1921 Council of state confirmed plebiscite choosing Faisal
as king of Iraq
1958 PM Said’s body dug up and dragged through streets of Baghdad
1968 Pres Arif asked head of military intel Col Naif and Col
Daud commander of
Republican
Guard if they were involved in Baath coup They said no
1968 Baath
meeting after coup called off vs Pres Arif Head of military intel Col
Naif said he
would join if he got premiership
1970 2nd provisional constitution issued by Pres
Bakr Said Iraq People’s Democratic
Republic
committed to Arab unity and socialism
1979 Saddam’s election to president of Iraq made public
1979 Nouri al-Maliki fled Iraq after his membership in Dawa
Party was discovered
by govt
1981 Saudis offered to finance reconstruction of Iraq’s
Osirak nuclear reactor destroyed
by Israeli
air raid
1988 After capturing 30 mi of Iranian territory along the
border Iraqi forces withdrew
back into
Iraq
1988 Iran’s Assembly of Experts agreed to present ceasefire
proposal in Iran-Iraq
war based
upon UN Res 598 to Khomeini Khomeini agreed to ceasefire
1990 Saddam on TV accused Kuwait and UAE of breaking OPEC
quotas and driving
down oil
prices
1990 Iraq moved a division to border with Kuwait as feud
between two escalated
Wanted to
see how west would react
1990 Iraq ForMin Aziz letter to Arab League said Kuwait
stealing oil from Rumail field
driving down oil prices destroying
Iraq’s economy Called on Arab govts to forgive Iraq’s debt and help pay for
rebuilding after Iran-Iraq War
2002 Blair told parliament Iraq’s WMD threat to world and
had to be dealt with but
no decision
for military action made
2003 Fadhila Party created in Basra as breakaway faction
from Sadr movement
Sheikh
Yacoubi claimed he was heir to Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr
2003 Mayor of Haditha and his son assassinated by insurgents
2005 Musayib Babil suicide truck bomb left 250 casualties
2007 Kirkuk bombings killed 86
2008 US Surge officially ended
2008 US turned over security for Qadisiyah to Iraqi forces
(Musings
On Iraq article on turnover of Qadisiyah)
2015 Basra protest over services fired upon by police 1
Protester killed
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