1921 UK cabinet decided Feisal would be coronated king and
then Anglo-Iraq
treaty
drafted
1984 France agreed to refinance $1.4 bil in debts Iraq owed France
biggest western backer of Iraq
1996 PUK accused KDP of working with Baghdad KDP accused PUK
of working
with Iran
during civil war
2003 Zarqawi bombed UN headquarters in Baghdad killed 23 including
UN Rep de
Mello and injured
over 100
2004 PM Allawi wrote Bush saying Iraq was more dangerous and
unstable than a year
ago
2004 Allawi govt called for Sadr to disband Mahdi Army and
leave Najaf shrine
2004 Sistani’s office said it was open to Sadr’s offer to
turn over keys to Najaf shrine
2004 Iraq Survey Group head Kay was rebuked by NSC staffer
for criticizing NSC
to Congress
on WMD
2004 Iraq Survey Group head Kay said Rice more interested in
being Bush’s friend
than being
National Security Adviser
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq unsuccessful fired rockets on 2 US
ships docked in Israeli port
from Jordan
2005 3 Islamic Party members kidnapped by gunmen in Mosul
putting up flyers to
vote in
constitutional referendum
2009 ISI set off 3 car bombs in Baghdad hitting Finance and
Foreign Ministries and Rashid
Hotel killing 101 and wounding 565 PM
Maliki blamed Baathists and Syria for Baghdad bombings even though it was ISI
2009 Iraq withdrew its ambassador to Damascus to protest
Baghdad bombings
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s response to Fall 09 bombings)
2014 IS posted video of beheading of journalist James Foley
View the Iraq History Timelines
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