006 For the first time in Iraq US military turned over
security in a province to Iraqi
forces
Happened in Muthanna
2008 Islamic Party said Iraqi forces should not take control
of security in Anbar because
Awakening
was not ready Sheikhs Sulaiman and Hayes agreed
(Musings
On Iraq article on security handover of Anbar)
2015 Campaign started to recapture Ramadi from IS
View the Iraq History Timelines
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