1920 UK Chief General Staff Wilson heard of 1920 revolt and
ordered dispatch
of division
from India to put it down
1950 Cabinet resigned when PM Suwaidi complained his brother
not appointed head of
Cassation Court Stayed in office
because Regent out of country and couldn’t call for new govt
1952 Mustafa al-Umari became premier
1958 Deposed PM Nuri al-Said executed by Free Officers Regent’s
body taken from
royal
palace Mutilated Dragged through Baghdad streets
1968 PM Yahya resigned over divisions within military over
running country that
would
eventually lead to 68 coup
1979 Saddam had Revolutionary Command Council Secretary
General Mashadi arrested
and tortured Mashadi named Saddam
opponents within Baath Party Those members later accused of a Syrian backed
coup
1986 UK Official told Geneva conference that Iraq chemical
weapons had caused
10,000
Iranian casualties in Iran-Iraq War
1988 Iran’s cabinet endorsed decision to accept UN Res 598
ending Iran-Iraq War
1990 At Baath Party meeting decided Iraq should make its
case to the world against
Kuwait so that it would not be seen
as an aggressor Izzat al-Duri said Kuwait conspiring against Iraq and part of
larger Israeli conspiracy
1990 At Arab League Iraq complained Kuwait tapping into
Rumaila oil field in Basra
costing Iraq $1 bil/year Demanded loans
from UAE and Kuwait during Iran-Iraq War be forgiven Threatened force against
Kuwait and UAE saying they were US puppets
1990 Iraq made first deployment of troops for Kuwait
invasion
1991 US troops withdrew from Kurdistan after setting up safe
area for displaced Kurds
after Gulf
War
2002 Czech Intel head doubted that 9/11 hijacker Atta met
with Iraqi intelligence in
Prague in
2001
2002 Fmr Saddam Fedayeen told press Iraq trained Al Qaeda
fighters in Salman
Pak False
story
2004 UN head inspector Blix accused Blair of misleading
public on Iraq threat
before
invasion
2004 Report in 2003 UK intel found Zarqawi setting up cells
in Baghdad
2006 Insurgents stormed Olympic Committee in Baghdad Took 30
people including
committee
president
2011 3 bombs in Karbala left 100 casualties
2012 Iraq complained about KRG-Turkish oil deals saying it
would affect relations
between two
countries
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