1920 UK PM George wrote that French objected to Faisal
becoming king
of Iraq
George and French both thought he was weak leader
1921 Feisal said he wouldn’t accept restrictions on
sovereignty included in UK’s
Iraq
mandate Wanted an Anglo-Iraq treaty that would give him full power
1921 Churchill wrote Iraq Commissioner Cox that Feisal
needed to stop making
demands of
UK and do what London told him
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s policy towards Iraq)
1982 Iraqi planes started attacking shipping at Khor Musa
channel leading to Bandar
Khomeini
port in Iran Sank 2 ships
1982 Iraqi plans started bombing campaign against Kharg
Island Iran’s major oil port
(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)
1990 Iraqi opposition in Iran claimed they could field
50,000 to fight Saddam
1990 Iraq offered to fully implement UN Res 598 and Algiers
Agreement to try to win
favor with
Iran after Kuwait invasion
1991 UN Resolution 706 proposed Iraq import petroleum
products to alleviate
humanitarian situation caused by
sanctions Iraq rejected plan
1991 UN Resolution 707 Said Iraq was in flagrant violation
of weapons inspectors
Allowed
inspectors to use planes and helicopters for flights inside Iraq
1991 Baghdad objected to Res 707 saying US had flown U2 spy
plane over Iraq
claiming it
was for inspectors
1995 Supreme Council denounced Jordan taking in Saddam’s
son-in-law Hussein
Kamal calling him a murderer
2001 Foreign Office legal adv Sir Wood said that British
forces could be sued if not
given legal
basis for going to war with Iraq
2002 NatlSecAdv Rice said US needed to launch pre-emptive
strike against Iraq
before it
got too strong
2002 Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Feith’s office
briefed CIA officials on its
findings
that Iraq and Al Qaeda had cooperated for years
2002 1st Bush NatlSecAdv
Scowcroft wrote Wall St Journal OpEd saying Saddam not
threat
to US and not connected to 9/11
2002 Powell called Scowcroft
thanking him for OpEd saying it would help for
arguments
within administration over Iraq
2003 White House objected to CPA’s request for $20.3 bil
after administration said it
would not
ask Congress for any more money for Iraq
2003 Oil pipeline to Turkey bombed in Baiji Salahaddin
shutting down exports for 2nd
time in a
week
2004 Peace talks between Allawi govt and Sadr broke down
over ending 2nd Battle of
Najaf
2005 One week extension given to Constitutional committee to
finish work
2008 Report US intel officer said that Iranian Revolutionary
Guard and Hezbollah had 4
training camps in Iran for Asaib Ahl
Al-Haq and Kataib Hezbollah in Tehran Qom Ahaz Mashhad
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran training Iraqi militias)
2011 ISI attacked Sahwa in mosque in Yusifiya during Ramadan
and bombed St
Ephraim
Syriac Orthodox church in Kirkuk
2012 Maliki said he wanted better relations with Turkey but
also complained about
Ankara’s
ties to Kurdistan
2015 Chief Justice Medhat said that judiciary supported
Abadi’s reforms but made no
changes
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