1985 Iraq started air campaign against Kharg Island Iran’s
main oil terminal
Dropped
capacity by 1/3 Iran moved most of its shipping south as a result
(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)
1998 Iraq found violating UN sanctions by smuggling oil
2002 National Security Presidential Directive included
liberating people of Iraq and
spreading
democracy
2002 NSC meeting Powell said US had to build coalition
against Iraq Said Bush should
address Iraq in his UN speech on
9/12/02 Cheney said Bush’s UN speech should attack organization for inaction on
Iraq Natl Sec Adv Rice agreed with both
2003 UN Resolution 1500 created UN Assistance Mission for
Iraq (UNAMI) Said Iraqi
Governing
Council important step to Iraq self-governance
2003 US intel officer wrote memo saying that “gloves are
coming off” in interrogating
Iraqi
prisoners
2005 US Amb Khalizad accused of Iran of attempting to
subvert Iraq after US forces
seized EFPs
in south Iraq
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of
Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
2005 Kurds marched in Irbil Kirkuk Dohuk Sulaymaniya calling
for Kurdish self
determination
control of Kirkuk and disputed areas
2006 US police training program offered plan to crack down
on death squads and
kidnappings
by Interior Min by reviewing each police battalion
2006 After threat by insurgents only around 100 of
Fallujah’s 1700 police showed up to
duty
2006 Protest in Basra over lack of electricity during summer
heat Clashed with police
2007 4 suicide bombers hit Kahtaniya, Sinjar district
killing 796 Yazidis and
wounding almost
1,500
2014 Maliki agreed to step down after elections Was under
pressure from US and
Ayatollah
Sistani
2015 Ayatollah Sistani’s office said Abadi needed to reform
judiciary
2015 Protests in Maysan Kirkuk Samawa Basra Karbala Najaf
Nasiriya Hillah Baghdad
Diwaniya Kut Baquba Dujail over
better services fight corruption
2015 Journalists said that Baghdad Operations Command
stormed their office and
told them
not to cover protests
2015 VP Maliki gave interview saying reform protests were
anti-religious
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