1914 Ottomans signed alliance with Germany that would bring
Mesopotamia into
WW1
1924 Yasin al-Hashemi became 2nd
PM of Iraq Was ordered to organize elections for an
assembly
to draft a constitution
1968 Iraq announced it would seek better ties with Soviet
Union and China
1986 Saddam offered peace agreement to Iran Was rejected by
Tehran
1988 Iraq bombed Oshnaviyah, Iran with mustard gas wounding
2,680 people
(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 Saddam invaded Kuwait originally claiming there was a
coup and emir called on
Iraq for help Saddam then changed
justification for invasion by saying an opposition govt had overthrown Sabah
family and asked for help
1990 Iraq said it would only be in Kuwait for days-weeks
until Provisional Free Kuwait
Govt asked
it to leave
1990 Iraq accused Kuwait of being involved in foreign and
Zionist plots
1990 Most of Arab world did not report on Iraq’s Kuwait
invasion until 2 days
later
1990 Kuwait’s ruling Sabah family tipped off about invasion
U.S. flew them to Bahrain
and then
Saudi Arabia Called for resistance against the Iraqis
1990 Iraq could not find any credible Kuwaitis to establish
a provisional govt to run
country for
it
1990 Iraq banned foreign travel for its nationals
1990 Bush NSC meeting focused on how Iraq invasion of Kuwait
would allow Baghdad
to control oil market Wondered if
Iraq would invade Saudi Arabia to seize its oil Made no decision on what overall
policy to take Decided to go to UN gain international support impose sanctions
1990 Natl Sec Adv Scowcroft talked to Bush said he wanted to
address next NSC
meeting and express steadfastly
that US would not allow Kuwait invasion to stand Bush agreed Discussed using
force to expel Iraq from Kuwait
1990 NSC’s Near East Dir Haas drafted memo on using
sanctions and military options to
deal with
Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
1990 Bush met Thatcher who said Kuwait invasion couldn't
stand and troops had to be
sent to Middle East Bush agreed Thatcher
said that if Iraq’s aggression was allowed to stand no small country could ever
feel safe
1990 US stopped loan guarantees to Iraq due to Kuwait
invasion Froze Iraqi and Kuwait
assets in
US
1990 Bush told reporters he was not thinking of using force
in response to Iraq’s
invasion of
Kuwait
1990 Joint Chiefs chairman Gen Powell told Gen Schwarkopf he
thought US would
go to war
over Saudi Arabia but not Kuwait
1990 National Security Adviser Scowcroft thought Iraq’s
invasion of Kuwait could
not stand
1990 UN Resolution 660 demanded Iraq’s immediate withdrawal
from Kuwait Said
Iraq and
Kuwait had to use talks to resolve problems
1990 Joint US-USSR statement condemned Iraq’s invasion of
Kuwait
1992 Kuwait and Saudi officials argued that Iraq should be
divided along ethnosectarian
lines to
stop threat of country to Persian Gulf
2002 DIA report on debate over aluminum tubes Iraq tried to
buy DIA sided with CIA
that tubes
were for centrifuges Said matched 1950s German centrifuge design
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2004 Marines just given control of Najaf came under attack 1st
time by Mahdi Army in
city
2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq War Min Abu Masri executed Turkish
civilian Murat Yuce
2008 Report on wave of female suicide bombers in Iraq Most
had family member killed
or arrested and wanted revenge or
maintain family honor Main target Sahwa and Iraqi forces
(Musings
On Iraq article on female suicide bombers)
2011 Car bomb at Holy Family Syriac Church in Kirkuk 2 other
car bombs defused
at other
churches in city
2012 Turkey’s Foreign Min Davotoglu visited Kirkuk City
which Iraq’s Foreign
Ministry called
interference in Iraqi affairs
2015 Protests in Seysaib, Irbil Najaf, Basra, and Nasiriya
over lack of services
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