1920 Albu Hassan took Kifil from
British 1920 Revolt
1920 TE Lawrence wrote British
officials refused to give Iraq autonomy
1923 UK Minister to Tehran arrived in Baghdad to discuss
deportation and immigration
of Iraqi opposition figures to
Persia Iraqi govt said they could return after elections for assembly held
1929 Iraq High Commissioner Sir Gilbert Clayton said giving
Iraq concessions was best
way to maintain good relations with
Iraq and bad negotiations would have opposite effect
1931 Shiite leaders told Yasin
Hashemi they would back him for PM if they got
majority
of cabinet posts
1979 Televised session of Baath meeting Former Revolutionary
Command Council
secretary general Mashadi claimed
there was a Syrian backed coup Said Syria wanted to remove Iraqi leadership so
that two countries could unite
1979 66 accused coup plotters had names read and then taken
from Baath party meeting
Party members began praising Saddam
Accused coup plotters included 5 of 21 from Revolutionary Command Council
Former Oil Min Hadithi who helped nationalize Iraq Petroleum Company
1979 Another accused plotter Adnan Hussein al-Hamdani deputy
prime minister and
head of president’s
office who had been close aide to Saddam
1979 Court made up of 7 members of Revolutionary Command
Council created to try
66 coup
plotters
1982 Iran made second attempt to seize Basra City Turned back
1983 Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 2 attacked Kurdistan Seized 150 sq
mi of territory half in Iraq
KDP Dawa and Badr Brigade took part
Seized Haj Umran Sent SCIRI to set up offices in town
1988 Iraq attacked Iran on all fronts to test Iran’s
commitment to peace talks Saddam
didn’t believe Khomeini really
committed to UN Res 598 ceasefire Just wanted break and return to war
1988 Saddam also wanted one last try at victory in Iran-Iraq
War with new offensive
Iraqi forces turned back in
Kurdistan and Basra but gained 40 mi in Khuzistan province Iran
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The
Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
1992 Iraq bombed southern rebels killing 30
2002 DIA officer told to start making secret intelligence
briefings to Rumsfeld on Iraq-
Al Qaeda ties
based upon request by Deputy Def Sec Wolfowitz
2002 US Energy Dept assessed Iraq trying to buy magnets
meeting with scientists Niger
uranium
story showed that Iraq restarted nuclear program
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 Iraqi Governing Council took office
2003 U.S. forces killed Saddam’s sons Uday and Qusay Hussein
in raid in Mosul
2003 UN report said Iraqis becoming frustrated at US plans
for returning sovereignty
because
would take too long
2003 Bush speechwriter Gerson found 2 CIA memos from Oct 02
on why Iraq-Niger
uranium story should not be used in
Bush speech Gerson’s discovery came just after White House blamed CIA Dir Tenet
for why Niger story was used in Bush’s Jan 03 State of Union
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2004 Pentagon report acknowledge abuse of Iraqi prisoners
including sexual and
physical
assault and deaths
2004 9/11 report 1994 or 95 Al Qaeda and Iraqi officials met
Al Qaeda asked for aid and
training camps Iraq didn’t reply Al
Qaeda worked with Ansar al-Islam in Iraqi Kurdistan
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey said Maliki took no
responsibility for anything Trying to
take control of ISF Casey said
Maliki blocked 5 ops in Sadr City to protect Mahdi Army Maliki gave him list of
10 Shiite notables that could not be touched by US Sadr and aides at top of
list
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey said Maliki wanted militias to
gain more control over
Baghdad Said Shiite politicians not
serious about limiting Mahdi Army or death squads Said US forces clearing areas
in Baghdad but Iraqis couldn’t hold them
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey said US had no political
strategy for Iraq since Dec 05
elections
2006 US Iraq Amb Khalizad said Sunnis and Shiite not
accepted each other as equals not
willing to
cooperate
2006 NatSecAdv Hadley told Bush US had no security strategy
for Baghdad
2008 109,087 pardoned under Amnesty Law Govt originally
claimed only had 26,000
prisoners
(Musings
On Iraq article on Amnesty Law)
2012 ISI head Baghdadi announced it had returned to its
strongholds that it was driven
out of by
by Surge
2017 Anbar council voted 3rd and final time to
dismiss Governor Rawi on corruption
charges
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