1919 War Min Churchill told PM
George that keeping large British forces in
Mesopotamia
was a financial drain
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
1951 PM Said signed deal with
Iraq Petroleum Company to split pre-tax profits
50-50 with Iraqi
govt
1974 Iran and Iraq met in Turkey
to negotiate border dispute
1986 US State Dept said Iraq was trying to negotiate peace
but Iran-Iraq War
continuing because
of 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)
1991 Baghdad and KDP restarted talks over Kurdish autonomy
2002 Gen Franks briefed Rumsfeld on progress with Hybrid war
plan
2003 US forces pulled down a Shiite banner from a building
in Sadr City leading
to protests
2003 Dep Sec State Armitage said Iraq had WMD
2003 US gave up on attempt to get UN peace keeping force for
Iraq
2004 Allawi govt announced 2nd ceasefire with
Mahdi Army to hold talks with Sadr
to end 2nd
Battle for Najaf Was still heavy fighting
2004 Militia kidnapped a British journalist and demanded US
withdraw from Najaf
during 2nd
battle for city Sadr gained his release
2005 4 tribes fought Al Qaeda in Iraq in Ramadi in pitched
battle inside city Fighting
provoked by AQI posting flyers
demanindg all Shiites leave city Tribesmen posted flyers in Ramadi saying they
would not allow Zarqawi to turn city into another Fallujah Said Zarqawi lost
direction
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq posted flyers in Ramadi saying it
would kill clercs who urged
people to
vote in up coming elections
2006 Bombing in Baghdad’s Zafaraniya set off gas explosion
58 killed 148 wounded
2006 US forces raided Health Min run by Sadrists after
report of kidnapping Health
Min went on
strike to protest raid
2006 Report June health director for Diyala called for
meeting at Health Min and not
seen again Mahdi Army kidnapping
people at Baghdad Morgue and taking them to Health Min
2011 Obama proposed reducing stay behind force to 7000 US
soldiers in Iraq after
withdrawal
2015 Abadi’s State of Law said he had to keep one vice
president because was in
constitution
Abadi wanted to eliminate position
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